2010 Political Campaigns

By Ernest Luning
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

Attending a precinct caucus this year?

Show up early, bring a calculator — oh, and get a haircut.

By Marianne Goodland
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

Colorado’s success in renewable energy is now pushing the General Assembly to once again ramp up the standards for utilities to generate even more of their electricity from those sources.

By Jody Hope Strogoff
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper looked in the audience in the direction of his wife, Helen Thorpe, and acknowledged to supporters at his campaign headquarters last weekend that the two of them weren’t completely enthusiastic when they decided to go on this adventure to run for governor. “But I think there is an opportunity here that is compelling and for a lot of different reasons,” Hickenlooper told the large crowd assembled in the foyer of the building at 789 Sherman St., former site of the Denver Democratic Party offices.

By Jody Hope Strogoff
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

Dan Maes, a Republican candidate for governor, seemed realistic about his underdog status as he addressed supporters at his new headquarters at the northwest corner of Hampden and Broadway in old Englewood. “We’re not about being big, and we’re not about millions of dollars, we’re about you in this room, the people of Colorado. And we have a great team we’ve put together and I’m going to introduce you to them tonight,” Maes said at the Feb. 23 event.

By Anthony Bowe
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

Three candidates vying for the Republican nomination for state treasurer bucked heads Monday during a debate in front of a small group of business owners in Centennial.

By Ernest Luning
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

There probably won’t be as many voters attending precinct caucuses next month as there were two years ago — when 120,000 Democrats and 70,000 Republicans swamped neighborhood schools, church basements and living rooms statewide — but party officials are nonetheless girding for a good turnout the night of March 16 when grassroots activists gather to begin the nominating process for the November ballot.

By Leslie Jorgensen
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

Four Republican candidates are rivaling for the party’s nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, a “blue dog Democrat” who captured the 4th Congressional District seat in 2008. The GOP is gunning to recapture the seat that it had held since 1973.

By Ernest Luning
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

A year and a day after his last visit to Denver, President Barack Obama returned to the town where he accepted his party’s nomination to rally support for Sen. Michael Bennet, who faces a primary election challenge from former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff.

By Leslie Jorgensen
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

COLORADO SPRINGS – GOP state Treasurer candidates J.J. Ament, Ali Hasan and Walker Stapleton pitched their portfolios of experience and expertise to entice Republicans to invest — caucus votes and contributions — in their campaigns.

By Ernest Luning
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

Sen. Michael Bennet and former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff agreed on plenty during their first Senate primary debate Tuesday night in Denver. Spectators hoping to see sparks fly were mostly disappointed as Bennet consistently sought to erase distinctions between his policy positions and those held by his opponent, but Romanoff hammered at his contention that his refusal to take contributions from political action committees was distinction enough.