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Politics 🇺🇸Election 🗳️

1-minute voter guide: Gonzalez and Wiley vie for Colorado secretary of state

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Colorado voters will choose a new secretary of state in November, deciding who will oversee the state's elections, voter registration and campaign finance reporting.

Why it matters: The race could determine whether Colorado maintains its current election procedures or pursues major changes to how residents register and cast their ballots.

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News 🗞

1-minute voter guide: Propositions 134 and 135 on the Colorado ballot

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1-minute voter guide: Amendment 82

1-minute voter guide: Denver's at-large city council seat

1-minute voter guide: Amendment 86 on the Colorado ballot

1-minute voter guide: Lauren Boebert and Eileen Laubacher seek 4th District seat

Election 🗳️

1-minute voter guide: Weiser and Marx battle for Colorado governor

1-minute voter guide: Colorado's U.S. Senate race between Hickenlooper and Baisley

1-minute voter guide: Amendment 84 requires additional voter ID

1-minute voter guide: Amendment 87, Prop. NN and other tax measures

1-minute voter guide: Denver's 6 ballot measures

Democrat Phil Weiser quietly appeals to GOP leaders ahead of Election Day

Things to Do 🗓

What's new at GABF this year

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Horror bookstore set to open soon on South Broadway

Denver's first PorchFest takes over Baker this weekend

2027 National Western Stock Show tickets go on sale

Colorado lift ticket deals

Politics 🇺🇸

1-minute voter guide: What to know about Proposition 133 on the Colorado ballot

1-minute voter guide: Amendment 81 on the Colorado ballot

1-minute voter guide: Proposition 132 on the Colorado ballot

1-minute voter guide: Michael Allen vs. Jena Griswold in Colorado's AG race

Boebert and Laubacher jab over CD-4

Colorado GOP U.S. Senate candidate defends Trump's Iran war

Food and Drink 🍽

Alon Shaya's new cookbook preserves WWII memories, meals

Colorado breweries and cideries win 41 medals at 2026 Great American Beer Festival

Sports 🏅

Housing and transit anchor vision for Broncos stadium site

Denver Summit's Heaps leads USWNT against Spain

Local Brief

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Wellness Brief

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