2010 Political Campaigns

By Ernest Luning
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

Now that it’s officially a two-man race for the Republican nomination for state treasurer, candidates J.J. Ament and Walker Stapleton are both making the case that they’re the better candidate to take on Cary Kennedy, the incumbent Democrat.

By Ernest Luning
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

Colorado’s two leading gubernatorial candidates on Tuesday told a group of energy executives that the state’s new oil and gas rules could use an update. But they differed whether that means a wholesale revamp or meticulous adjustments.

By Ernest Luning
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

Six candidates successfully petitioned onto the August primary ballot, and seven fell short, according to rulings issued last Friday by the Colorado Department of State. But two of those rulings were almost immediately hit by legal challenges.

The Mike Coffman campaign recently held a kickoff event and open house at the Coffman for Congress Headquarters, 5950 S. Willow Drive, Suite 306, Greenwood Village.

By Ernest Luning
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

The two lawyers who want to be Colorado’s next attorney general agreed about a lot at their first debate Wednesday night. But Republican incumbent John Suthers and his Democratic challenger, Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett, also spelled out sharp differences in their approach to the state’s top legal job.

By Ernest Luning
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

After upsetting Republican front-runner Scott McInnis at the GOP state assembly two weeks ago, gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes told a Denver civic group he plans to upset state government if he gets past the primary and wins the election this fall.

By Leslie Jorgensen
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

LOVELAND — The Republican “revolution” erupted at the state GOP assembly — anyone who underestimated the power of the grassroots “tea party” was shocked when frontrunner candidate for governor former 3rd District Congressman Scott McInnis was ambushed by Evergreen businessman Dan Maes, who won top line on the primary ballot by 16 votes.

By Ernest Luning
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

When all the speeches had been spoken, all the banners had been waved, and all the votes had been counted, Colorado’s Democratic Senate primary looked about the same as it had before the party convened last weekend in Broomfield.

By Leslie Jorgensen
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

LOVELAND — Like the phoenix that rises again, Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck resurrected his Republican U.S. Senate campaign from the brink of death in September to win the nomination at the state GOP assembly on May 22 at the Budweiser Event Center in Loveland.

By Leslie Jorgensen
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

LOVELAND — Republican frontrunner state Rep. Cory Gardner stormed the 4th Congressional District GOP assembly last Friday — winning 60 percent of the delegate vote and shutting out University of Colorado Regent Tom Lucero and businessman Dean Madere, the two other Republican contenders.