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Jesse Aaron Paul

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Colorado Sun political reporter/editor/cofounder. Searching for the strangest datelines and best ski lines. coloradosun.com

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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 5h
Marx's campaign put a QR code to this website on tables at the event and he just directed people to visit the site: www.victor2026.com/victor-videos
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Victor Videos | Victor for Governor
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 5h
One spicy moment: Marx confronted Weiser about his comments about domestic violence. Weiser defended himself and got applause. There's more nuance here — in both the exchange and what Marx said and how Weiser handled it. Very brief exchange.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 6h
Questions are entirely focused on business issues (again, this is a Colorado Chamber event) and it's all pretty dry since candidates are just answering the questions (they got in advance) and aren't really interacting with each other
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 6h
Victor Marx and Phil Weiser are appearing onstage right now for the only scheduled time before the Nov. 3 election at a Colorado Chamber of Commerce Event. The candidates got the questions in advance and Mr. Marx is reading his answers in part from notes he brought. #copolitics
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 6h
Victor Marx’s spending is as unusual as the rest of his campaign for governor coloradosun.com/2026/10/08/v... #copolitics
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Victor Marx’s spending is as unusual as the rest of his campaign
The Republican candidate for Colorado governor spent heavily on fundraising and security, often through people in his inner circle, according to a CPR News investigation.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 9h
Hey, Fort Collins! Come our U.S. Senate debate between @hickenlooper.bsky.social and Republican state Sen. Mark Baisley at CSU on Sunday. Starts at noon. Find details and register to attend here: coloradosun.com/events/#usse... #copolitics
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 10h
Where Jeff Hurd and Dwayne Romero stand on the top issues in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District race coloradosun.com/2026/10/08/j... #copolitics
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Where Jeff Hurd and Dwayne Romero stand on the top issues in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District race
Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd and Democrat Dwayne Romero are competing to represent a sprawling district that stretches from the Western Slope and mountain communities to southern Colorado
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 10h
See you tonight! #copolitics #coleg
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
800,000 Colorado voters received a passenger rail ballot question they cannot vote on coloradosun.com/2026/10/07/c... #copolitics
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800,000 Colorado voters received a passenger rail ballot question they cannot vote on
Ballot Issue 7A appears on ballots that it shouldn’t in Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas and Weld counties
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
lol this is pretty good
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Sun invited Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx to participate but he declined both an invitation to debate Weiser and to be interviewed before a live audience.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'll be interviewing @pweiser live tomorrow in downtown Denver. Sign up to attend for free here: coloradosun.com/events/#gove... #copolitics
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Where Jeff Crank, Jessica Killin stand on the issues in Colorado’s race to represent the 5th Congressional District coloradosun.com/2026/10/07/j... #copolitics
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Where Jeff Crank, Jessica Killin stand on the issues in Colorado’s race to represent the 5th Congressional District
The Colorado Sun interviewed the major party candidates running in the 5th Congressional District to see where they stand on the economy, healthcare, immigration and other top issues
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Where James Wiley and Amanda Gonzalez stand on the top issues in the Colorado secretary of state’s race coloradosun.com/2026/10/07/j... #copolitics
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Where James Wiley and Amanda Gonzalez stand on the top issues in the Colorado secretary of state’s race
The Colorado Sun interviewed the two candidates to get their views of mail ballots, election security and the 2020 presidential election
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Where Michael Allen and Jena Griswold stand on the top issues in the Colorado attorney general’s race coloradosun.com/2026/10/06/m... #copolitics
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Where Michael Allen and Jena Griswold stand on the top issues in the Colorado attorney general’s race
The Colorado Sun interviewed the two candidates to get their views on the Trump administration, immigration and consumer protection ahead of the Nov. 3 election
