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Lance Benzel

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Team Editor @ColoradoSun

 Colorado Springs
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Joined February 2009
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Looking for live results tonight? We've got 'em — and often have faster data than the state: coloradosun.com/colorado-ele… #copolitics (PSA: results don't start coming in until after polls close at 7 p.m.)
Live Colorado election results 2026

Live Colorado election results 2026

Results for the 2026 primary election in Colorado. Data provided by the Colorado Secretary of State's Office and visualized by The Associated Press.

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NEW: Lauren Boebert’s divorce finalized, after shouting match behind closed doors coloradosun.com/2023/10/10/l…
Lauren Boebert’s divorce finalized, after shouting match behind closed doors

Lauren Boebert’s divorce finalized, after shouting match behind closed doors

A shouting match was heard behind closed doors before Rep. Lauren Boebert ended her 17-year marriage in a Grand Junction courtroom.

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Me reading the top of this story: 🤯 You're going to want to check this one out today. @JesseAPaul spent months tracking down this wild story about HOA-foreclosed homes. Come for the lede, stay for the in-depth reporting. coloradosun.com/2023/08/14/h… #copolitics
HOA-foreclosed homes in Colorado are auctioned off for a fraction of their market value, erasing...

HOA-foreclosed homes in Colorado are auctioned off for a fraction of their market value, erasing...

More than 250 HOA-foreclosed properties have been auctioned off in the state since 2018. At least 100 of them were sold for $60,000 or less.

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Tiniest “little gals” of the bee world seem to be holding their own in a warming world, Colorado research shows coloradosun.com/2023/08/04/t… via @coloradosun
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JUST IN : White House decides to keep Space Command in Colorado Springs coloradosun.com/2023/07/31/s… via @coloradosun
Space Command headquarters will remain in Colorado Springs, White House decides

Space Command headquarters will remain in Colorado Springs, White House decides

President Donald Trump’s administration, in the final day of his presidency, ordered the HQ moved to Alabama

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Closed Colorado 14ers reopen with QR code waivers but owner says reform of recreational use law is “ultimate fix” via @ColoradoSun coloradosun.com/2023/07/27/l…
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The legitimacy of the customer “Stewart” in the Supreme Court ruling that a Christian graphic artist can refuse to make wedding websites for gay couples raises questions about how the case was allowed to proceed all the way to the nation’s highest court. apnews.com/article/supreme-c…
Legitimacy of 'customer' in Supreme Court gay rights case raises ethical and legal flags

Legitimacy of 'customer' in Supreme Court gay rights case raises ethical and legal flags

A Christian graphic artist who the Supreme Court said can refuse to make wedding websites for gay couples pointed during her lawsuit to a request from a man named “Stewart” and his husband-to-be.

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In LGTBQ rights defeat, U.S. Supreme Court rules Colorado can't force designer to make website for gay couple coloradosun.com/2023/06/30/3… via @coloradosun
In LGBTQ rights defeat, U.S. Supreme Court rules Colorado can't force designer to make website for...

In LGBTQ rights defeat, U.S. Supreme Court rules Colorado can't force designer to make website for...

The court ruled 6-3 for designer Lorie Smith despite a Colorado law that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, race, gender and other characteristics

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Landmark Supreme Court decision says colleges can no longer take race into consideration as an express factor in admissions cnn.it/44nymBH
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NEW: The stories Club Q victims shared as shooter was sentenced to life in prison coloradosun.com/2023/06/27/s…
The stories Club Q victims shared as shooter was sentenced to life in prison

The stories Club Q victims shared as shooter was sentenced to life in prison

Speaking in court and at a news conference after the hearing, victims said they had lasting trauma from the attack.

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Kamala Harris speaks in Denver, urging students to take action on climate change coloradosun.com/2023/06/16/k… via @coloradosun
Kamala Harris urges students to take action on climate change in Denver speech

Kamala Harris urges students to take action on climate change in Denver speech

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Denver on Friday and urged the nation’s students to use their summer break to organize around climate action.

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Reporter Parker Yamasaki and photographer @hughkcarey were at the festivities this morning. Read more about it: cosun.co/3p6nedr
Hundreds of thousands flood downtown Denver for parade celebrating Nuggets' first NBA championship

Hundreds of thousands flood downtown Denver for parade celebrating Nuggets' first NBA championship

Throngs of Coloradans converged in celebration of the Denver Nuggets’ history-making championship, the first in the team’s 47 years in the league. 

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“I have to take responsibility”: Club Q shooting suspect expected to take plea deal cosun.co/3JbusU7
“I have to take responsibility": Club Q shooting suspect expected to take plea deal

“I have to take responsibility": Club Q shooting suspect expected to take plea deal

Word of a possible legal resolution of last year’s Club Q massacre follows a series of jailhouse phone calls from the suspect to The Associated Press expressing remorse

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Cormac McCarthy, the formidable and reclusive writer of Appalachia and the American Southwest, has died at 89. “All the Pretty Horses,” “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” were among his acclaimed books that explore a world of violence and outsiders. nyti.ms/3X2cedG
Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89 (Published 2023)

Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89 (Published 2023)

“All the Pretty Horses,” “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” were among his acclaimed books that explore a bleak world of violence and outsiders.

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JUST IN : Marshall fire investigation complete, officials to share details Thursday morning coloradosun.com/2023/06/07/m… via @coloradosun
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JUST IN: Mike Johnston beats Kelly Brough to become Denver’s first new mayor in 12 years. Johnston will take the reins from Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. He will be inaugurated July 17. cosun.co/45IfAX4
Mike Johnston beats Kelly Brough to become Denver’s first new mayor in 12 years

Mike Johnston beats Kelly Brough to become Denver’s first new mayor in 12 years

Denver election results: Mike Johnston beat Kelly Brough, becoming Denver's first new mayor in 12 years after Michael Hancock's term ended.

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Denver mayoral election results are starting to roll in 👇
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Colorado governor vetoes bill that would have given local governments right of first refusal to buy multifamily housing coloradosun.com/2023/06/06/c… via @coloradosun
Colorado governor vetoes bill that would have given local governments right of first refusal to buy...

Colorado governor vetoes bill that would have given local governments right of first refusal to buy...

House Bill 1190 was aimed at increasing affordable housing options across the state. Business groups asked Gov. Jared Polis to veto it. The measure’s Democratic sponsors are furious.

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