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Trump campaign says South Carolina is ‘the end’ of Nikki Haley
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denvergazette.com, National

Trump campaign says South Carolina is ‘the end’ of Nikki Haley

By Julia Johnson | Colorado Springs Gazette Former President Donald Trump's campaign released a memo Tuesday declaring Saturday's Republican primary in South Carolina as "the end" of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's presidential campaign. Trump senior advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles authored the new memo, titled "The End Is Near For Nikki Haley," in which they state that South Carolina's nominating contest will mark the close of Haley's 2024 bid, whether she agrees or not. "Of course, like any wailing loser hell-bent on an alternative reality and refusing to come to grips with her imminent political mortality, we should expect more references to Kings and Coronations," they said, referencing Haley's recent justification for continuing her ...
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Boebert in 4th District, Evans in 8th win President’s Day Celebration straw poll in Windsor
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National, Rocky Mountain Voice, State

Boebert in 4th District, Evans in 8th win President’s Day Celebration straw poll in Windsor

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice WINDSOR – The winding path of the campaign trail in Colorado’s 4th and 8th Congressional District races turned Sunday evening to the President’s Day Celebration hosted by the Conservative Patriot Alliance here at American Legion Post No. 109. “There have been a series of debates and forums,” said David Huntwork, chairman of the Conservative Patriot Alliance and emcee of Sunday’s event. “Rarely are candidates allowed a significant amount of time to share about themselves. We wanted to provide that.” Republicans vying for the Republican Party’s nomination in both districts participated in a meet and greet and a successive five-minute speech to the audience before a straw poll was conducted. “This is a very non-scientific poll,” Huntwork ...
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Ballots have been mailed for Presidential primary, Election Day is March 5
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National, Rocky Mountain Voice

Ballots have been mailed for Presidential primary, Election Day is March 5

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Registered electors in Colorado will be asked to decide a one-issue choice for U.S. President next month by voting either a Republican or Democratic primary ballot. County clerks began mailing ballots Monday, Feb. 12, and all ballots were required to hit the mailstream by Friday, Feb. 16. Election Day is Tuesday, March 5. The Republican ballot will include former President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, along with several candidates whom have withdrawn from the race. The Republican ballot also allows for a write-in of a candidate not appearing on the ballot. The Democratic ballot includes President Joe Biden, Jr., and several other options, along with an option to vote a “noncommitted delegate”. In Colorado...
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Poll: DeSantis the choice for Trump’s vice president, Tucker Carlson sixth
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gazette.com, National

Poll: DeSantis the choice for Trump’s vice president, Tucker Carlson sixth

By Paul Bedard | Colorado Springs Gazette With former President Donald Trump leading GOP primary opponents by a mile in 2024 election polls, some voters are already considering who he might pick as his running mate, and one name stands out in a list of 14 potential selections. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) leads the pack, followed at a distance by Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy. “It wasn’t very close,” said the latest I&I/TIPP’s national online poll. In asking the question to Republicans of Trump’s potential running mate two different ways, the response was always DeSantis, said the analysis. Asked their first pick for vice president then asked their second pick, DeSantis was on top. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE
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HD 63 candidates Johnson, Urdiales speak at Logan County dinner 
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Eastern Plains, Rocky Mountain Voice, State

HD 63 candidates Johnson, Urdiales speak at Logan County dinner 

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice STERLING – Two candidates are vying to become the next Colorado House District 63 representative, following Minority Whip Rep. Richard Holtorf, R-Akron, in the position. “I’m running to protect our way of life,” said Dusty Johnson, formerly the chairwoman of the Morgan County Republican Party and an aide in the past decade to several state and federal officials. “Colorado legislation should not be one size, fits all,” said Brian Urdiales, formerly elected as a Fort Morgan City Councilman and operator of Urdiales Group real estate. They both addressed those attending the Logan County Republican’s Lincoln Dinner audience Saturday, Feb. 17. There have been two representatives to hold the seat in the Colorado House since a Morgan County res...
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Colorado county clerks are divided over bill to require voting service centers in jails
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coloradopolitics.com, State

