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Most provisional ballots to be in final tally

November 20, 2008

Most of the nearly 51,000 provisional ballots in the 2008 election are expected to be included in final results due to the secretary of state's office Monday.

Clapp concedes District 26 race

November 19, 2008

Democrat Linda Newell is finally the winner in the state Senate District 26 race.

Ousted Rep. Musgrave scoring national headlines — not the good kind

November 19, 2008

Nobody Likes a Sore Loser. Even in Washington," Newsweek says about the Colorado Republican's failure to concede defeat two weeks after losing to Democratic Betsy Markey in nasty race for the 4th Congressional District seat

Vietnam War-era radical Ayers says he and Obama were 'family friends'

November 13, 2008

Bill Ayers, the Vietnam War-era radical who was a campaign headache for Barack Obama, says in a new afterword to his memoir that the two were neighbors and family friends.

Colo. polling places challenging for disabled

November 12, 2008

Most polling places and electronic voting machines in Colorado pose barriers to voters with disabilities and violate federal standards, an advocate said Wednesday.

Palin doesn't rule out U.S. Senate run

November 12, 2008

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday said she would consider serving in the Senate if God gave her the opportunity and Alaskans wanted her to take the job.

Election activists cite polling problems, urge change

November 12, 2008

Voting machine breakdowns and misinformed poll workers were among Election Day problems, according to activists who are seeking sweeping changes in the way Colorado conducts elections.

Bumps, bruises - literally - from the campaign trail

November 12, 2008

The election may be over, but the pain continues for some candidates.

McCain: Don't blame Palin

November 11, 2008

John McCain says Sarah Palin didn't hurt his presidential bid and he attributes anonymous criticism aimed at her following their loss last week to typical campaign sniping.

Panel to ID election improvements in Colo.

November 11, 2008

Work is already under way to prepare for the next election just a week after the last one.

Palin: If it's God's will, I'll run for president

November 10, 2008

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has put the "brutal" 2008 campaign behind her and has the next presidential race in her sights, with a flurry of national television interviews and a high-profile appearance at the Republican Governors Association meeting this week.

Better voting is aim of Colorado election panel

November 10, 2008

Work is already under way to prepare for the next election just a week after the last one.

Senator asks eBay, other sites not to sell scalped Obama tickets

November 10, 2008

The senator overseeing Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony said Monday she's writing to Internet sites like eBay asking them not to sell scalped inauguration tickets.

'Rock star' Neguse joins regents

November 10, 2008

Coloradans will be seeing a lot of Joe Neguse in coming months, since the Democrat was elected last week to represent the 2nd Congressional District on the University of Colorado Board of Regents.

Colorado GOP seeks new focus after election defeats

November 9, 2008

Colorado Republicans, sifting through the ashes of three disastrous election cycles, are in the midst of a vigorous debate over how to win again in a state where their future looks bleak.

Religious right regroups after Obama win

Religious right regroups after Obama win

November 8, 2008

Few are writing obituaries this week for the Christian right after Barack Obama's election. The movement has been wrongly considered dead after setbacks like the demise of the Moral Majority and crumbling of the Christian Coalition.

Black neighborhoods look to Obama for jobs, safety

Black neighborhoods look to Obama for jobs, safety

November 8, 2008

In a desolate, weed-filled lot in a neighborhood nestled just beyond Miami's glass-and-steel skyscrapers, business was brisk at Earl Quinn's makeshift T-shirt shop. As soon as he could print them, T-shirts with President-elect Barack Obama's name in glitter and his face in silver studs were sold.

Demographics shift in Colorado counties

November 8, 2008

Ouray County Democratic Party Chairman John Hollrah spent much of Election Night on the phone, relaying results from the courthouse to two crowded parties.

Former Denver mayor Webb signs on for electoral vote

November 8, 2008

When Wellington Webb steps into the state Capitol on Dec. 15 to cast an official electoral vote for president-elect Barack Obama, a lot will be racing through his mind.

Senate Dist. 26 race still too close to call

November 8, 2008

It could be several more weeks before a winner is declared in the state Senate District 26 race.

Election tally finished after scanner dust-up

November 8, 2008

Three days and an untold number of dust specks later, clerks in Boulder County finished the job Friday afternoon of counting more than 160,000 ballots cast in the 2008 election.

Obama volunteers share ties that bind

November 8, 2008

The three men were unlikely buddies: a white Jewish senior citizen and two young black students, separated by more than five decades, but united in a cause.

Reporter pieces together the making of a president

November 8, 2008

It was well after 1 a.m. when I finally left the newsroom on election night.

Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for seances remark

November 7, 2008

President-elect Obama has called Nancy Reagan to apologize for joking that she held seances in the White House.

Palin says all she ever asked for was a Diet Dr Pepper

November 7, 2008

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called her critics cowards and jerks for deriding her anonymously and insisted she never asked for the expensive wardrobe. Video

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