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Colorado: Evie Hudak

February 16, 2009 - 10:14 am
NEWS FEED: Face the State

FTS Humor: B.O. High School, Hot Jared, and Si Dot

By Andrew Ripemoff

It’s been an awesome week. A week where Lakewood began requiring that all paid escorts be registered and injected with tracking micro-chips. Or maybe that was cats. It's easy to get confused with so many good ideas coming out of our local and state governments these days.

It’s also a week in which we’ve learned that Colorado Democrats are fighting hard to change their image of being the party that is soft on crime. And they’re doing it by:

Trying to shut down a prison in Rifle.

Working to eliminate the death penalty.

Refusing to join the rest of the country in passing Jessica’s Law.

"I applaud the Colorado legislature for being one of only eight states to not pass tough legislation against child molesters," said one opponent of the law, singer Michael Jackson.

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Thu, 11/13/2008 - 17:52

Senate Dems name 2009 committee chairs

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

The Colorado Senate Democrats announced chair assignments for 10 state Senate committees on Thursday and seven of the 10 appointed Senators are new to the post.

State Sens. Jim Isgar (D-Durango), Paula Sandoval (D-Denver), and Jennifer Veiga (D-Denver) are the only committee chairs who will remain in their positions for next year.

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 03:44

2008 Colorado election preview: State Senate races

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

By all accounts, the Democrats' five-seat majority in the Colorado State Senate is safe, but either party could gain a couple seats during this year's election.

The key Senate districts to watch are the 8th state Senate District, the 16th District, the 19th District, the 23rd District and the 26th District. Of those, two are open seats being relinquished by Republicans, one has a Republican incumbent, one has a Democratic incumbent, and one is being vacated by a Democrat.

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Fri, 10/31/2008 - 03:36

Shaffer says he hasn't seen competition for Senate Majority Leader next year

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

Assistant Colorado Senate Majority Leader Brandon Shaffer (D-Longmont) said he hasn't heard of anyone challenging him for Senate Majority Leader next session and said three state Senate district races are very close during the final days of the 2008 campaign.

Asked if he had heard of any other names of potential competitors to succeed outgoing Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon (D-Denver), Shaffer said, "the answer to your question's ‘no.'"

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Wed, 09/03/2008 - 18:56

Wiens predicts GOP keeps state Senate seats, might pick up SD-19

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

MINNEAPOLIS-Outgoing state Sen. Tom Wiens (R-Castle Rock) said Wednesday that he expects his party to hold onto -and even improve upon - their seats in the state Senate this November.

"I really don't think we would lose seats," Wiens said following a breakfast for the Colorado delegation to the Republican National Convention.

Wiens said Republicans could even pick up state Senate District 19, where state Sen. Sue Windels (D-Arvada) is term-limited.

Republican Libby Szabo faces Democrat Evie Hudak for the seat.

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