Election Campaigns

A now-vacant building proves to be a lucky location for politicians

Michael Hancock, Denver's new mayor, had a good campaign -- and a lucky office

​Michael Hancock wasn't the only big winner last night. His campaign headquarters at 1100 Bannock Street just scored another major victory. This could be the luckiest address in town, a golden spot in the Golden Triangle.

Doug Linkhart's Teapot Party endorsement: Does his pro-pot platform hurt or help him?

Doug Linkhart​In the crowded Denver mayoral race, one candidate has pulled ahead with the pro-cannabis constituency: Doug Linkhart. The Denver city councilman has gone on record as favoring the legalization of marijuana, and has fought attempts to increase zoning restrictions on patient grows. ... More >>

Carol Boigon: URL thief strikes Denver mayoral hopeful's campaign

Carol Boigon.​Denver mayoral candidate Carol Boigon sent out a press release yesterday afternoon that included an announcement that her campaign had launched a new website at www.boigonmeansbusiness.com. But when folks plugged the address into their internet browser, they were instead redire ... More >>

Buzz Geller isn't running for mayor of Denver, but he still has a few words for City Hall

Carol Boigon.​Denver mayoral candidate Carol Boigon sent out a press release yesterday afternoon that included an announcement that her campaign had launched a new website at www.boigonmeansbusiness.com. But when folks plugged the address into their internet browser, they were instead redire ... More >>

Michael Hancock has a lucky address in his run for Denver mayor

Michael Hancock​And they're off! John Hickenlooper won't resign the office of Denver mayor until 8:30 a.m. next Tuesday (ninety minutes before he's sworn in as governor), but the ever-increasing group of candidates who'd like to occupy that office next will be holding open houses over the next ... More >>

John Hickenlooper does the math, stays at City Hall until January

John Hickenlooper isn't turning his back on City Hall ​Even as John Hickenlooper was heading to the Capitol the day after the election to discuss his plans for the state, city employees were reading this e-mail from the governor-elect: "Many of you have already asked what happens now. As excit ... More >>

Tom Tancredo only real Republican running for governor, spokesman says: Sorry, Dan Maes

Tom Tancredo.​This weekend, the Denver Post shared polling data showing Democrat John Hickenlooper held a "comfy" 10 point lead over main challenger Tom Tancredo in the governor's race. But Tancredo operations manager Cliff Dodge rejects that, dismissing the Post's survey as "totally inaccura ... More >>

Jaimes Brown and Colorado's Libertarians are bringing the party to the people for the first time

Jaimes Brown.​At the 2008 Libertarian National Convention in Denver, some party members derisively passed around shots of Scope to wash the bad taste from their mouths following the presidential nomination of former Republican, Bob Barr. It wasn't just that Barr was seen as an impure strain o ... More >>

Dan Maes can't win if Tom Tancredo stays in the race, says CO Republican boss Dick Wadhams

Dan Maes.​On Monday, Scott McInnis spokesman Sean Duffy insisted his guy wasn't a dead fish. But at this writing, he's flopping on the dock, refusing to admit that he doesn't have lungs -- or that he lost last night's primary to Dan Maes. But while Colorado Republican Party boss Dick Wadhams h ... More >>

Dan Maes tries to put his campaign fine behind him: Good luck with that

Dan Maes.​Last Wednesday, Alan Prendergast wrote about a potential fine against Dan Maes for campaign-finance violations involving mileage reimbursements. The penalties could have exceeded $27,000, but Maes bargained down to $17,500. And now, according to him, it's all over. Or so he would li ... More >>

Signed, sealed and rejected: These political activists are rabble with a cause

Dan Maes.​Last Wednesday, Alan Prendergast wrote about a potential fine against Dan Maes for campaign-finance violations involving mileage reimbursements. The penalties could have exceeded $27,000, but Maes bargained down to $17,500. And now, according to him, it's all over. Or so he would li ... More >>

Petition war update: Cash rolling in to fight tax-slashing measures

​This week's cover story, "Signed, Sealed, Rejected," explores the costs, intrigues and legal hurdles involved in getting citizen initiatives on the ballot in Colorado -- and the massive campaign underway to defeat three controversial antitax measures this fall. That effort just got more mas ... More >>

