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THIS WEEKEND: CANDIDATE BOOT CAMP! Saturday, June 26, and Sunday, June 27 |
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The Colorado Democratic Party will be hosting its second session of its brand new Candidate Boot Camp series for registered Democrats! It will be held on Saturday, June 26, and Sunday, June 27, and it will be focused on bringing candidates, potential candidates, campaign workers, and activists together to learn everything one would need to know to run for office!
Who Should Attend? If you're a candidate, a campaign manager, a campaign staffer, a campaign volunteer, a precinct organizer, a county party officer, an active Democrat in your community, or a Democrat who has thought about running for office before, this training is for you!
What Will You Be Learning? From fundraising to field, from messaging to managing a candidate, from time management to campaign timelines, this training will prepare anyone seeking office or seeking to help elect Democrats at any level to take on any race in any corner of the state!
Sounds Awesome! How do I join? Click here or the button below to sign up, and show up! |
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NEW MERCH ALERT! |
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NEW MERCH ALERT! |
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We're so pleased to announce that we have brand new merchandise at the Colorado Dems store!
Make sure you're stocked up for Pride by clicking here!
And check out some of our new merchandise themes like: |
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Redistricting Updates! |
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ICYMI: The first draft redistricting map was released by the Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission. It's important to note that this is a preliminary, so the commission will likely make changes. But they need to hear from you and your communities!
Click here to read our statement on the preliminary map, and read on to see how you can ensure the new map reflects your community and ensures your community has quality representation! |
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The independent redistricting commission released preliminary maps today, and they will be hosting public meetings for Coloradans to attend to submit their opinion and testimony on these draft maps!
This is important for you to know because redistricting impacts all of us, no matter our political affiliation! Make sure to mark on your calendar when a public meeting will be held near you, and make your voice heard! Click here for more info about how you can make your voice heard! |
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The American Rescue Plan How is it helping folks? |
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GOVERNOR POLIS SIGNS COLORADO CHILD TAX CREDIT INTO LAW Ark Valley Voice
In Colorado, it is estimated that the expanded federal Child Care Tax Credit will lift 57,000 kids out of poverty and benefit more than 1 million children across the state. Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet championed the Child Tax Credit in Congress.
The Polis administration has doubled the state Earned Income Tax Credit from 10 percent to 20 percent. This means that under the state child tax credit, for the first time an estimated 155,000 Colorado families with young children will now be able to claim a refundable state Child Tax Credit of up to $1,080 per child for children under age 6 and depending on income level.
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Remember -- Colorado Republicans like Lauren Boebert, Ken Buck, and Doug Lamborn all voted 'No' to helping Colorado families.
Meanwhile, all of Colorado's Democratic members of the Congressional delegation voted 'Yes'!
But how else does the American Rescue Plan specifically help Coloradans, you ask? Click the link to find out! |
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Opportunities with the Colorado Dems |
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Add Your Recipe to the Colorado Dems Cookbook! |
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Hi friends! We're putting together a Colorado Dems Cookbook filled with recipes from Colorado Dems all across the state, and we're asking you to contribute to it!
We are looking to collect recipes from every county in Colorado. We want to celebrate cuisine from every culture and community. Is there a story or history behind the recipe? Tell us! This cookbook will be sold as way to raise funds for voter registration and grassroots organizing in Colorado.
Do you have a famous dish or cocktail that you love to share at parties? Maybe an old family recipe you'd generously be willing to share? We want to hear from *you*!
Please fill out the form below, and email a photo of yourself and a photo of your dish to [email protected]! |
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Once upon a time, Colorado was known as the 'Hate State' for passing Amendment 2, a ballot measure that stripped LGBTQ Coloradans of their rights. Fast forward to today, and we not only have historic LGBTQ representation from the Governor's office to the local levels, but we also have passed some of the country's leading laws to ensure equality and equity.
