Andrew Romanoff for Colorado

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Romanoff wows Denver Dems

02/05/2010 - Cherry Creek News - If it were up to the party regulars in Denver, Andrew Romanoff would be the next United States Senator from Colorado. In a rousing seven minute speech before the party's workers, he struck a tone of populist outrage and everyman concern that earned him a standing ovation.

Romanoff, embraced single payer health care, and launched a blistering attack on Washington Democrats for wasting their super majority and failing to deliver substantial change. It was, by turns, a solid recitation of his leadership in the State Legislature and a ringing call for change in the nation's Capital.

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Romanoff opposes Pinon Canyon expansion

02/05/2010 - Pueblo Chieftain - Peter Rober - Andrew Romanoff says the four-year fight between the Army and Southern Colorado ranchers over the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site has gone on too long and � if elected to the U.S. Senate � he would permanently block any future expansion of the 238,000-acre training area near Trinidad.

"We need a total ban on (the Army) expanding Pinon Canyon," the former Democratic speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives said in an interview Thursday. "The ranchers down there deserve to have this fight come to an end once and for all." Read More

Routt County embraces Romanoff

02/03/2010 - Steamboat Today - Mike Lawrence - The crowd at a Tuesday afternoon event in downtown Steam�boat Springs indicated that Ro�manoff could present a strong Democratic primary challenger. He spoke at the Steamboat Springs High School graduation in 2008 and since the �90s has attended numerous Jefferson-Jackson dinners held by the Routt County Democratic Party.

�He was always available,� said Ben Beall, a former county commissioner and former county Democratic Party chairman. �I don�t know how many times Andrew came up and spoke at our dinners.�

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Romanoff touts most Colorado donors

02/01/2010 - Aspen Daily News - Andrew Travers - �More Coloradans contributed to our campaign in the last three months of the year than to any other campaign in Colorado,� said Romanoff, a four-term state representative and Speaker of the Colorado House who left the post due to term limits last year. �What that says to me is folks actually want a candidate to be accountable to them, not just to the special interest groups that bankroll Congress and block reform.� Read More

Aspen Daily News interviews Romanoff

02/01/2010 - Aspen Daily News - Andrew Travers

Andrew Travers: What effect will the recent supreme court decision to allow unlimited corporate campaign donations have on the midterm elections?

Andrew Romanoff: I think one of the dangers is, say you�re a member of congress and there�s a bill in front of you and it might be bad for a giant corporation or some other special interest group, you�re now going to be thinking that your vote against the interests of this corporations will come back to bite you in millions of dollars in campaign advertising, because corporations are people and money is speech and special interest groups will now have the ability to bankroll without limit.

I think that�s not good, honestly. Read More

Supreme Court ruling on campaign cash adds fuel to populist fire

1/21/2010 - Fox31 - Eli Stokols - "Special interest groups poured $1 billion into the last election. Today's ruling just opened the floodgates for billions more. The Supreme Court said that corporations and other interest groups can spend as much as they want on independent expenditures. It's as if the justices took a look at America's political system and concluded that special interests don't have enough power," said Andrew Romanoff. Read More