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Jerry Brown Wins; Cuomo Trounces Paladino

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:12:34 CDT

Democrat Andrew Cuomo coasted past tea party Republican Carl Paladino after an exceedingly nasty race to win election as governor of New York, the job his father, Mario, held in the 1980s and '90s. On the other coast, Californians gave Jerry Brown another crack at the job he held 28...

Colorado Gov. Ritter Retiring

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:25:18 CST

Colorado's Democratic governor won't be running for re-election this fall, sources tell the AP. Bill Ritter was elected for his first term in 2006 in a pivotal swing-voting state and has been widely considered a rising star in the Democratic Party. Ritter has called a press conference today to announce...

Denver Schools Chief Will Succeed Salazar

Nick McMaster — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:27:16 CST

Bill Ritter has chosen Michael Bennet to fill the US Senate seat vacated by Ken Salazar, President-elect Obama’s choice for secretary of the Interior, the Denver Post reports. Bennet, superintendent of the Denver public school system, reportedly was an education secretary candidate. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper had sought to succeed...

Denver Mayor Guns for Salazar's Senate Seat

Harry Kimball — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:39:02 CST

The jockeying has begun for the Colorado Senate seat to be vacated by Ken Salazar, with Denver mayor John Hickenlooper telling the Denver Post he is interested in, if not “actively seeking,” the spot. Salazar has been designated as Barack Obama’s interior secretary; other names floated for the post include...