Join us for this discussion on the intersection of LGBTQ Equality and Gender Equity with elected officials, experts, and community members who will talk about the work that needs to be done.
Sign up to be part of the conversation on Monday, June 28, 2021 @ 6:00pm MT by clicking here or the button below! |
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The intersection of growing food and ensuring people can feed themselves and their families is one of the most important policy discussions of our time. Join us for this critical discussion with farmers, agriculture economists and experts, food policy specialists, and elected officials.
Sign up to be part of the conversation on Thursday, July 1, 2021 @ 6:00pm MT by clicking here or the button below! |
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SAVE THE DATE: Grassroots Cookout on Sunday, Sept. 12 |
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We are excited to announce that we will be back together in person for a grassroots kickoff on September 12th in the Denver metro area (Location TBD).
This event starts at just $10, and will be a great way to see people from all across the state that you have not seen in a while. Click here to RSVP!
We ask that only those who have been vaccinated attend, in accordance with the most recent CDC guidelines. The event will be outdoors, so come join us for some food, drink and lots of fun! |
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Initiative and County Party News! |
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Archuleta Dems & La Plata Dems Score Big Wins! |
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Major props to the Archuleta and La Plata Dems for scoring big wins in electing Dems to the La Plata Electric Association! The cooperative is made up of four districts, and our local Dems got directors elected to 3/4 of the seats!
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? This is how we build our bench! Local-elected officials today are the candidates for Congress, U.S. Senate, or Governor tomorrow! Thank you to the Archuleta and La Plata Dems for all your work to get hardworking, qualified candidates elected and re-elected! |
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Montezuma Dems Raise $$$ to Retire School Lunch Debt! |
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Mary Dodd, the chair of the Montezuma County Dems, delivered a check to help retire school lunch debt at the Mancos School District. Here she is delivering the check to Janet Fogel, Director of Food Service of the Mancos School District.
Thank you for this incredible show of service for the community, Montezuma Dems! |
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Join the Progressive Dems on Thursday, June 24 |
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WHAT: Progressive Democrats Initiative 4th Thursday Monthly Meeting - June 24, 2021
"Whirlwind Legislative Session Review with Rep. Steve Woodrow"
Please join us for our monthly membership meeting on Thursday, June 24, at 7pm.
State Representative Steve Woodrow will give us highlights from this legislative session from his perspective. He is an advocate for social, racial, environmental, and economic justice with a detailed understanding of law and policy and proven experience representing progressive views. His philosophy that drives his current work is #BetterThanWeFoundIt.
Please register at the link below and join us!
Registration Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsde-qrDovE9Tb01NGVG4mg6gqfXpwC-CP
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. |
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#DemsDeliver |
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Michael Bennet helps drum up attention to expanded child tax credit Colorado Politics
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet was among those leading the charge Monday to increase awareness about the expanded child tax credit, a program the Colorado Democrat wrote and helped pass this year that starts delivering payments directly to families next month.
The expanded credit increases the existing $2,000-per-child tax credit to $3,600 for children under six and $3,000 for children through age 17. It also makes the benefit fully refundable, meaning parents can get the payment even if they don't make enough to pay taxes.
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More Colorado adults are getting vaccinated, but a partisan divide persists, poll shows Colorado Sun
Fifty-six percent of people polled said they approve of how the Biden administration is handling the coronavirus pandemic, while 36% said they disapprove and 8% said they had no opinion.
When it comes to Polis’ handling of the pandemic, 60% said they approve, 32% said they disapprove and 8% said they have no opinion.
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Griswold implements emergency rules to block Arizona-style audit in Colorado Colorado Politics
Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Thursday implemented emergency rules aimed at thwarting future efforts at an Arizona-style “forensic audit” conducted by a third party.
The new rules ban county clerks from allowing access to voting machines unless that person has passed a background check and is performing a task with authorization from either the county clerk or Griswold’s office.
