Early voting opens in seven states, D.C.
(CNN) – Hours ahead of the presidential debate on Monday, millions of voters across the country will have the chance to cast their ballots when early voting opens in Arkansas, Colorado, Texas,...
View ArticleObama to pull 'all-nighter' for key battleground votes
(CNN) – President Barack Obama will embark on a whirlwind tour of battleground states Wednesday in Iowa before becoming the first sitting president in modern history to cast an early ballot in-person....
View ArticleObama endorsed by newspapers in four key states
(CNN) - President Barack Obama won newspaper endorsements in key battleground states on Sunday, with just over two weeks left until Election Day. The Durango Herald in Colorado threw its support behind...
View ArticlePolls: Dead heat in Colorado; Obama with slight advantage in Nevada
(CNN) - New polls of likely voters in two battleground states released Thursday show President Barack Obama with a slight advantage in Nevada but tied with Republican challenger Mitt Romney in...
View ArticleObama to hit more battleground states
(CNN) - President Barack Obama will continue his battleground swing next week, hitting Wisconsin, Ohio and Colorado, his campaign announced Friday. The president will travel to Colorado Springs and...
View ArticleColorado poll: Romney 48% – Obama 47%
(CNN) – A new poll released Monday indicates Mitt Romney has a narrow edge over President Barack Obama in Colorado, a little more than a week before Election Day. Forty-eight percent of likely voters...
View ArticleEarly voting: Democrats up in Nevada, GOP up in Colorado
(CNN) - Early voting turnout numbers released Tuesday in two western battleground states show mixed results one week before Election Day. In Nevada, more Democrats have cast their ballots already,...
View ArticleRyan adds his criticism for Obama's 'secretary of business'
Greeley, Colorado (CNN) - In Colorado Paul Ryan added to the chorus of criticism against President Barack Obama for suggesting a "secretary of business" cabinet-level position be created. Obama floated...
View ArticleKing: Battleground Colorado - 'Everyone is on edge'
Editor's note: The 2012 presidential race is CNN Chief National Correspondent John King's seventh campaign. King is traveling through battleground states, where the election will be decided, to find...
View ArticleBiden: Team Romney like 'a kid trying to outrun his shadow'
Arvada, Colorado (CNN) - Three days before the presidential election, Vice President Joe Biden made a prediction: the sun will go down on Mitt Romney's presidential hopes on Tuesday. During a rally in...
View ArticlePaul Ryan asks for blessing day before election
Johnstown, Colorado (CNN) – Mitt Romney's running mate Paul Ryan, a Roman Catholic, asked a priest he met at a restaurant Monday to bless a rosary he carries with him. The Republican vice presidential...
View ArticleColorado, Washington pass marijuana legalization; Oregon says no
(CNN) - Three states voted on referendums Tuesday on legalizing marijuana for recreational use: Colorado passes marijuana legalization, but there's a catch Colorado voters have approved a referendum...
View ArticleMarijuana officially legal in Colorado with stroke of governor's pen
(CNN) - The recreational use of marijuana officially became legal Monday in Colorado, a little more than a month after voters in the state passed an amendment in favor of the measure. "Voters were loud...
View ArticleColorado governor points to violence in video games
(CNN) - Violent video games and a "culture of violence" found in the media could be contributing factors to mass shootings, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Sunday. "There might well be some direct...
View ArticleColorado governor wants universal background checks on gun sales
(CNN) - Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, became the latest governor to call for more gun regulations as he reflected on last year's deadly movie theater shooting in his state and said Coloradans...
View ArticleState lawmaker apologizes for rape remark
(CNN) - A Colorado state lawmaker apologized Tuesday for a remark on rape he made during a debate over gun control laws. State Rep. Joe Salazar, a Democrat, said the comment did not make his point,...
View ArticleColorado governor signs gun control measures
(CNN) - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday signed three gun-control measures into law, including one that will require universal background checks for gun sales. The measures also will make...
View ArticleColorado governor entangled in 'nightmare' gun case
(CNN) - Colorado's governor, who this week signed some of the nation's tightest gun control measures into law, said Sunday he couldn't fathom why the son of one of his close friends would decide to...
View ArticleObama on background checks: 'Practical progress' on gun violence
(CNN) - Obama will continue his call for gun violence legislation on Wednesday, including expanding the scope of background checks, at the Denver Police Academy. The academy is located just miles from...
View ArticleColorado legislature passes laws regulating legal pot
(CNN) – Colorado’s state legislature passed a pair of measures Wednesday regulating the sale of legal marijuana, becoming the first state to pass bills dictating how the now-legal drug will be taxed...
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