{"id":8374,"date":"2018-06-28T14:27:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T14:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/?p=3119367"},"modified":"2018-06-28T14:27:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T14:27:21","slug":"the-spot-newsletter-what-happened-during-colorados-primary-elections-a-new-aurora-mayor-train-horn-news-more-drilling-on-public-lands-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/the-spot-newsletter-what-happened-during-colorados-primary-elections-a-new-aurora-mayor-train-horn-news-more-drilling-on-public-lands-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spot newsletter: What happened during Colorado\u2019s primary elections, a new Aurora mayor, train horn news, more drilling on public lands? and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/the-spot-newsletter-what-happened-during-colorados-primary-elections-a-new-aurora-mayor-train-horn-news-more-drilling-on-public-lands-and-more\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p><img class=\"size-article_inline lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-spot-newsletter-what-happened-during-colorados-primary-elections-a-new-aurora-mayor-train-horn-news-more-drilling-on-public-lands-and-more.png\" alt=\"\u00a0\" width=\"1500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to The Spot, where The Denver Post\u2019s politics team captures what\u2019s happening this week \u2014 from the Colorado legislature to Denver city hall, with a stop through the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/extras.denverpost.com\/newsletter\/splash\/thespot.html\">Sign up for The Spot newsletter for a weekly rundown of Colorado politics.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Colorado\u2019s 2018 general election is already well underway following Tuesday night\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/tag\/election-2018\/\">primary election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While ballots are still being counted and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/06\/27\/colorado-attorney-general-democrat-primary-results\/\">at least one high-profile race remains up in the air<\/a>, we\u2019re starting to get a pretty good sense of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/06\/26\/jared-polis-walker-stapleton-colorado-governor\/\">what to expect<\/a> heading into November: lots of money, lots of attacks and lots of talk about President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/06\/25\/councilman-bob-legare-auroras-mayor\/\">Aurora has a new mayor<\/a>, we\u2019ve got more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/06\/21\/colorado-transportation-dynamic-tolling-traffic\/\">train horn news<\/a>\u00a0and Denver officials are working to ensure that a good chunk of work behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/06\/25\/denver-construction-job-training\/\">city\u2019s unstoppable growth<\/a>\u00a0is performed by people in the community who most need it.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and the the Trump administration is pushing to open more public land in Colorado <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/06\/26\/colorado-trump-oil-gas-public-land\/\">for fossil fuel development<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Fresh news:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>The operator of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/06\/27\/park-hill-golf-course-operator-lease\/\">Park Hill Golf Course gave notice this week that it will renew its lease<\/a><\/strong> for five years, adding a new complication to discussions about the 155-acre property\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3118442\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter size-article_inline\"><img class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-spot-newsletter-what-happened-during-colorados-primary-elections-a-new-aurora-mayor-train-horn-news-more-drilling-on-public-lands-and-more.jpg\" alt=\"GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO - JUNE 26: Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton, flanked by family and supporters, fires up the crowd during his Colorado primary victory speech at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in the Denver Tech Center June 26, 2018. (Photo by Andy Cross\/The Denver Post)\" width=\"3707\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p>Andy Cross, The Denver Post<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton, flanked by family and supporters, fires up the crowd during his Colorado primary victory speech at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in the Denver Tech Center June 26, 2018. (Photo by Andy Cross\/The Denver Post)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span>ROLL CALL<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>PRIMARY ELECTION NEWS<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3118376\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter size-article_inline\"><img class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-spot-newsletter-what-happened-during-colorados-primary-elections-a-new-aurora-mayor-train-horn-news-more-drilling-on-public-lands-and-more-1.jpg\" alt=\"Caspian Polis, 6, son of Democratic ...\" width=\"4176\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p>Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post<\/p>\n<p>Caspian Polis, 6, son of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis, seems giddy as his father accepts the nomination for Colorado Governor during his watch party at the Flatiron Ballroom in the Renaissance Boulder Flatiron Hotel on June 26, 2018 in Broomfield. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-spot-newsletter-what-happened-during-colorados-primary-elections-a-new-aurora-mayor-train-horn-news-more-drilling-on-public-lands-and-more-2.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette celebrates leading ...\" width=\"4984\" height=\"453\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette celebrates leading her challenger Saira Rao in the Democratic primary for her Denver-based congressional seat with her family and supporters at Angelo\u2019s Taverna June 26, 2018. (Photo by Hyoung Chang\/The Denver Post)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>DENVER &amp; THE SUBURBS<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-spot-newsletter-what-happened-during-colorados-primary-elections-a-new-aurora-mayor-train-horn-news-more-drilling-on-public-lands-and-more-3.jpg\" alt=\"TIFIA_US 36 Phase 1 and 2 Schematic_0\" width=\"529\" height=\"619\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This U.S. Department of Transportation map shows where dynamic toll lanes along U.S. 36 and Interstate 25 are planned.