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One of this year’s most interesting success stories, Rep.-elect Jared Polis’ long road to glory, not to mention history as the first openly gay man elected to Congress…started out a little bumpy. Most people agree that his early primary campaign was a calamitous affair, with Polis showing commitment in the form of large personal checks […]

As the Rocky Mountain News reports: Jared Polis has set a record for self-funded campaigns in Colorado after adding $1.6 million to his war chest in July, raising his personal contributions to $5.3 million. The total is more than the combined total of what his two Democratic primary opponents, Joan Fitz-Gerald and Will Shafroth, have […]

That’s one way to do it: answer a Colorado stateswoman with the archetype Colorado stateswoman. “Thanks, Pat!” Release follows. Polis unveils new TV ad featuring former Colorado Congresswoman Pat Schroeder FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 30, 2008 CONTACT: Robert Becker (303) 381-0121 Statement from Robert Becker, campaign manager, Polis for Congress: “In the midst of Joan […]

UPDATE #4: The Polis campaign was forced to…ah, modify its original statement. Politics West reports: After further review, the Polis camp concedes that Corporate Advocates and Jep Seman had nothing to do with the attack ad. But further research found that Steve Adams, the man who is responsible, works for Colorado Communique, a group that […]

UPDATE: Fitz-Gerald campaign denies they are the source of negative phone calls against Polis. This past week saw the first negative retail campaigning in the CD-2 race. Candidate Joan Fitz-Gerald’s campaign has apparently been making phone calls to targeted voters directly attacking opponent Jared Polis, though it’s unclear whether these were simply “robocalls” or live […]

(Candidates gone wild! – promoted by Colorado Pols) Colorado Pols UPDATE: Here’s the MP3 of Jay Marvin explaining the story. UPDATE: Polis campaign manager responds after the jump (and in comments below) As PolitickerCO reports, 2nd District hopeful Jared Polis showed up yesterday at radio station KKZN-AM demanding a better time slot for his scheduled […]