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Colorado’s Flawed Vacancy Committee System Raises Concerns Over Representation As Democrats Choose New Representative For HD31 By Just 9 Votes
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Denver Metro, Local, thelobby-co.com

Colorado’s Flawed Vacancy Committee System Raises Concerns Over Representation As Democrats Choose New Representative For HD31 By Just 9 Votes

SOURCE: THELOBBY-CO.COM Once again showing the flaws in Colorado's vacancy committee system, former Thornton City Council member Julia Marvin has been chosen to represent Colorado House District 31 by just nine votes. This Thursday night tiny election highlights the undemocratic nature of a system that allows just a few political party insiders to handpick a representative for hundreds of thousands of Coloradans. Colorado State House Representative-select Julia Marvin Marvin, who currently serves on the Thornton City Council, won with a 9-7 vote over Jacque Phillips. The decision by just nine votes that she will now “represent” such a large district demonstrates the flaws in Colorado’s vacancy committee system. Marvin is the 29th member of the current Legislature initial...
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Trump urges US Supreme Court to reverse Colorado ballot disqualification
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denvergazette.com, National

Trump urges US Supreme Court to reverse Colorado ballot disqualification

By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a judicial decision disqualifying the former president from Colorado's Republican primary ballot as the justices prepare to tackle the politically explosive case. Trump's lawyers in court papers presented the former U.S. president's main arguments against a Colorado Supreme Court Dec. 19 ruling barring him from the primary ballot over his actions around the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, citing the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The justices have scheduled oral arguments in the case for Feb. 8. Trump's lawyers urged the court to "put a swift and decisive end to these ballot-disqualification efforts," noting that similar...
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Socialist Democrats endorse radical muppet for Colo state House
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coloradopeakpolitics.com, State

Socialist Democrats endorse radical muppet for Colo state House

SOURCE: COLORADO PEAK POLITICS The Denver chapter of socialist Democrats has endorsed Tim Hernandez, the poster child of misplaced radicalism, to represent the city’s fourth district in the state House. Hernandez was appointed by Democrat Party bosses through a vacancy committee recently to fill the term through November 2024, after Democratic state Rep. Serena Gonzales-Gutierre abandoned her seat midterm to run for Denver City Council. That’s how Democrats are subverting democracy these days, through the vacancy committee process, whereby they appoint favored Democrats to expired terms and as a bonus they block Republicans from competing. But we digress. The Democrat Socialists of America announced its endorsement this week, citing Hernandez’s frontline struggle against rac...
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McConnell joins 45 GOP senators backing Trump in Colorado ballot fight
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denvergazette.com, National, State

McConnell joins 45 GOP senators backing Trump in Colorado ballot fight

By Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE The fate of former President Donald Trump's primary ballot access in Colorado got a boost Thursday from 46 Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), calling on the Supreme Court to keep him on the ballot. More than two dozen amicus briefs have been filed to the public docket for the Supreme Court case over whether Trump, the Republican front-runner for the 2024 presidential election, is disqualified from appearing on the Centennial State's primary ballot under a 14th Amendment provision barring anyone who engaged in insurrection from holding office again. In the latest brief, led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), 177 Rep...
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Adams County Democrats to pick successor to former Rep. Said Sharbini
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coloradopolitics.com, Denver Metro, Local, State

Adams County Democrats to pick successor to former Rep. Said Sharbini

By Marianne Goodland | SOURCE: COLORADO POLITICS A Democratic Adams County House District 31 vacancy committee will meet Thursday evening to choose a successor to Rep. Said Sharbini, D-Adams County. Sharbini, who served one year in the House after being elected to his first term in 2022, resigned in December, citing financial pressures and the toxic environment of the state House. The vacancy committee will meet at 5:45 p.m. for a candidates' forum and then at 6:30 p.m. for the election. The election is expected to conclude by 7 p.m. due to other party business on the agenda. There are at least two candidates in the running: Julia Marvin and Jacqueline Phillips. Both have filed to run for the seat in the 2024 primary election. READ FULL ARTICLE ON COLORADOPOLITICS....
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Colorado Democrat Lawmakers’ Excessive Legal Defense of Secret Ballot System Costs Taxpayers Over $54,000
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State, thelobby-co.com

