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• Primary Election: Senator waits to hear if he'll keep job

  August 10, 2010 8:18 AM

  Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet is the latest incumbent senator battling for his job. Bennet faces former Colorado House speaker Andrew Romanoff in a primary challenge Tuesday marked by the anti-establishment mood seen in every corner of the nation. Republicans have their own outsider-versus-insider Senate story line. Former... more »

• Sprint time for Colorado Senate candidates

  August 9, 2010 11:09 AM

  It's sprint time for Colorado Senate candidates in primary elections. They're working the phones, waving signs on busy street corners and putting final touches on what they hope will be victory speeches Tuesday night. Democrats are focusing on Colorado Springs. That's because El Paso is the most populous Colorado... more »

• John McCain in Colorado campaigning for Jane Norton

  August 9, 2010 8:38 AM

  Arizona Sen. John McCain urged Colorado Republicans to choose Jane Norton in next week's Senate GOP primary, saying "we need a lot of help" in the Senate. McCain met with reporters in a Denver suburb Sunday morning before flying to Grand Junction with Norton for a rally. Norton, a... more »

• U.S. Senate candidates make final push for votes

  August 8, 2010 6:17 PM

  The four candidates running for U.S. Senate carry packed schedules as they push for votes two days before the primary election. In Colorado Springs, Ken Buck (R) helps volunteers with a phone bank, asking for votes and answering questions from potential voters. He also made a stop in Denver,... more »

• John McCain to campaign for Jane Norton in Colo.

  August 4, 2010 8:33 AM

  Arizona Sen. John McCain is headed to Colorado this weekend to campaign for Republican Senate candidate Jane Norton. A spokeswoman for Norton says McCain will be in Grand Junction and the Denver suburbs Sunday for fundraisers and public rallies for Norton. Colorado Republicans are choosing between Norton and Weld... more »

• Pueblo Senate debate canceled for lack of interest

  August 3, 2010 12:38 PM

  Are voters getting tired of Colorado's Senate primary candidates? The folks in southern Colorado appear to be, with a major debate planned in Pueblo being canceled for lack of interest. Action 22, a civic group that advocates for 22 southern Colorado counties, planned to play host to Democrat Andrew... more »

• Hickenlooper says GOP alienating Colorado voters

  July 28, 2010 8:20 AM

  Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper says internal feuding in the Colorado Republican Party is alienating voters. Drawing on his experience as a brewpub owner, Hickenlooper says it's bad practice to attack another company and he believes it's bad practice for candidates to attack each other. The Denver mayor... more »

• Colorado GOP candidates struggling

  July 26, 2010 8:47 AM

  At a time when Republicans across the nation are counting on victories in gubernatorial races, Colorado's GOP is struggling with gubernatorial and U.S. Senate candidates who have stumbled in recent months. The latest problems include a spat between GOP Senate candidates Jane Norton and Ken Buck touching on gender... more »

• No high heels for Norton in C.S. Friday

  July 23, 2010 11:46 PM

  "Why should you vote for me?" Ken Buck repeated the question asked of him at a recent campaign stop in Weld County. "Because I don't wear high heels," Buck responded in reference to Jane Norton, his GOP adversary for U.S. Senate. Those words have generated some heat for Buck.... more »

• Gender becoming issue in GOP senate race

  July 22, 2010 8:20 AM

  A Senate candidate's joke about his female opponent was caught on tape and is getting attention online. Republican Ken Buck is running against former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton for the Republican nomination. Asked at a conservative gathering last weekend why Republicans should choose him, Buck made a gender joke.... more »

• Primary ballots in the mail today

  July 19, 2010 9:09 AM

  Mail-in ballots for Colorado's Aug. 10 primary elections were going out Monday. Because the vast majority of Colorado primary voters will cast their ballots at home, that means candidates have the next three weeks to try to sell themselves to party voters. The race on ballots this election is... more »

• Colorado senate candidate blasts wilderness plans

  June 11, 2010 8:43 AM

  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton says she would oppose federal wilderness bills she calls "land grabs," including one backed by Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette and the proposed Hidden Gems plan. Norton said in a speech Thursday to Colorado Ski Country, a trade group, that proposals by DeGette and... more »

• Jane Norton cleared for Senate primary ballots

  June 10, 2010 8:42 AM

  Colorado's primary election ballot has firmed-up, as Lt. Gov. Jane Norton has officially been placed before voters. Norton will face Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck in an Aug. 10 primary. Buck achieved top billing on the ballots through the statewide Republican assembly last month. Norton bypassed the assembly... more »

• Jane Norton turns in petition for Senate race

  May 27, 2010 8:18 AM

  Republican Jane Norton turned in 35,000 signatures to the Colorado secretary of state, which she says is more than enough signatures to make GOP Senate primary ballots. Norton submitted the signatures Wednesday, a day before they're due. Norton needs 1,500 signatures from registered Republicans in each of Colorado's seven... more »

• Tom Wiens drops out of Colorado Senate race

  May 25, 2010 8:40 AM

  Republican Tom Wiens is dropping out of Colorado's primary Senate contest. The former state senator is backing Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck over former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton. Wiens was a self-funded Senate candidate who planned to petition onto primary ballots. But on Monday, Wiens dropped out before... more »

• Littleton Republican is Colo Senate minority chief

  May 3, 2010 11:50 AM

  Republicans have elected Sen. Mike Kopp of Littleton to be their new minority party chairman. Kopp was chosen Monday to replace Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry, who is stepping down at the end of the legislative session next week. Penry, of Grand Junction, says he is stepping down to... more »

• Jane Norton to turn focus on primary election

  April 14, 2010 11:49 AM

  On Tuesday, GOP U.S. Senate candidate, Jane Norton, said that she is turning her focus to the primary election, and will not be going to the Republican State Assembly in May. Jane Norton said, in a press release, " This is not a decision I have made lightly. I... more »

• Jane Norton joins GOP Senate race

  September 15, 2009 12:54 PM

  The crowded contest to challenge Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet is getting a new player. Former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton will introduce herself to voters in a three-city campaign announcement Tuesday. The Republican joins at least five others from the GOP who will seek to challenge Bennet next year. Norton was... more »