Bill Clinton loves him some Andrew Romanoff

A Flickr photo"'V' for 'victory.'"​Update, 2:27 p.m.: New info below the original 1:37 p.m. item. While Republican Ken Buck used the caucus system to transform himself from a senatorial dark horse into a frontrunner (the kind now getting attacked by the likes of Politico), Andrew Romanoff, the ... More >>

Andrew Romanoff on staying in the Senate race: "If the fix is in, the fix should be thrown out"

Andrew Romanoff doesn't plan on going anywhere.​Earlier today, Andrew Romanoff defied the rumor mill by announcing his intention to continue his campaign for the U.S. Senate against Michael Bennet. After delivering a speech that can be read in its entirety below, Romanoff spoke to yours truly ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Beauprez decides against a Senate run

​In politics, timing is everything. Timing and money -- big money, in the case of anyone who's going to take on barely incumbent Senator Michael Bennet, who's already raised over $2 million to retain an office he's held for fewer than eight months. The money was a major obstacle in any run ag ... More >>

Building for the future: Who's next for 1100 Bannock?

For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

Colorado Dems' meet-Barack drawing

For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

Before he hits Denver, Ralph Nader defends his candidacy -- again

For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

McCain and Udall, Sitting in a Tree

For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

McCain and Udall, Sitting in a Tree

For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

Texas's Leticia Van de Putte: Denver-bound to help Dems win Hispanic vote

For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

Q&A With Gary Hart

For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

A Perfect Match

For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

Eye of the Tiger: State of the Obama/Clinton Race on the Eve of the Pennsylvania Primary

For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

Sunset State

For lease: the luckiest building in Denver. Four years ago, this space at 11th Avenue and Bannock Street was home to the Ken Salazar for Senate campaign -- a race that Colorado's then-attorney general won easily when the Republicans lined up behind Peter Coors, whose candidacy fell flatter tha ... More >>

Fear Factor

In his first week running his new website, Brad Jones crashed a state representative. What will he do for an encore?

The Message

Sold!

The Alternative Voter’s Guide

The Legislative Council’s ballot-analysis booklet has inspired so many fights, it should be called the black-and-blue book. Here’s our cure.

Edifice Complex

The little guy went big time...and the results are monumental.

Imagine a Great Campaign

It takes more than money to make a mayor. You have to know your way around Colfax, when to cry Republican and how to handle a drag queen.

Ad Attack

Political commercials outnumber political reports on local television.

Do We Have a Caucus?

Four November ballot measures could change Colorado politics, starting in the living room.

Airtime

Bill Owens will be on TV plenty this month, but not as a candidate.

Off Limits

Hanging ten

Off Limits

Religious leader fights a civil war.

Race for the Cure

In the special election for a new District 8 City Councilman, the field is wide open -- just like all those empty lots.

Off Limits

In the special election for a new District 8 City Councilman, the field is wide open -- just like all those empty lots.

White Like Me

In the special election for a new District 8 City Councilman, the field is wide open -- just like all those empty lots.

Spin Cycles

Laundered money, the shadow of big tobacco, and a blubbering court reporter: The wild trial over Colorado's Amendment 15.

Dottie Lamm

The Better Half

The Party Line

The Better Half

Divide the Ride

Pushing a $6 billion transit plan, RTD has met the enemy-- the RTD board.

Reform School

Westminster's novel campaign-finance rules aim at the politicians, not the donors.

The Education of Craig Livingstone

Colorado politics provided the training ground for the controversial White House aide.

THE BARTENDER AS CONTENDER

PAUL WEISSMANN MIXES WELL--AND HOPES TO PARLAY THAT SKILL INTO A U.S. SENATE SEAT.

GETTING A READ ON THE MAYOR

A WEBB SPEECHWRITER PENS A VANITY BOOK IN HONOR OF HIS HONOR.

EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY

A WEBB SPEECHWRITER PENS A VANITY BOOK IN HONOR OF HIS HONOR.

THE TWO-PERCENT SOLUTION

COLORADO'S THIRD PARTIES SCREAM ABOUT PROPOSED ELECTORAL CHANGES.

COP-A-DOODLE-DOO!

NAME-CALLING, INNUENDO AND A FLAP OVER A STUFFED CHICKEN: IT'S POLITICS AS USUAL IN THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF'S RACE.