{"id":2385996,"date":"2025-01-03T08:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T13:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-ag-announces-run-for-governor-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T08:55:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T13:55:35","slug":"colorado-ag-announces-run-for-governor-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-ag-announces-run-for-governor-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado AG announces run for governor &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolorado-ag-announces-run-for-governor-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2385996&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-vice-presidential-candidate-jd-vance-hosts-rally-in-arizona-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Vice presidential candidate JD Vance hosts rally in Arizona - Washington Examiner\">provided text \u2064appears<\/a> to be a \u2062fragment \u200dof \u2064HTML code intended for a\u2063 web page. 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However, the actual content that would be revealed by\u2062 this\u200c action \u200cis missing in \u2064the excerpt.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Colorado AG announces run for governor<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1927352\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Attorney General Phil Weiser announced on Thursday he&rsquo;s running for Colorado governor in the 2026 election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Denver Democrat, who has served as the state&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a> since 2019, is the first major name to declare for the 2026 gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As your Attorney General, I&rsquo;ve shown up in every county, listened to you, and gotten results. That&rsquo;s how we make life better for all Coloradans,&rdquo; Weiser said in his campaign announcement. &ldquo;And there is more work to do to make Colorado a more affordable place to live, defend our freedoms &amp; protect our land, air, and water.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a poll of Colorado Democratic primary voters conducted last month, 8% said they would support Weiser if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-leader-slams-marjorie-taylor-greene-a-cancer-for-the-republican-party\/\" title=\"Top Republican Leader Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene: A \u2018Cancer For The Republican Party\u2019\">primary election<\/a> were held then.<\/p>\n<p>While 37% said they were undecided in the poll by Magellan Strategies, 20% said they would vote for U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, 16% supported Secretary of State Jena Griswold, and 11% supported former U.S. senator and current Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar.<\/p>\n<p>The next governor will succeed Democrat Gov. Jared Polis, who took office in 2019 but is term limited. Polis won the 2022 gubernatorial election with 58.5% of votes.<\/p>\n<p>Weiser previously clerked for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and was dean of the University of Colorado Law School. 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