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• Colin Powell says GOP having 'an identity problem'

  January 14, 2013 7:45 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says his own Republican Party is having "an identity problem." The former Joints Chief of Staff chairman who twice endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president tells NBC's "Meet the Press" that in recent years there's been "a significant shift to the... more »

• GOP showcasing Hispanic stars

  October 17, 2011 12:01 PM

  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) - New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and Florida Sen. Marc Rubio are popular, political newcomers who toe a safe party line in presidential battleground states. The rising GOP stars are also Hispanics - a fact the Republican Party clearly hopes to capitalize... more »

• GOP calls for investigation of President Obama's ad

  September 18, 2011 6:28 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Republican party officials say they want a Congressional ethics investigation into a television ad that features President Barack Obama's speech on the House floor. The Denver Post reports Sunday on its political blog that the Republican National Lawyers Association told the paper the ad violates House... more »

• Gingrich blasts Obama's planned bus tour on jobs

  August 6, 2011 3:50 PM

  TIFFIN, Iowa (AP) - GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is criticizing President Barack Obama's plan to take a three-day bus tour through the Midwest to discuss the economy. The former House speaker told a Republican Party dinner in Iowa on Friday that Obama should act like a president and... more »

• Colorado Dems fundraising outpaces state GOP

  July 16, 2011 6:24 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Democratic Party has raised more money than the state Republican Party through the first half of the year. Reports released Friday show the Democratic Party raised $492,488 through June 30, while the GOP raised $326,731. The reports filed with the Colorado secretary of... more »

• GOP fears losing majority party status in Colorado

  October 19, 2010 9:03 AM

  Colorado's Republican Party could become a minor party and lose traditional fundraising opportunities in the 2012 presidential election if its candidate for governor, tea party favorite Dan Maes, gets less than 10 percent of the vote on Nov. 2. It's a stunning prospect for a party that has the... more »

• GOP to reveal 'Pledge to America' today

  September 23, 2010 8:46 AM

  Republicans are making their final argument to voters six weeks before congressional elections with a campaign manifesto designed to show they're listening to an angry public and focused on creating jobs. GOP lawmakers on Thursday were to roll out their "Pledge to America" - a 21-page document filled with... more »

• Three-party race for governor in Colorado

  September 14, 2010 10:41 PM

  With a Denver District Court Judge's decision Tuesday to keep third-party candidate Tom Tancredo's name on the November ballot, Colorado is faced with a three-party race for governor: Tancredo with the American Constitution Party, Dan Maes with the Republican Party, and John Hickenlooper with the Democratic Party. Tuesday's court... more »

• Friday deadline for setting Colorado ballot firm

  September 3, 2010 12:08 PM

  Secretary of State Bernie Buescher says he will certify the November ballot by the close of business Friday, despite an ongoing campaign by the Colorado Republican Party to recruit a new gubernatorial candidate. Buescher says time is tight because of the late Aug. 10 primary and federal deadlines for... more »

• Pueblo Co. Sheriff Candidate Explains His Own Criminal Past

  August 27, 2010 2:18 AM

  Randy Wills says he has no regrets about anything in his life. That's why he invited News First 5 to his Pueblo West home to discuss revelations about his criminal past in the midst of his campaign to become the sheriff of Pueblo County. News First 5 was made... more »

• Tancredo answers critics

  July 27, 2010 9:39 PM

  The path has been cleared for former republican congressman Tom Tancredo to head the American Constitution Party, as candidate for governor. Benjamin Goss resigned his candidacy on Tuesday morning, paving the way for Tancredo, who submitted the proper paperwork Tuesday. "This is it! It's all I can do!" he told... more »

• Voter Registration Deadline Is Monday

  July 9, 2010 5:10 PM

  Monday, June 12 is the deadline to register to vote in the August 10 Primary Election in Colorado. Eligible citizens have until 5:00 p.m. June 12 to complete their registration in-person or by mail. Monday is also the deadline to change or withdraw party affiliation for the Primary. Unaffiliated voters... more »

• Steele will visit Colorado after all

  July 7, 2010 2:39 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Republican Party chairman Michael Steele is coming to Colorado. The state party says Steele will visit volunteers at party headquarters on Thursday morning in Greenwood Village. His appearance in Colorado will be his first since he came under fire for calling the nine-year-old conflict in Afghanistan a... more »

• GOP chief: Republicans 'screwed up' after Reagan

  January 5, 2010 11:28 AM

  Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele says the GOP has "screwed up" since the Ronald Reagan era. In a new book, Steele says the party needs to acknowledge where, in his words, "we most glaringly compromised our principles" in the past decade. Steele writes: "We must support Republican officials who assert... more »

• Steele: Election returns show transcendent Republican party

  November 4, 2009 11:03 AM

  Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele is asserting that GOP victories in governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia demonstrate "a transcendent party" on the move again. Steele said Wednesday morning that he thinks Chris Christie's victory in New Jersey and Bob McDonnell's win in Virginia show that the GOP... more »