Colorado county clerks are divided over bill to require voting service centers in jails

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics The state Senate Judiciary Committee is expected in the coming weeks to take its first look at a bill that has divided the usually united county clerks in Colorado over allowing people in jail to vote on election day. This could cost the state between $200,000 and $1 million. If passed, Senate Bill 72 would require county clerks to set up voting service centers in jails and detention facilities to allow eligible prisoners to vote. Clerks in the state's smaller counties are calling it an unfunded mandate, while sheriffs are taking issues with the bill's language regarding possible penalties for jail facilities not in compliance. The bill's fiscal note shows a state cost of $200,000, but opponents claim the real cost could be clo...
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Metro District board member recalled in special election amid complaints of ‘verbal abuse and physical intimidation’
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Denver Metro, kdvr.com, Local

Metro District board member recalled in special election amid complaints of ‘verbal abuse and physical intimidation’

By Heather Willard | KDVR-TV DENVER (KDVR) — According to the unofficial vote tally published by the Denver Office of the Clerk and Recorder, a reportedly contentious board member of the Ebert Metropolitan District Board of Directors has been recalled and replaced. Murray Hawthorne, treasurer and board member for the Ebert Metro District, was described in a recall petition as someone who “does not represent or respect Ebert residents.” The petition further claimed a pattern of verbal abuse and physical intimidation from Hawthorne to residents. Hawthorne protested the recall election on Nov. 29, 2023. The protest was dismissed and the recall election date was set for Feb. 13, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. READ THE FULL STORY AT KDVR-TV
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Urdiales to seek HD63 seat in Northeastern Colorado
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Eastern Plains, Local, Rocky Mountain Voice, State

Urdiales to seek HD63 seat in Northeastern Colorado

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Brian Urdiales, a Realtor and former member of City Council in Fort Morgan, has announced he will seek the Republican nomination for Colorado House District 63, setting up an opposed primary. The seat is presently held by Rep. Richard Holtorf, R-Akron, the minority whip in the Colorado House of Representatives. Holtorf, who is not seeking re-election, was among the first to enter the race for the U.S. House of Representatives District 4 seat when U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Windsor, announced he would not seek re-election. “We see the policy in Denver and at the state capitol, and we know in Morgan County and other areas of Eastern Colorado that one size government does not fit all,” Urdiales said. He opposed top-down government policies whi...
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Presidential primary ballots will start being mailed to Colorado voters today. Here’s what to know.
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State, The Colorado Sun

Presidential primary ballots will start being mailed to Colorado voters today. Here’s what to know.

By Sandra Fish | Colorado Sun Ballots will start being mailed to voters today for Colorado’s March 5 presidential primary, listing options from former Republican President Donald Trump on the GOP ballot to “noncommitted delegate” on the Democratic ballot. But votes for some of the candidates listed might not count. Four of the seven Republican presidential candidates on Colorado’s Republican presidential primary ballot have ended their campaigns, though none have notified the Secretary of State’s Office they are no longer in Colorado’s contest. And the U.S. Supreme Court could rule that Trump isn’t eligible to be on Colorado’s ballot because of his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The court heard arguments in that case last week, and the justices appeared ...
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Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams explores using Dominion equipment for party assembly elections
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coloradopolitics.com, State

Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams explores using Dominion equipment for party assembly elections

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics Colorado Republican Party Chair Dave Williams, who criticized Dominion voting machines in the past, appears not averse to using them for the party's upcoming state assembly. Last month, Williams sent a request to El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Steve Schleiker, asking for help with the elections that will be held at the April 6 state party assembly in Pueblo.  "We need to contract with a clerk to administer paper ballots for the State Assembly," Williams said in a a text message obtained by Colorado Politics.  In addition to the help from the clerk, Williams asked for 3,500 paper ballots, and for those ballots to be machine-counted to ensure timely results.  READ THE FUL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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