In 2019, the Reagan Club of Colorado is moving our monthly meetings to the second Thursday of each month to inform and engage you from 6:00pm-8:30pm. We’ve moved our meeting location back to CB & Potts (1257 W. 120th Avenue, Westminster, CO, 80234). Admission is $5 for Reagan Club members and $10 for non-members. Our 2019 annual dues are $30, $25 for 65+ years old seniors, $25 for elected officials, $15 for students under 21, and $55 for couples ($50 for senior couples). Below is our tentative calendar:
Mar 14: Steve House, former Colorado State GOP Chair
Apr 11:
May 9:
Jun 13:
Jul 11:
Aug 8:
Sept 12:
Oct 10:
Nov 14:
Dec 12:

Colorado’s Gubernatorial Race 2018: The Hot Topics
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Talking Points
The topics that will dominate candidates’ messaging throughout the campaign season.
Growth
It is the best of times…or is it the worst of times? That depends a lot on how you feel about Colorado’s growth. “Normally, the economy would be the highest issue for most voters,” Paul Teske, a dean at CU Denver, says. “There will be a lot of talk about sustaining the boom.” But, adds DU’s Seth Masket: “There are a lot of different areas of the state that are adversely affected by this growth.” Transportation has become a perennial funding battle at the Capitol and could benefit from strong gubernatorial influence (read: political pressure) to make Republicans and Democrats find bipartisan ways forward. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate in Colorado is three percent (it was 8.9 percent at the end of 2010), which on its face is great news, but that near-full employment causes woes for companies desperate to fill jobs. Wages—particularly in the metro area—haven’t kept up with cost-of-living expenses, which means that although people are finding work, they may not be able to pay bills. And the biggest expense for many voters is rising housing costs. Mix that all together, and the moment is prime for a gubernatorial candidate to stand out by creating a unique vision for Colorado’s future.
Education
This may seem like a topic that matters most to people who are raising families, but this year, candidates will compel everyone to think about Colorado’s education system (funding here ranks in the bottom third of all states in the country). Which makes sense: Property owners help pay for schools, employers benefit from a well-prepared workforce, and we all want the best for society’s youngsters, right? But how we ensure we have a strong education system is quite a bit more complicated. Magellan Strategies’ David Flaherty says Republican candidates should be talking about education right now and through November. “It’s the one issue we completely give to the Democrats,” Flaherty says. “It’s unfortunate because it’s one of the top two issues for unaffiliated voters.”
Tabor
Conversations about addressing growing pains or giving more money to teachers inevitably evolve into talks about what to do about Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), which limits government spending to match population growth and inflation increases.
Under TABOR, which passed in 1992, leftover revenue is returned to the taxpayers. Proponents herald the limits on government spending; detractors warn that TABOR isn’t robust enough to respond to real-time needs, like shifting populations in schools due to high housing costs.
But Coloradans tend to like the control TABOR gives them: A January 2018 report from the American Politics Research Lab at CU Boulder found that “support among Coloradans outpaces opposition,” with 45 percent of respondents supporting TABOR.
That number has fallen since 2016, and the study notes that more than a quarter of respondents had “uncertainty about a position.” In short, there’s room for candidates to make TABOR the issue of the campaign.
Republican candidates are likely to support working within TABOR’s constraints. Democrats will probably talk more about reform or repeal.
Guns
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2018 COLORADO REPUBLICAN PRECINCT CAUCUS
Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 7:00pm
Colorado Republican Caucus Frequently Asked Questions
What is the caucus?
Caucuses are precinct-level gatherings of voters that take place across Colorado. In 2018, the Republican caucuses will take place on Tuesday, March 6, at 7 pm.
What happens at the caucus?
Caucus-goers elect delegates and alternates to various assemblies. These can include county, state house, state senate, county ommission, state, congressional, and judicial assemblies. In some counties, caucus-goers elect delegates and alternates only to the county ssembly, and those delegates, in turn, elect delegates to the higher assemblies; in other counties, delegates to the higher assemblies are elected provisionally at the caucus and ratified at the county assembly. Continue reading
The Reagan Club is pleased to join the Adams County Republican Party for the Lincoln-Reagan dinner Saturday, October 7.