Colorado Democrat Lawmakers’ Excessive Legal Defense of Secret Ballot System Costs Taxpayers Over $54,000

SOURCE: THELOBBY-CO.COM Colorado Democrat lawmakers have spent over $54,000 in taxpayer funds to defend their secret ballot system in court, only to be ordered by a judge to cease its use due to violations of the Open Meetings Law. According to documents obtained by KUNC News through an open records request, the total cost of the case is not final, as there is an expected additional invoice from the attorneys hired by the lawmakers. Suzanne Taheri, the lawyer representing the plaintiff who prevailed in the lawsuit, plans to seek court costs from the legislature as well. Despite the ruling on January 5, it remains unclear whether lawmakers, including Sen. President Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, plan to appeal the decision, as their spokesperson did not respond to inquiries fro...
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Colorado House GOP leader Mike Lynch, a congressional candidate, was arrested in 2022 on DUI, gun charges
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coloradopolitics.com, State

Colorado House GOP leader Mike Lynch, a congressional candidate, was arrested in 2022 on DUI, gun charges

By Ernest Luning | SOURCE: COLORADO POLITICS State House Minority Leader Mike Lynch, a Republican candidate in Colorado's open 4th Congressional District, was arrested in 2022 on suspicion of drunken driving and being in possession of a gun while intoxicated, law enforcement records show. The Wellington lawmaker is one of 11 Republicans running for the seat held by retiring U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a Windsor Republican serving his fifth term. The crowded primary field also includes U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, who announced in late December that she will run this year in the heavily Republican 4th CD rather than seek reelection in the more competitive district she represents. Lynch, serving his second term, was elected to lead House Republicans about six weeks after the arrest, ...
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New Hampshire voters grill GOP hopefuls on problem they want treated as ‘top’ priority
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gazette.com, National

New Hampshire voters grill GOP hopefuls on problem they want treated as ‘top’ priority

By Peyton Sorosinski, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE As GOP candidates shift their sights to New Hampshire, its residents are demanding more answers to the opioid crisis, which they say is plaguing the prominent swing state. Many New Hampshire voters, such as recovered addict Kristina Amyot, say they are frustrated with how Republican candidates have prioritized border security and law enforcement over treatment and recovery efforts, the Associated Press reported.  “I feel like every four years it gets talked about, and then it gets lost. We don’t really do much with it, and that’s something that needs to change because this should be one of the top priorities,” Amyot told the outlet. “To think that these people don’t care about us is reall...
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COLUMN: Biden and Democrats endanger the Republic
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denvergazette.com, National

COLUMN: Biden and Democrats endanger the Republic

BY MIKE ROSEN | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE In essence, Joe Biden kicked off his reelection campaign mumbling through a theatrically contrived speech in Valley Forge, Pa., arranged to coincide with the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021, debacle at the U.S. Capitol. Staging this at the site of George Washington’s Revolutionary War headquarters in front of a backdrop of American flags, Biden shamefully misappropriated the father of our country as an implicit endorser of his reelection. Biden’s handlers seem convinced Donald Trump will be his opponent. The oft-repeated slogan of his tirade loaded with exaggerations, paranoia and demagoguery was that Trump was “a threat to democracy,” echoing the drumbeat Democrats, progressives, and the liberal media have long pounded. Biden equated Trum...
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As Trump’s rise sparks isolationist worries among US allies, Americans focus on home turf
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denvergazette.com, National

As Trump’s rise sparks isolationist worries among US allies, Americans focus on home turf

By Jason Lange | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Donald Trump strengthens his lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, some U.S. allies are worried about an American turn toward isolationism, a shift that would reflect an electorate largely focused on domestic issues. That was shown in polling in Iowa where Trump scored an overwhelming victory on Monday, with foreign policy the top issue for just one in 10 participants in the state's caucus, according to a poll by Edison Research. That compared to four in 10 who said the economy was No. 1 and three in 10 who pointed to immigration. National polling provides a similar picture. When Americans have cited matters involving foreigners as the country's top problem, they most often have referred to im...
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