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How Colorado lawmakers changed policing in their first full session since George Floyd protests The Denver Post
In their first full legislative session since mass protests over police brutality, Colorado lawmakers passed bills to regulate use of force, expand alternatives to policing and make police actions and discipline more transparent to the public.
There was no sweeping reform bill similar to the one passed in June 2020, but lawmakers, law enforcement and advocacy groups worked to build upon those changes in the six of 10 bills about policing that cleared the Statehouse.
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Neguse Stresses Support for Climate Action, Civilian Climate Corps Colorado Times Recorder
During a congressional hearing on Friday, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) emphasized the importance to communities in Colorado of taking action to address climate change.
“In 2020, we had a devastating and historic year for wildfires. Three of the five largest fires in state history occurred in the last year, and two of those were in my congressional district,” said Neguse during the hearing, referencing the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires.
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U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) released draft legislation that would, among other things, make President Biden’s dream of creating a new federal advanced research agency to cure cancer, Alzheimer’s and other difficult diseases a reality.
Included in the bipartisan legislation that’s now circulating among lawmakers is a provision that would create an Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, and authorize the more than $6.5 billion the White House says it needs to run the agency.
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RawStory
On Monday, following reports on how the Justice Department was able to spy on members of Congress under former President Donald Trump, Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) tore into federal prosecutors for participating in the politically motivated operation.
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Tributes pour in for officer, ‘Samaritan,’ killed in Olde Town Arvada shooting KDVR
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, whose District 7 includes Arvada, said he was “devastated” to hear the news and thanked the responders at the scene.
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Supreme Court dismisses challenge to the Affordable Care Act KDVR
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser released the following statement regarding today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Affordable Care Act case California v. Texas:
“Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court has kept the Affordable Care Act in place. The first action I took as Colorado attorney general was to join with other states in defending the ACA in this case. I did so because, time and time again, Coloradans throughout the state have shared with me their concerns about having access to affordable healthcare. Despite repeated attacks, we can now celebrate that the ACA is still the law of the land."
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GOP Watch |
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Moving Money: Ryan Call’s 2019 Presentation on the Colorado GOP’s Super PAC Colorado Times Recorder
Former Colorado GOP Chair Ryan Call is in serious legal trouble for allegedly stealing nearly $280,000 from pro-Trump super PAC Rebuilding America Now while he was treasurer of the organization from 2016 to 2019. Despite the fact that one complainant, Cleta Mitchell, is a fervent election fraud conspiracist, her allegations are serious enough for the state Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel (OARC) to decide to move forward with a complaint following its own investigation.
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Boebert votes against honoring Capitol cops Grand Junction Sentinel
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was one of only 21 members of Congress, and the only Colorado congressional member, to vote against a bill to award the Capitol Police and D.C. police department with medals honoring their role in defending the U.S. Capitol.
Boebert’s dissenting vote goes against several statements she has made in support of law enforcement, including the Capitol Police.
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Volunteer of the Week |
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Meet Jarrod Munger -- this week's volunteer of the week! We caught up with Jarrod to hear about why he volunteers for Democratic causes, and why he thinks you should volunteer too!
Jarrod has been laid off several times while working in Information Technology which allowed him to use retraining programs (WIA, Trade Adjustment Assistance) through the Denver Workforce Center. Jarrod volunteers with the Democratic Party to give back to the Party who has provided him with the programs that have allowed him to become a System Administrator in IT Security. He is a finance chair in House District 8 and planning their annual spaghetti dinner on June 26. He is also Chair of the Stonewall Democrats of Colorado who have their next meeting on July 15. |
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Dems On the Road! |
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It was so good to see everyone who came out on Saturday to join us at our booth and to march with us for the Denver Juneteenth parade and festival! |
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Aron Diaz, one of our regional field organizers, stopped by the Steamboat Springs Farmers Market this Saturday to say hi to the Routt County Dems, who were celebrating Juneteenth by registering people to vote! |
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The Funnies! |
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