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Meet the woman behind the Colorado ballot measures this year on transgender youth coloradosun.com/2026/10/06/t... #copolitics #coleg
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Meet the woman behind the Colorado ballot measures this year on transgender youth
A mom in Wellington is behind three ballot measures she says are a fight against the “sexualization of children”
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Where the candidates for Colorado state treasurer stand on the issues coloradosun.com/2026/10/05/j... #copolitics
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Where the candidates for Colorado state treasurer stand on the issues
Democratic state Sen. Jeff Bridges faces Republican Kevin Grantham, a Fremont County commissioner and former Senate president, in the Nov. 3 general election
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We started rolling out out candidate voter guide today. It's incredibly time intensive because we interview each candidate on the issues. Other news outlets send candidates surveys, which doesn't allow for follow ups, etc. Check it out: coloradosun.com/2026/10/05/c... #copolitics
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Where John Hickenlooper, Mark Baisley stand on the issues in Colorado’s US Senate race
The Colorado Sun interviewed the major party candidates running for US Senate to see where they stand on the economy, healthcare, immigration and other top issues
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: Attention from national Democrats, Republicans signals Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District race is in play coloradosun.com/2026/10/05/c... #copolitics
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Attention from national Democrats, Republicans signals Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District race is in play
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Monday added the district to their list of top 2026 targets, and a super PAC tied to President Donald Trump has been pumping hundreds of thousands of...
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New this morning: Jessica Killin’s new TV ad features Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre’s relatives criticizing Jeff Crank coloradosun.com/2026/10/05/v... #copolitics
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Jessica Killin’s new TV ad features Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre’s relatives criticizing Jeff Crank
Sky Roberts and his wife, Amanda, appear in the ad with Killin in a direct-to-camera condemnation of Crank for refusing to meet with them about the congressional effort to force the release of federal...
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Proposition 135: Colorado voters will decide whether to ban gender-related surgeries for kids coloradosun.com/2026/10/04/p... #copolitics
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Proposition 135: Colorado voters will decide whether to ban gender-related surgeries for kids
The measure would ban surgeries “for the purpose of altering biological sex characteristics” for those under the age of 18.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Amendment 85: Colorado voters will decide whether ballot measures must be understandable to an 8th grader coloradosun.com/2026/10/03/a...
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Amendment 85: Colorado voters will decide whether ballot measures must be understandable to an 8th grader
The measure was brought by Advance Colorado, a conservative political nonprofit that doesn’t disclose its donors, but has picked up support from other organizations and people, including some that are...
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Amendment 84: Colorado voters would be forced to put Social Security, driver’s license numbers on their ballots coloradosun.com/2026/10/03/a...
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Amendment 84: Colorado voters would be forced to put Social Security, driver’s license numbers on their ballots
It’s not clear who is pushing for the measure, which is financially backed by out-of-state groups that have spent millions of dollars on advertising and collecting signatures to get it on the ballot
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 03/10/2026
Manny Rutinel removed or toned down liberal beliefs, background on congressional campaign website coloradosun.com/2026/10/03/m...
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Manny Rutinel removed or toned down liberal beliefs, background on congressional campaign website
The revelations about the changes to Rutinel’s campaign website come as the candidate has faced criticism from his Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, as well as some on the left for his past…
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Victor Marx’s campaign receives one of the largest fines in state history coloradosun.com/2026/10/02/v... #copolitics #coleg
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Victor Marx's campaign receives one of the largest fines in state history
The GOP gubernatorial candidate’s campaign accepted 203 contributions above Colorado’s legal limit, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Colorado can’t back out of federal program some say will create K-12 school vouchers coloradosun.com/2026/10/02/c...
