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2020 Race: Democratic Primary

Democratic Party Primary Schedule and Candidates

There will be five races on the Democratic primary ballot. The winners of these races will face Republican and third party candidates in the general election in November.

June 8: Ballots begin to be mailed out
June 30: Ballots must be turned in by 7:00 p.m.

Contested Federal Democratic Primary Races:
Two candidates for U.S. Congress (CD-3):
James Iacino Diane Mitsch Bush

Two candidates for U.S. Senate:
Andrew Romanoff John Hickenlooper

Contested Pueblo Area Democratic Primary Races:

Two candidates for County Commissioner (District 1):
Eppie Griego Tisha Mauro

Two candidates for County Commissioner (District 2):
Garrison Ortiz Abel Tapia

Two candidates for State House (District 62):
Matthew Martinez Donald Valdez

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Coronavirus: Timeline

Gov. Polis outlines plan to lift Colorado stay-at-home order; strict measures will remain in place

From theDenverChannel.com, click here.

“As it [the Stay at Home order] rolls off April 27, we need to figure out how to run the marathon now that we’ve run the sprint,” Polis said. “...I hate to break it to you, but the easy part was the sprint.”

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2020 Race: Local Candidates

4 Dems Qualify for Primary in
Pueblo Commissioner Race

Pueblo Chieftain / Anthony A. Mestas / Posted Apr 7, 2020

All four Democratic candidates vying for Pueblo County commissioners seats have qualified for the county’s Democratic primary in June.

Incumbent County Commissioner Garrison Ortiz and former state Sen. Abel Tapia both made the cut for the county’s District 2.

Tisha Mauro and Epimenio “Eppie” Griego also qualified. They are running for District 1 as the current representative of that district, Terry Hart, is term-limited.

Each candidate received at least 30% of the votes at the county assembly, which is a qualification to move on to the primary.

Pueblo County Democratic Party Chair Mary Beth Corsentino said Tuesday that she could not release the official results, saying that all four candidates are qualified to move forward.

Because of the coronavirus epidemic Pueblo Democrats were forced to do an all mail-in ballot to vote for candidates to qualify for the primary.

Corsentino said said 91% of the ballots were returned.

“That’s phenomenal,” she said.

Corsentino said 400 delegates, who were elected at the county convention in March, voted by mail.

“This was a huge undertaking, but in the long run, I think that it was the most fair way to do an assembly. There was a whole lot of data to collect,” Corsentino said.

“We sent out 400 mail ballots, which also included the unopposed (Democratic) races of Pueblo County District Attorney Jeff Chostner and state Rep. Daneya Esgar.”

Corsentino said all votes were on a paper/pencil ballot.

Read the entire article here.

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Coronavirus Response: Face Mask Shortage

Pueblo Democrats Called
on to Make Face Masks

Hello Democrats, Can You Sew? If Yes, Please Join Us.

To help fight the coronavirus, Pueblo Democrats would like its members to make 1,000 (or so) cloth face masks.

Pueblo Dems will provide all the materials, and deliver them to you. We will also collect your finished masks.

When the masks are ready, we will set up a drive-by mask-pickup at Democratic Party HQ. We will give out 2 masks per car. To see how to make a simple mask, click on HOW-TO VIDEO.

If you would like to volunteer send an email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Coronavirus Response: Face Masks

Democratic "Masketeers" Have
Answered the Call — Twice!

 A group of dedicated Democrats have labored over their cutting tables and sewing machines to respond to a critical community need. They produced over 500 face masks and delivered them in a drive-by at Democratic Headquarters on Thursday, April 23.

At Thursday's drive-by the Masketeers learned that there was a further need. The Pueblo Police Department had a shortage of masks, so Masketeer Bernice Henrickson stepped up and produced an additional 150 masks. Photos of the presentation may be viewed at the end of the photo gallery below.

And who are these "Masketeers" of whom we speak? Here they are:

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James Iacino

2020 Race: Endorsement and Virtual Meetings

AG Phil Weiser Endorses James Iacino

James Iacino, candidate for Congress in CD-3, has received another important endorsement from Attorney General Phil Weiser. Read more here.

Note: Updated dates and times.
To join these virtual meetings, RSVP here.

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Coronavirus Response: Medical Supplies Collection

Local Representatives Pitch in to Collect Medical Supplies

State Senate President Leroy Garcia, State Representatives Daneya Esgar and Bri Buentello got together with the United Way of Pueblo County and Colorado State University-Pueblo Student Health Services to collect needed medical supplies for health care workers addressing COVID-19...Read more here.

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