Meet Katie Barrett, Symbol of Effort to Elect More Colorado Women
Even as Rifle restaurateur and Second Amendment advocate Lauren Boebert is shaking up the Colorado Republican Party by running against 3rd District Congressman and fellow party member Scott Tipton, Democratic women are lining up to take on other established GOP incumbents. Emblematic of them is Katie Barrett, who’s facing… Read More
Women at work
In Southeast and throughout the state, female leaders are changing the nature of politics By Lily Reavis Special to the Southeast Express Colorado is a leading state in terms of equal gender representation within elected offices. In fact, the state’s Legislature has the nation’s second-highest number of women members, second… Read More
Emerge Colorado leader Michal Rosenoer potentially sets record in first run
Michal Rosenoer, the executive director of Emerge Colorado, must know what she’s doing in training Democratic women on how to win public office. In her first bid last month, for the Edgewater City Council, Rosenoer very well could have set a record for the most votes for a council member… Read More
Emerge Colorado used as a scare tactic in Aurora council races
A nonprofit that trains women is being used as a political straw man in Aurora. A door hanger is being distributed to promote conservative candidates in the City Council race on one side, and on the other side warns that “A liberal front group called Emerge is quietly working… Read More
Emerge Colorado puts 18 more women candidates on this year’s ballots
Emerge Colorado is looking to add to its numbers of alumni in the elected office across the state on Nov. 5. The organization trains women to run and serve as Democrats. The 18 candidates are vying for city council and school board seats in Aurora, Centennial, Commerce City, Denver, Edgewater,… Read More
RIDDLED: Aurora’s 2019 election merges national, local issues and politics
Usually there is a stark difference between national and local politics. But 2019 is not a usual year for Aurora, where seasoned politicos are asking for votes, high-profile endorsements are rolling in and polls ask how Aurora voters feel about gun control, abortion and the death… Read More
Local program joins a host of others working in increase the number of women in office
Across the state and nation, there are many organizations dedicated to getting women into politics. The website of the aforementioned VoteRunLead, which is nonpartisan, boasts, “We’ve trained thousands of women to run for office and will train 30,000 more by 2020.” Their alumnae include many women running for office right… Read More
INSIGHTS | Colorado women have waited long enough for a US Senate seat
Colorado made history and earned its progressive stripes last year by electing the state’s first openly gay and first Jewish governor, Jared Polis. But in doing so, it bypassed three qualified women, two of them Democrats, Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne and former Secretary of State Cary Kennedy. Republican Attorney General… Read More
Democratic women hold political ‘boot camp’ for rural Colorado
Emerge Colorado graduated 26 Democratic women this weekend from a “boot camp” aimed at getting them ready to run for elected office this year or next. Democratic women convened in predominately Republican Mesa County over the weekend for what Emerge Colorado called a “boot… Read More
Q&A with Michal Rosenoer | Empowering women to run for office
Shontel Lewis practices her public speaking with her Emerge class in 2017. In November 2018, Lewis was elected as a Regional Transportation District director.(Photo courtesy of Emerge Colorado) “Misogyny and bigotry are ingrained within our political and institutional systems at all levels,” Michal Rosenoer tells us. Michal Rosenoer (Colorado Politics… Read More