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Colorado can’t back out of federal program some say will create K-12 school vouchers
Even if Colorado’s next governor is a major critic of the program, the state is committed for at least next year under new federal rules
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Former Colorado Supreme Court justice Melissa Hart dies coloradosun.com/2026/10/01/m... #copolitics
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Former Colorado Supreme Court justice Melissa Hart dies
Hart was appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court in 2017 by then-Gov. John Hickenlooper
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Colorado PERA’s bonuses were modeled after much larger pensions coloradosun.com/2026/10/01/c... #copolitics #coleg
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Colorado PERA’s bonuses were modeled after much larger pensions
The peer group PERA uses to evaluate its pay and increase its compensation levels includes some of the largest public pensions in the U.S.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ballot Issue 7A: Front Range voters will weigh sales tax hike to pay for passenger train service coloradosun.com/2026/09/30/b... #copolitics
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Ballot Issue 7A: Front Range voters will weigh sales tax hike to pay for passenger train service
An explainer on Ballot Issue 7A on the Front Range, on a one-third-cent sales tax to expand the proposed Front Range Passenger Rail service.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amendment 82: Colorado voters will decide whether to put right natural gas in state constitution coloradosun.com/2026/09/30/a... #copolitics
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Amendment 82: Colorado voters will decide whether to put right natural gas in state constitution
The measure was written by conservative activists, who are offering it as a counterweight to Colorado laws and policies aimed to reduce the use of natural gas in the state as part of its goal of reduc...
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amendment 81: Colorado police, prosecutors would be forced to alert ICE after filing certain charges coloradosun.com/2026/09/29/a... #copolitics
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Amendment 81: Colorado police, prosecutors would be forced to alert ICE after filing certain charges
The ballot measure would require police and prosecutors to notify the Department of Homeland Security when someone living in the U.S. illegally, or with uncertain immigrant status, is charged with a v...
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amendment 86: Congressional redistricting in Colorado outside the normal process would have more barriers coloradosun.com/2026/09/29/a... #copolitics
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Amendment 86: Congressional redistricting in Colorado outside the normal process would have more barriers
Amendment 86 would require public input and a court review of any mid-decade congressional redistricting in Colorado.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Colorado targets cuts to addiction recovery coaches as Medicaid spending jumps 286% coloradosun.com/2026/09/28/m... #copolitics #coleg via @JenBrownColo
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Colorado targets cuts to addiction recovery coaches as Medicaid spending jumps 286%
Lawmakers passed bipartisan legislation to pay for peer counseling addiction services in 2021. The cost of the program rapidly exploded.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Colorado health insurance prices poised for another big jump in 2027 coloradosun.com/2026/09/23/h... #copolitics #coleg
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Colorado health insurance prices poised for another big jump in 2027
Health insurance prices for people who buy coverage on their own are set to increase by 10% statewide on average in Colorado in 2027.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
8th Congressional District race is essentially tied, poll shows, with warning signs for both Gabe Evans and Manny Rutinel coloradosun.com/2026/09/23/g... #copolitics
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8th Congressional District race is essentially tied, poll shows, with warning signs for both Gabe Evans and Manny Rutinel
The poll was conducted by a Republican firm on behalf of a conservative political nonprofit that doesn’t reveal its donors and is backing Evans, the district’s Republican incumbent
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Colorado’s first pup Gia — a 4-legged staple of Jared Polis’ term as governor — dies at 17 coloradosun.com/2026/09/22/j... #copolitics #coleg
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Colorado’s first pup Gia — a 4-legged staple of Jared Polis’ term as governor — dies at 17
Gia, a rescue dog, attended bill signings and news conferences, meetings with big-name politicians and members of the governor’s cabinet
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Caitlyn Kim @caitlynkim.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
After supporting partisan redistricting in Republican states, House Speaker Mike Johnson is backing an effort to prevent partisan redistricting in Colorado. coloradosun.com/2026/09/21/c... via @jesseapaul.bsky.social #copolitics
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House Speaker Mike Johnson’s PAC pours $250K into Colorado redistricting fight
Dark money groups are financially backing Amendment 86, which aims to make it harder to redraw congressional districts outside of the normal census-driven process
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Colorado state budget deficit grows to $1.6B as Medicaid costs soar coloradosun.com/2026/09/18/c... #copolitics #coleg
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Colorado state budget deficit grows to $1.6B as Medicaid costs soar
The unrelenting rise in healthcare costs has left state lawmakers facing a $1.6 billion deficit in the 2027-28 budget year
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Gabe Evans blames Colorado Democrats for high gasoline prices. The numbers and experts say otherwise. coloradosun.com/2026/09/15/g... #copolitics
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Gabe Evans blames Colorado Democrats for high gasoline prices. The numbers and experts say otherwise.
