Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser defeated Sen. Michael Bennet in the Democratic primary for governor after a campaign centered on who would more effectively oppose President Donald Trump. Weiser will run in November to succeed term-limited Gov. Jared Polis.
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Colorado Democrats censured Gov. Jared Polis after he commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, convicted for election tampering. The party condemned the decision as harmful to election integrity and barred Polis from party events.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis commutes the sentence of Tina Peters, a former county clerk convicted for tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election. The decision, pressured by former President Trump, has drawn criticism from Colorado Democrats who warn it undermines election integrity.