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Share + Nov 6, 2009 3:09 am US/Mountain Colorado state Sen. Ted Harvey, joined by nine of his Republican colleagues, is asking the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for an investigation into Colorado U.S. attorney nominee Stephanie Villafuerte's role in accessing a restricted federal database while working on Gov.

The 2010 election is less than a year away, and judging from this past Tuesday's vote, things are going to get plenty messy.

Gov. Bill Ritter on Monday publicly defended Stephanie Villafuerte, the White House's nominee for U.S. attorney in Colorado, as questions linger about whether she played a role in the accessing of a restricted federal database while working on Ritter's 2006 gubernatorial campaign.

"You really should go read the John Kane opinion as opposed to just reading Vince Carroll's column," Gov.

The director of the Governor's Energy Office recently interviewed 20 people from scores of applicants and hired someone who had worked on Republican Bob Beauprez's gubernatorial campaign.

DECEMBER 15, 2006__ Gov. Bill Ritter on Monday publicly defended Stephanie Villafuerte, the White House's nominee for U.S. attorney in Colorado, as questions linger about whether she played a role in the accessing of a restricted federal database while working on Ritter's 2006 gubernatorial campaign.

Did Stephanie Villafuerte tell the FBI the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Will U.S. senators on the Judiciary Committee believe she did? Would you? To be sure, President Barack Obama's nominee to become Colorado's next U.S. attorney has not actually made any public statement about her role in a 2006 flap over a campaign ad attacking her ...

Does Scott McInnis really want to run for governor, or is he just raising more money to eventually give to his favorite charity? To the dismay of top GOP leaders, the former Republican congressman is steadfastly refusing to debate his primary opponents.

What is this woman hiding? Two weeks ago, I pointed you to the festering corruption scandal involving President Obama's US Attorney nominee in Colorado, Stephanie Villafuerte.

Republican Jane Norton touts her Colorado roots on the stump but her Senate campaign exudes East Coast connections, from U.S. Sen.

Mesa State College has created 83 positions in the past four years - the largest growth rate of any public college or university in Colorado.

Stephanie Villafuerte has been mum on any talks with the DA's office before and after a restricted database was accessed in '06. Statements and records differ.

Scott McInnis and Josh Penry have been touring the state for months in their quest of the GOP nod to run against Gov.

"Not that you weren't a good employee, Mike..." Ryan Frazier did the smart thing when he dumped his campaign for the U.S. Senate to challenge Rep.

After failing to raise a substantial amount of money while competing in the crowded field of Republicans vying for a chance to face either Democratic Sen.

Ryan Frazier is trading in a clunker in favor of a much sleeker vehicle. Six months after the two-term Aurora City Councilman announced that he was running for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, he's pulling out of that race and making a fast course correction for the 7th Congressional District instead.

Gubernatorial contender Scott McInnis RSVP'd that he would attend a candidate forum later this month but only after organizers agreed there would be no debate with his primary rival, Josh Penry.

An internal investigation has determined that a supervisor in Denver's immigration enforcement office "gave false testimony" during the trial of an agent charged with unlawfully accessing a federal criminal database and releasing information to Bob Beauprez's gubernatorial campaign.

Stung by electoral defeats and eager to take advantage of voter unease, Colorado Republicans are largely avoiding discussion of divisive social issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage to instead focus on the economy and jobs.

Wadhams told the 100 or so party faithful that the GOP is ready to rebound in 2010 after suffering bruising electoral defeats in 2004, 2006 and 2008.