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Upcoming event: State Fair Parade

All Democrats are invited to march in the State Fair Parade on August 24. Wear your colors, bring your signs, and gather at 9:30 a.m. on Colorado Avenue between Grant and Pitkin. Look for slot #88. After the parade, stop by the Democratic Party Booth in the "Ag" Building to say "hi" to fellow Democrats.

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Recall Challenge: EVRAZ Corrects PositionLeroy Garcia

EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel Not
Involved In Garcia Recall Attempt

Colorado Times Recorder / By Erik Maulbetsch / Posted August 22, 2019

UPDATE: EVRAZ emphasizes its work with President Garcia in a tweet...Read More

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Save the Date: Candidate Forum

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Recall effort: Leroy Garcia Challenge Leroy Garcia

Pueblo’s Garcia to Challenge 
Recall Effort Door to Door

Zach Hillstrom | Crime and Courts Reporter | THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN | Aug 9, 2019

Colorado Senate President Leroy Garcia is no stranger to knocking on doors and campaign canvassing, but today, the two-term state senator is going door to door to speak with constituents — not to encourage votes in his favor, but to combat a recall effort against him...Read More

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Medical Costs: Surprise Out-of-Network Billing

Lien on Me: How one woman's willingness to tell her story changed the law

9News.com |  Chris Vanderveen| Published June 26, 2019

One of the most important bills Colorado Democrats passed this legislative session was suprise out-of-network billing, which allows healthcare providers to bill you for procedures that were out-of-network -- without telling you that you would be billed out-of-network. State Representative Daneya Esgar was one of the leads on this important bill that finally got done this year...Read More.

(The included video features Representative Daneya Esgar in action on the floor of the State House.)

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Romanoff Endorsements

Key Pueblo Dems are Backing
Romanoff’s Senate Bid

Pueblo Chieftain | Peter Roper | Posted May 28, 2019

Romanoff releases list of 250 statewide Democratic backers

As a growing field of Democrats jostle each other to run against U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff has released a list of more than 250 former and current Democratic officials who are endorsing him.

Tuesday’s list shows all three Pueblo County commissioners...Read More.

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In Case You Missed it: Andrew Romanoff at HQ

On Saturday, May 18, US Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff answered questions from Pueblo citizens while they munched on coffee & donuts at Pueblo Democratic HQ.

All Senate Democratic primary candidates are welcome at the Pueblo Party's headquarters.

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Opinion: Recalls

Don’t Undo Voters’ Will

Pueblo Chieftain | Posted May 1, 2019

At its core, the way our democracy works is pretty simple: We hold elections, and then the candidates who receive the most votes serve in office for specifically designated terms. When those terms are over, we repeat the process all over again.

If there’s a better system for selecting the people to run a government, we have yet to hear about it. So it’s disappointing to learn that committees have been formed to attempt to recall two Democratic legislators from Pueblo, Senate President Leroy Garcia and Rep. Bri Buentello...Read More.

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Senator Michael Bennet's Fiery Speech on the Shutdown

Our ordinarily soft-spoken senator speaks on the floor of the Senate.

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