Archive for November, 2008

Marostica running for governor, Brush stepping down and Washburn campaigns for County Surveyor

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Please feel free to comment here about any of the three previous stories of Marostica running for governor, Kirk Brush stepping down and Chad Washburn campaigning to be the next county surveyor.

Do you think Marostica can be elected governor? Do you support Larry Carillo as head of Larimer County’s Republican Party and who should the Larimer County Commissioners appoint to follow Donnelly in the surveyor’s office?

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Obama Registration Surge At CSU Impacts County Results

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Over 163,000 voters in Larimer County cast ballots in November’s election but just under 10,000 ballots cast were only for the presidential ticket while approximately 15,000 voters decided not to vote in the Larimer County Commissioner’s races. About 16,000 new and younger voters asked for absentee ballots in Ft. Collins.

It is typical to see the highest profile offices on the top of the ballot receive the greatest number of votes while the further one goes down the ballot the less number of votes are recorded as some impatient voters don’t bother to completely fill-in their ballots. However, the massive surge in registration since last July (40,000 in Larimer County) meant a larger number of younger more liberal voters from CSU participated in the election than ever before in Larimer County elections thus greatly skewing the results.

Do you believe the 25,000 students at CSU will continue to make an impact in Larimer County or was this a one-time surge for Obama’s campaign?

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Mike Lynch Lobbies For Senate Seat / Will Obama Coattails Change His Plans?

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

In anticipation of Steve Johnson winning his bid to be a Larimer County Commissioner, Mike Lynch has mailed local Republicans asking for their support of him in replacing Johnson.

However, Larimer County received 40,000 new registrations since July with a vast majority being Democrat or unaffiliated. Will a surge of CSU students registering to vote for Obama impact county races? See the full story at LovelandPolitics.com.

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