Colorado GOP committee ousts Dave Williams as chair in contested vote

Colorado GOP committee ousts Dave Williams as chair in contested vote

Dave Williams and other top officials in the Colorado Republican Party are “squatters,” illegitimately occupying the party’s Greenwood Village headquarters after having been booted from their leadership positions over the weekend. So says Eli Bremer, whom the party’s central committee selected to replace Williams as party chair in a vote on Saturday. Eli Bremer in … Read more

Takeaways on Lauren Boebert’s future and Colorado’s primary elections

Takeaways on Lauren Boebert’s future and Colorado’s primary elections

Primary voters set major-party matchups for three open congressional seats, chose a challenger for an incumbent in a battleground district, and weighed in on state and local races across Colorado in Tuesday’s elections. It was all a prelude to the November general election — though voters also selected likely winners in areas dominated by one … Read more

Call for Dave Williams’ ouster as Colorado GOP chair sparks reprimand

Call for Dave Williams’ ouster as Colorado GOP chair sparks reprimand

A push to oust Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams has led to the formal censure of the petition’s circulator — the Jefferson County party chair — and an apparent nullification of the effort by her own executive committee. Nancy Pallozzi started the petition last week. It lists several concerns with Williams’ leadership, including the party … Read more

Reporter’s expulsion from Colorado Republican Party meeting causes uproar

Reporter’s expulsion from Colorado Republican Party meeting causes uproar

Politicians and news outlets expressed outrage Monday over the expulsion from a Republican gathering of an experienced politics reporter who was told the state party chairman believed her reporting was “very unfair.” Journalists and elected officials, including the former chair of the Colorado Republican Party, came to the defense of Colorado Sun reporter Sandra Fish. … Read more

Nikki Haley rallies hundreds at Colorado stop to vote in GOP primary

Nikki Haley rallies hundreds at Colorado stop to vote in GOP primary

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley told Colorado voters at a rally Tuesday that this year’s presidential election is about getting the country “back on track” — from securing the border and focusing on the basics in education to preventing wars. The Republican hopeful characterized herself as the best chance to do that during her … Read more

Judge rejects Colorado GOP challenge of unaffiliated voters in primary

Judge rejects Colorado GOP challenge of unaffiliated voters in primary

Colorado’s unaffiliated voters can continue to participate in Republican primary elections, a federal judge ruled Friday, in the latest blow to the state GOP’s attempts to close its races to independents. The ruling comes more than five months after the Colorado Republican Party filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate Proposition 108, the 2016 ballot measure … Read more