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>D.C. POLITICS FROM A COLORADO PERSPECTIVE<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3117038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter size-article_inline\"><img class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-spot-newsletter-what-happened-during-colorados-primary-elections-a-new-aurora-mayor-train-horn-news-more-drilling-on-public-lands-and-more-4.jpg\" alt=\"Existing gas and oil development in ...\" width=\"4176\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p>Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post<\/p>\n<p>Existing gas and oil development in the Plateau Creek Drainage can be seen from an EcoFlight plane on June 25, 2018 near De Beque.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span>THE WIRE<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>See something suspicious at DIA? The airport\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/denver\/news\/2018\/06\/27\/see-something-fishy-at-dia-now-theres-an-app-for.html\">now has an app<\/a> that visitors can use to report\u00a0questionable activity or behavior.\u00a0<strong>\u2014 <em>The<\/em>\u00a0<em>Denver Business Journal<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Residents of a senior-living tower in Five Points\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/denverite.com\/2018\/06\/22\/plan-for-five-points-dog-park-didnt-smell-right-to-neighbors\/\">have notched a victory<\/a> in their fight against a dog park.\u00a0<strong>\u2014<em> Denverite<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/25\/us\/politics\/colorado-cannabis-governor.html\">Colorado\u2019s new single-issue voters<\/a>: The cannabis community.\u00a0<strong>\u2014<\/strong><em><strong> The New York Times<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/22\/us\/colorado-governor-race.html\">national look<\/a> at our primary election for Colorado governor. <strong>\u2014<em> The New York Times<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It looks like the state Senate\u2019s assistant majority leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gjsentinel.com\/breaking\/ray-scott-leads-big-in-early-primary-vote-count\/article_7ecb5368-79a5-11e8-963b-2f99330736b2.html\">Ray Scott<\/a>, is going to keep his job. <strong>\u2014 <em>The Grand Junction Sentinel<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/diane-mitsch-bush-wins-democratic-primary-will-face-scott-tipton-in-3rd-colorados-congressional-district\/\">the Democratic race<\/a> in the 3rd Congressional District. \u2014<strong><em> The Aspen Times<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u201cBernie Sanders: Sarah Sanders <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/394449-bernie-sanders-sarah-sanders-has-the-right-to-go-into-a-restaurant-and-have\">has the right<\/a> to \u2018go into a restaurant and have dinner.\u2019 \u201d <strong>\u2014 <em>The Hill<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>What U.S. Rep.\u00a0Joe Crowley\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/06\/27\/politics\/democrats-reaction-joe-crowley-leadership\/index.html\">loss<\/a> to a 28-year-old, anti-establishment candidate means for Democrats. <strong>\u2014 <em>CNN<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2018\/6\/26\/17503028\/election-results-south-carolina-new-york-utah-and-colorado\">3 winners and 2 losers<\/a> from the primaries in South Carolina, New York, Utah and Colorado.\u201d <strong>\u2014 <em>Vox<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kunc.org\/post\/colorado-river-water-managers-can-imagine-future-and-it-doesn-t-look-pretty\">the biggest fear<\/a> for water managers of the Colorado River?<strong> \u2014 <em>KUNC<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Progressive statehouse candidates <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpr.org\/news\/story\/progressive-candidates-emerge-victorious-in-denver-s-legislative-primaries\">were big winners<\/a> on Tuesday. <strong>\u2014<em> Colorado Public Radio<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions, comments, feedback about this newsletter? Cool stories?\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jpaul@denverpost.com?subject=The%20Spot%20feedback\">Send them our way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<p>P.S.\u00a0Please consider backing The Denver Post (<a href=\"https:\/\/checkout.denverpost.com\/subscriptionpanel\">you can subscribe here<\/a>) or journalism wherever you might be. And thanks for your support, whatever it might be.<\/p>\n<p>P.P.S. Here are your GIF rewards for making it to the end of this newsletter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me trying to calculate election turnout percentages\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1qwqu8v3v2\">pic.twitter.com\/1qwqu8v3v2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Aaron Paul (@JesseAPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseAPaul\/status\/1012101555305136128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Also, this is what I&#8217;ve felt like today post-election <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eaQDRtsK1Z\">pic.twitter.com\/eaQDRtsK1Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Aaron Paul (@JesseAPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseAPaul\/status\/1012101899921682432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Staff writers John Frank, Jon Murray and John Aguilar contributed to this newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>Welcome back to The Spot, where The Denver Post&#8217;s politics team captures what&#8217;s happening this week &#8212; from the Colorado legislature to Denver city hall, with a stop through the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7626,7550,307,2163,5062,52,7042,7707,6907,6811,6857,117,6897,6812,7919,376,6847,1062,5662,7406,784,7662,7628,1538,7520,7610,854,7759,7920,7711,6813,6848,77,9,7409,6855,5019,7763,441,7921,7922,7923,7765,1,3,2359,526,2230,7654,7721,7508,6963,7924,7925,881,7900,7872,1525,61,1736],"tags":[7630,7551,2885,4731,5063,2632,7045,7730,6909,6816,6859,2695,6898,6817,7926,2954,6850,3632,5668,7411,3357,7681,7632,4106,7521,7611,3427,7774,7927,7734,6818,6851,2655,7414,6856,5022,7778,3015,7928,7929,7930,7780,4926,3100,4797,7673,7744,7510,6966,7931,7932,3454,7908,7876,4093],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}