Slideshow: Romney in CO stumping for Schaffer

A Face the State Staff Report

November 2, 2008
Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney was in Centennial Saturday to stump for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Bob Schaffer. Face The State was there to capture the action in the final days before the 2008 general election.

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Tancredo says goodbye to D.C., sets sights on the Guv's mansion

A Face the State Staff Report

October 27, 2008

While nearly 200 supporters, friends, and political allies gathered Thursday night to honor Congressman Tom Tancredo’s retirement from Congress, the feisty anti-illegal immigration activist assured attendees that his departure from public life would be brief as he alluded to plans for a 2010 gubernatorial bid.

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Ritter takes GOP's advice to rein in state spending

A Face the State Staff Report

September 26, 2008

Just one day after statehouse Republicans called for a freeze in state hiring to prepare for a souring economy, Gov. Bill Ritter announced Thursday that the executive branch would not make any new hires starting Oct. 1.

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"Republican Former Gov. Bill Owens would stand a better chance of unseating incumbent Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., in 2010 than former Denver Bronco John Elway, according to poll results released Monday."

FTS Humor: When your goose is cooked

Face The State Humor

July 3, 2008

By Andrew Ripemoff

Centuries ago, in a distant land called Colorado, a kind and beloved leader named King Owens ruled the countryside. Life was good in the Kingdom, where off in a small corner of the grounds of the monarchy's vast estate worked a humble man, tending to a lone goose. But this wasn’t an ordinary goose. This was a goose who laid golden eggs - pure gold in fact.

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Dudley Brown: "Guns Up" Approach to Political Advocacy

A Face the State Staff Report

July 2, 2008

Colorado’s political activists come in all shapes and sizes, and so do their budgets. Millionaire Democrats Tim Gill and Pat Stryker regularly see their political tactics grace the front pages, and they have become famous for pumping unprecedented cash into state legislative races. But there is another kind of activist in Colorado attempting to turn the political wheels. He operates on a shoestring budget, and his fellow Republicans have called his methodology controversial, uncompromising and on a bad day, damaging to conservative causes.

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6/5: Owens stumps for McCain

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For the first time since leaving office, former Gov. Bill Owens has come out to actively support a candidate. More >

Owens Steps Up Support For McCain

A Face the State Staff Report

May 28, 2008

For the first time since being term-limited from Colorado's highest political office in 2006, former Gov. Bill Owens has come out to actively support a candidate, telling reporters in a conference call this morning that he thinks Republican Presidential nominee Sen. John McCain can win Colorado, and that he plans to take an active role in this year's presidential race.

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