Join us as we kickoff the effort to Make Colorado Red Again.
Visit the Adams County GOP website http://adamscountygop.com for details and to purchase your tickets.
We look forward to seeing you at this event and November 2 when the Reagan Club resumes its regular meetings.
Adams County Republicans:
To Win Adams County in 2017 We’ll Need Your Investment of Time & Money
Lincoln-Reagan Dinner
A reminder that our Lincoln-Reagan Dinner is coming on October 7th. Please join us at Heritage Todd Creek Golf Club (map) at 6 p.m. on the 7th as we seek to Make Colorado Red Again! Our speakers will be Chuck Bonniwell & Julie Hayden of The Chuck & Julie Show on 710 KNUS. Check our Website for links to the Eventbrite page (credit card) and our order form (check) to get your tickets today. The cost is $65/person before October 2nd, $75 after. Student tickets for those 22 & younger are $35. See you there!
Executive Committee Meeting
Beginning this Tuesday, our Executive Committee meetings will have a new format. We’ll be beginning at 6:15 p.m.—45 minutes earlier than in the past—and wrapping up the business portion in half an hour or so. Then at 7 p.m. we will have presentations from various speakers on important issues. Please join us at O’Meara Ford (map) this Tuesday, October 3rd. Members of the Executive Committee should arrive by 6:15, and all are welcome to joins us then, or by 7 when the presentation begins. The typical agenda for the second portion of our meetings will be:
7:00 p.m. Intro of Special Guest
7:30 p.m. Questions for our guest
7:45 p.m. Candidate remarks
8:00 p.m. Additional Announcements / Open discussion of issues
8:30 p.m. Adjournment
We hope you can join us!
Municipal Elections
Our voter guides should be available electronically by next week, with printed copies available shortly thereafter. Ballots will be mailed out the week of October 16th, so look for them in your mailbox, vote for our conservative candidates and return your ballot, and encourage your friends and neighbors to do the same.
Next Two Executive Committee Meetings
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017
6:15-8:45 p.m. (latest)
O’Meara Ford
2nd Floor Community Room
400 W 104th Ave
Northglenn
Tuesday, November 14th, 2017
6:15-8:45 p.m. (latest)
O’Meara Ford
2nd Floor Community Room
400 W 104th Ave
Northglenn
All meeting dates, times & locations tentative until meeting announcement with agenda distributed. Check the website for updates. Check in begins 6:00 p.m.
Upcoming Events
Lincoln-Reagan Dinner
Saturday, October 7th, 6-10 p.m.
@ Heritage Todd Creek
Municipal Elections
Ballots mailed out
the week of October 16th
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Colorado Republicans running for governor — 6 of them in crowded primary — begin to distinguish themselves in first meeting
Marijuana’s legal status, immigration, same-sex marriage and Donald Trump were among the topics of conversation

Lew Gaiter (from left), Doug Robinson, Greg Lopez, Victor Mitchell, Steve Barlock and George Brauchler pose at a Republican forum Sunday night
Six Colorado Republicans running for governor made their first pitches Sunday night about why the GOP faithful should back them in the party’s crowded — and probably growing — primary for the 2018 election, speaking at a forum where their differences already began to show.
Some early issues in the contest arose, including infrastructure and education. The members of the group also touched, and differed, on President Donald Trump and Twitter, as well as on their news media preferences, health care, same-sex marriage, marijuana’s legal status and immigration.
Those candidates at the Foothills Republicans-sponsored event at the Pinehurst Country Club are Steve Barlock, who was Trump’s campaign co-chairman for Colorado; George Brauchler, the district attorney for the 18th Judicial District; Larimer County Commissioner Lew Gaiter; former Parker mayor Greg Lopez; former state lawmaker Victor Mitchell; and Doug Robinson, a former investment banker and Mitt Romney’s nephew.
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