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Ernest Lee Luning
@eluning
Reporter covering politics in Colorado
Colorado
Joined April 2009
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    BREAKING: FBI, local authorities raided the homes of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and three of her associates today, as part of an investigation into allegations she was involved in voting machine data breach. #copolitics
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    BREAKING: Colorado Libertarian Party sues Secretary of State Jena Griswold in Denver District Court over leaked voting equipment passwords, asks court to decommission affected equipment & order hand count in respective counties, asks for hearing on Monday. #copolitics
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    Comedy writer and documentary filmmaker @tobymorton asks US Atty for Colo & Colo AG to investigate whether Lauren Boebert abused authority in attempts to silence a political critic. Morton is represented by @RWPUSA & @Alden4America #copolitics coloradopolitics.com/news/boebert-c…
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    Citing high demand for tickets, ⁦@BernieSanders⁩ campaign moves this weekend’s rally in downtown Denver to bigger venue, more than twice the capacity. Colorado voters are receiving mail ballots for #SuperTuesday primary this week. #copolitics coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/san…
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    A source close to Rep. Ken Buck tells me "the landlord is terminating the lease" for the congressman's district office in Weld County because Buck isn't supporting Jim Jordan for speaker, giving Buck 30 days to get out. #copolitics
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    “This is Donald Trump’s party, and I am a Donald Trump Republican!” Matt Gaetz says at Colorado GOP’s state assembly in Pueblo after Lauren Boebert introduced him #copolitics
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    At opening of @BernieSanders Colorado HQ, @davidsirota tells crowd to brace for "an intense, unprecedented set of attacks on Bernie Sanders to try to stop him from winning the nomination." via @colo_politics #copolitics coloradopolitics.com/2020-election/…
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    At @cologop state assembly in Pueblo just now, @ColoradoSun reporter Sandra Fish @fishnette . ejected from arena by sheriff’s deputy after party’s event manager said GOP chairman “believes current reporting to be very unfair” #copolitics
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    BREAKING: Colorado's Democratic Secretary of State @JenaGriswold pulled in more than $850K in 1st fundraising period of 2022, more than any downballot statewide candidate raised in a quarter in CO history. Her total raised to date tops $2.475 million. #copolitics
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    Colorado's Joe Neguse wins election to the No. 5 spot in House Democrats' leadership — making the 38-year-old son of Eritrean immigrants the most senior member of House leadership from Colorado in more than eight decades. #copolitics coloradopolitics.com/colorado-in-dc…
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    At rally in Denver, @PeteButtigieg tells 9-year-old Zachary, who asked for Buttigieg’s help to tell the world that he’s gay, that there will be a whole lot of people rooting for him. Crowd breaks into chant of “Love means love!” #copolitics
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    At ⁦@BernieSanders⁩ HQ in Colorado, ⁦@davidsirota⁩ tells cheering crowd: “We are running against an opponent who has said nothing will fundamentally change....What we’re saying is, things will fundamentally change in this country.“ #copolitics coloradopolitics.com/news/sanders-t…
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    NEW: Lauren Boebert’s Dem challenger Trisha Calvarese pulls in over $1 million in August alone in #CO04 via ActBlue, per FEC report, via @rpyers. It’s month’s 3rd-highest haul of any Dem House candidate, behind only #VA07 Vindeman and #NY14 AOC. #copolitics
    Top Recipients of Contributions via ActBlue (Aug '24) $125.5M Harris Victory $99.7M Harris 2024 $16.3M DNC $8.6M Tester #MTSen $8.4M DSCC $7.1M Allred #TXSen $6.8M DCCC $6.3M Brown #OHSen $6.1M Gallego #AZSen $5.1M Slotkin #MISen $4M HMP
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    A congressional staffer tells me they've been calling the new requirement that anyone entering the House chamber pass through a metal detector the Boebert Rule. Pretty sure that's going to stick after tonight's escapade. #copolitics
    Replying to @ryanobles
    Boebert has now been let into the chamber it was unclear from my vantage point if the Capitol Police searched her bag before she went in.