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Colorado: Ken Brenner

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, 09/05/2008 - 10:02

This week's PolitickerCO.com Winners & Losers

By Wally Edge

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Conservatives can claim a major victory this week thanks to U.S. Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) as his vice presidential running mate, but Democrats in the state also made significant gains in voter registration over the summer. See all of this week's Winners & Losers. | CLICK HERE

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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 09:37

Brenner loans campaign $10K; still trails White fundraising in August

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

Senate District 8 Democratic candidate Ken Brenner loaned his campaign $10,000 last month, according to campaign finance filings obtained by the Grand Junction Sentinel's Political Notebook.

The loan gives Brenner $12,194 for August; state Rep. Al White, Brenner's Republican opponent, raised $19,995 during that time solely through donations, according to Political Notebook.

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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 08:59

Taylor: White 'odds-on guy' to keep JBC seat if elected to state Senate

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

State Sen. Jack Taylor (R-Steamboat Springs) said Wednesday that if state Rep. Al White (R-Hayden) will likely stay on the Joint Budget Committee if wins Taylor's seat in Senate District 8 this November.

White currently is the lone Republican state House member on the six-member super-committee, which is in charge of writing the annual appropriations bill. With Democrats controlling both houses of the state legislature, the committee is composed of two Democrats and one Republican from both the state House and Senate.

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