2014 Colorado Governor's race: on Local Issues


Tom Tancredo: Lure RNC to bring the 2016 convention to Denver

Former Congressman Bob Beauprez is expected to appear in Washington, D.C. before the Republican National Committee in an effort to lure the 2016 convention to Denver.

Beauprez lost the 2006 governor's race to Democrat Bill Ritter.

The front-runner in this year's crowded field, former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, said he called Beauprez last week and told him: "You keep telling me all these people are calling you to tell you to get in. Well, count me as one of them. Get in."

Source: Denver Post on 2014 Colorado gubernatorial race Feb 28, 2014

John Hickenlooper: 51st State Initiative: I got the message on secession

Hickenlooper said that an attempt by 11 rural counties to secede from the state and form their own will ultimately make Colorado stronger. Hickenlooper, campaigning for a second term amid widespread disapproval of his policies in rural areas, has been trying to mend fences lately and convince rural voters that he also has their interests in mind. "I can't imagine Colorado being Colorado without the eastern plains," he said before the election in which five of the 11 counties voted to proceed with the so-called 51st State Initiative. "If this talk of a 51st state is about politics designed to divide us, it is destructive. But if it is about sending a message, then I see our responsibility to lean in and do a better job of listening."

This week Hickenlooper told Colorado Counties Inc. that he'd gotten the message, loud and clear. The secession question "really led to discussions that are going to make each of your counties stronger and, I think, ultimately make the state stronger," he said.

Source: The Daily Caller on 2014 Colorado Governor race Dec 5, 2013

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OK:Coburn(R)
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GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
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IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
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AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
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MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
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