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National House Democrats’ PAC books $4 million in TV ads in Denver market for congressional races
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coloradopolitics.com, State

National House Democrats’ PAC books $4 million in TV ads in Denver market for congressional races

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics A national group that works to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives has booked nearly $4 million worth of general election TV advertising in the Denver market, pointing to the party's commitment to protect a vulnerable incumbent in Colorado's swingiest district while trying to flip another, Republican-held seat. While the House Majority PAC won't decide how to allocate its ads until closer to the November election, a spokesman noted in an email to Colorado Politics that the Denver media market reaches voters in the state's competitive 3rd and 8th congressional districts, both of which have been listed among the PAC's top targets. The massive initial nationwide ad reservation by the super PAC, which is aligned with House Minority Lead...
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RFK, Jr. kicks off Independent petition drive to get on Colorado ballot at Aurora rally
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coloradopolitics.com, State

RFK, Jr. kicks off Independent petition drive to get on Colorado ballot at Aurora rally

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told supporters at a rally in Aurora on Sunday that his candidacy can unite a deeply divided country by focusing on what unites Americans. "Do you want a president who's going to make Americans forget that they're Democrats and forget that they're Republicans, and remember that we are all Americans?" Kennedy asked a cheering crowd of more than a thousan people, who packed a converted airplane hangar at Stanley Marketplace. "That's why you're here today. I'm going to do that for this country." The environmental attorney and scion of one of the country's most famous political families said that reelecting either President Joe Biden or former President Trump to another term won't bring the c...
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Alice Stewart, veteran of GOP campaign trail and ’16 Ted Cruz comms director before CNN, has died
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National, TownHall.com

Alice Stewart, veteran of GOP campaign trail and ’16 Ted Cruz comms director before CNN, has died

By Matt Vespa | TownHall.com CNN was rocked by the news of the tragic passing of Alice Stewart on Saturday. Stewart was one of the few conservative voices on the network. Though she had voted for the former president, she wasn't a die-hard Trump supporter, often described as a straight-shooter, civil, professional, and kind among her colleagues. Stewart was a veteran of political campaigns, serving as communications director for Michele Bachman, Rick Santorum, and Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaigns. Her most recent gig on the campaign trail was for Ted Cruz’s 2016 bid. Around that time, she was hired as a commentator for CNN and co-hosted a podcast with noted liberal Maria Cardona. Ms. Cardona expressed shock at the loss of her friend, adding that they were scheduled to record...
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Ballot initiatives seek to ban biological boys in girls’ sports, require schools to notify parents over ‘gender incongruence’
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denvergazette.com, State

Ballot initiatives seek to ban biological boys in girls’ sports, require schools to notify parents over ‘gender incongruence’

By Marianne Goodland | Denver Gazette A parent who sued the Wellington School District over an LGBTQ middle-high school club is seeking to put a measure in front of voters in November that would require schools to notify parents when their child expresses "gender incongruence." Another ballot initiative would prohibit biological males from participating in girls' sports at the K-12 level. The group collecting petition signatures for the two measures is called "Protect Kids Colorado," which is led by former state Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, and Erin Lee, a Fort Collins parent who earlier said her 12-year-old daughter was invited by an art teacher to an after-school art club that was really about gender and sexuality. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Eight measures expected to make November ballot, dozens more possible
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State, Westword

Eight measures expected to make November ballot, dozens more possible

By Hannah Metzger | Westword The list of ballot measures awaiting Colorado voters in November is growing. State lawmakers voted to send five measures to the ballot before the Colorado Legislature adjourned on May 8, adding to two citizen-initiated measures that had already officially qualified for the ballot: an effort to include economic impact statements before the questions on ballot measures, and another to cap property tax revenue increases at 4 percent each year. The five legislative ballot proposals would let the state keep all sports betting tax revenue to fund water projects; create an excise tax for gun and ammo purchases to fund victim services; remove the ban on same-sex marriage from Colorado's constitution...
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Trump-era tax cuts becoming important 2024 election year issue
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National, The Center Square

Trump-era tax cuts becoming important 2024 election year issue

By Casey Harper | The Center Square The sweeping Trump-era tax cuts in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire next year, setting up the tax debate as a potentially key political issue this election year. While illegal immigration and inflation top Americans’ list of concerns, both parties are increasingly talking about the Trump-era tax cuts, which President Joe Biden has said he will allow to expire next year. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has promised more tax cuts if elected. “You’re all getting the biggest tax cuts because we’re doing additional cuts and a brand new Trump economic boom like you’ve never seen before,” Trump told supporters at a South Carolina rally in February. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE CENTER SQUARE
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Voters might get chance to tell schools to notify parents of signs their kid is transgender
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State, Westword

Voters might get chance to tell schools to notify parents of signs their kid is transgender

By Hannah Metzger | Westword Days after a new state law began allowing Colorado students to choose their names at school, an effort to require parental notification for such behavior started petitioning for the November ballot. Initiative 142 would require that public school staff inform parents if they obtain any information that a student is experiencing "gender incongruence," defined as a difference between the student's biological sex and gender identity. If a child uses a different name or pronouns at school — or even if an employee overhears students talking about their gender identity — their parents would have to be notified. Advocates of the proposed initiative say they started printing petitions last week. They must collect 124,238 signatures by August 5 t...
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Barron Trump to enter political arena as Florida delegate at GOP convention
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National, Politico

Barron Trump to enter political arena as Florida delegate at GOP convention

By KIMBERLY LEONARD | Politico Barron Trump hasn’t graduated high school yet. But he’s already headed into the political big leagues. The Republican Party of Florida on Wednesday night picked the 18-year-old youngest son of former President Donald Trump as one of the state’s at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention, per a copy of the results viewed by POLITICO. The state party also selected other Trump children as delegates, including Eric Trump as its delegation chair — meaning he’ll place his father’s name in for the nomination — and Donald Trump Jr. and Tiffany Boulos, formerly Trump, and her husband Michael Boulos as other at-large delegates. READ THE FULL STORY AT POLITICO
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Loveland voters to be asked whether to change charter on rules to fire city manager, attorney
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BizWest, Local

Loveland voters to be asked whether to change charter on rules to fire city manager, attorney

By BizWest Staff Voters in Loveland will get to decide in November whether it should take five or six votes on the nine-member City Council to fire the city manager or city attorney. According to the Loveland Reporter-Herald, the council voted 5-4 on Tuesday to direct the city attorney’s office to draft the ballot language. Council member Troy Krenning, who introduced the motion, said such a change from a five-vote to a six-vote threshold could have prevented the large severance payments the city had to make to former City Manager Steve Adams and former City Attorney Moses Garcia, since just five council members, not a “super-majority” of six, wanted to see them fired. The four dissenting members contended that Garcia’s and Adams’ departure proves the five-vote requirement wo...
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Retiring Republican Doug Lamborn endorses Jeff Crank as his replacement in Colorado’s 5th CD
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coloradopolitics.com, State

Retiring Republican Doug Lamborn endorses Jeff Crank as his replacement in Colorado’s 5th CD

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn on Monday formally endorsed Republican Jeff Crank as his successor. Calling the political operative and former talk radio host "a man of integrity, conviction and solid family values," Lamborn said he's throwing his "total endorsement and full support" behind Crank, one of two Republicans running for the El Paso County-based congressional seat Lamborn has held for nine terms. Lamborn, who announced in January that he wouldn't seek reelection in the heavily Republican 5th Congressional District, said he decided to make the endorsement after watching the GOP primary unfold between Crank and Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams. Both candidates have lost hard-fought primaries to Lamborn over the years:...
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