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Justin Wingerter
Justin Wingerter is a political reporter for The Denver Post, primarily covering Colorado's congressional delegation and other federal topics. He previously reported for The Oklahoman and The Topeka Capital-Journal. He is a native of Granite City, Illinois, and a graduate of Southern Illinois University.
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How Colorado’s 4 House Democrats came to support Trump’s impeachment
Colorado’s four U.S. House Democrats appear to be on a one-way road to impeaching President Donald Trump, but they merged onto it at different times and for different reasons.

Money for Hickenlooper’s attorney is from federal fund meant to help Colorado economy post-9/11
Taxpayers have spent $43,390 — at a rate of $525 per hour — to defend John Hickenlooper before the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission as part of an arrangement that dates...

Cory Gardner fundraiser lobbied for Middle East banks as they opposed terrorism sanctions
The host of a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner has, in recent years, lobbied the Senate on behalf of Middle East banks as they opposed sanctions on the terrorist...
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Trump hands Cory Gardner election year wins
Gardner has convinced Trump to approve actions that he and Democrats had requested for years, or even decades. And Trump has done so, at least in part, because he wants...

Colorado’s Cory Gardner releases first TV ad as poll shows slumping support
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s campaign released its first television ad of the 2020 election cycle Friday, a cheery roundup of news footage about his efforts to obtain surgical masks from...

The Spot: Colorado’s big day in D.C., and first Hickenlooper-Romanoff head-to-head
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Colorado’s faithless electors case. A few hours later, I talked with Secretary of State Jena Griswold about it.

Frodo Baggins for president? Colorado argues electors’ freedom before U.S. Supreme Court
For one hour Wednesday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court debated whether members of the Electoral College can be bound by the popular vote of their states or if they’re “free...

WATCH: U.S. Supreme Court hears Colorado’s faithless electors case
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Wednesday morning whether Colorado has the constitutional right to punish so-called "faithless electors" — members of the Electoral College who do not vote in...

$558 million in federal coronavirus help arrives on Colorado’s Front Range
In some cases, cities and counties have been hesitant to spend the emergency appropriations, because the federal government hasn't told them exactly how to.

The Spot: Colorado’s U.S. Senate primary takes a weird turn, and painful budget battle starts next week
In an election year unlike any other, the predictable had occurred. Andrew Romanoff won the Democratic state assembly, setting up a head-to-head U.S. Senate primary between him and John Hickenlooper....

Judge places Lorena Garcia on Colorado’s U.S. Senate primary ballot
U.S. Senate candidate Lorena Garcia must be placed on the June 30 primary ballot, a Denver District Court judge ruled Thursday.

Colorado joins West Coast states in coronavirus response pact
Colorado aligned itself Monday with other Democratic-run states in the West, joining a regional pact as it begins to reopen sectors of the state economy.

Secretary of state asks Colorado Supreme Court to overturn judge’s order placing Senate candidate on primary ballot
The Colorado Secretary of State's Office is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a Denver judge's order that would place U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Ferrigno Warren on the June...