Yes, Colorado’s gas prices have been slightly higher than the national average. But experts and the numbers tell a more nuanced story.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The biggest sign yet that Colorado Springs' congressional district is in play: a super PAC tied to Donald Trump just dropped about $450,000 there coloradosun.com/2026/09/15/n... #copolitics
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Trump-tied super PAC has already spent about $1.5M defending Gabe Evans, Jeff Crank in Colorado
No Going Back PAC’s spending to defend Crank in the 5th CD highlights how worried Republicans are about losing the seat for the first time
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Denver restaurant snags coveted Michelin recognition coloradosun.com/2026/09/14/o...
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Denver restaurant snags coveted Michelin recognition
The premier restaurant guide started surveying four major Colorado culinary scenes in 2023. This year, the anonymous agents scoured the whole state.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Democratic candidate in Colorado Springs’ congressional district makes misleading claim in first attack ads coloradosun.com/2026/09/14/j... #copolitics
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Democratic candidate in Colorado Springs’ congressional district makes misleading claim in first attack ads
Democrat Jessica Killin is running to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in the 5th Congressional District. She would be the first Democrat to represent the district.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Sun invited Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx to participate, but he declined both an invitation to debate Weiser and to be interviewed before a live audience. #copolitics
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'll interview Attorney General Phil Weiser, the Democratic candidate for Colorado governor, about his plans for leading the state at 6 p.m. on Oct. 8 at the Buell Public Media Center in Denver. Find details and register to attend here: coloradosun.com/events/#gove... #copolitics #coleg
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Were hosting a debate at the University of Denver between the two candidates for attorney general — Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, and El Paso County District Attorney Michael Allen, a Republican. Find details and register to attend here: coloradosun.com/events/#AGCa... #copolitics
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We're hosting a debate between U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper and his Republican challenger, state Sen. Mark Baisley, on Oct. 11 at CSU Fort Collins. Find details and register to attend here: coloradosun.com/events/#usse... #copolitics
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Manny Rutinel resigns from Colorado legislature to focus on pivotal congressional race coloradosun.com/2026/09/07/m... #copolitics via @bentebirkeland.bsky.social
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Manny Rutinel resigns from Colorado legislature to focus on pivotal congressional race
Rutinel is challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in the 8th Congressional District north of Denver
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Last summer, 54% of Latino voters in the 8th District said they disapproved of Trump's job performance. Asked again this summer, 70% said they disapproved of Trump’s job performance. coloradosun.com/2026/09/01/d... #copolitics
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Latino support for Trump has cratered in Colorado’s highly competitive 8th Congressional District
61% of Latino voters in the district said they disapprove of President Donald Trump
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Xcel’s push for fast decision on power line path is rejected by Colorado Supreme Court coloradosun.com/2026/09/02/x...
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Xcel’s push for fast decision on power line path is rejected by Colorado Supreme Court
Xcel tried to condemn a 550-foot strip of Cheyenne County ranchland to link wind farms to a substation. The landowner objected to the route.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New evidence shows Boulder climate lab was dismantled in act of political reprisal, lawsuit alleges coloradosun.com/2026/09/02/d... #copolitics
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New evidence shows Boulder climate lab was dismantled in act of political reprisal, lawsuit alleges
New evidence shows pure politics was behind the Trump administration's threat to dismantle Boulder's NCAR climate lab, a lawsuit says
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