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This Saturday, AMA with the legislators serving Aurora. Nov topic is the shutdown but any questions welcome!
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November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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TONIGHT 6-8 pm: Transportation Town Hall with Aurora At Large Council Member Alison Coombs, Colorado Transportation Commissioner Juan Marcano, and Huiliang Liu, Sr. Transportation Planner
Aurora Center for Active Adults, 30 Del Mar Cir, 80011
auroragov.org/TownMeetings -- 303.739.7015
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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@coloradodems.org Applaud Democratic Congressional Delegation for Standing Up for Working Families

DENVER – Following the U.S. Senate’s vote to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in history, Colorado Democratic Party Chair Shad Murib issued this statement [alt text added]:
“We are incredibly disappointed in those who caved to Donald Trump and spat in the faces of the millions of working people across this country who counted on them to protect their health care. They didn’t take a deal, they accepted defeat. They chose convenience over courage. Now, Trump and Republicans will rip away health care from millions of Americans and make them choose between paying for food, rent or medical bills. This crisis was manufactured by Republicans like Lauren Boebert, Gabe Evans, Jeff Hurd and Jeff Crank, who controlled every branch of government and played games with people’s lives to please Donald Trump and billionaires. We’re proud of Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and our Democratic delegation: Representatives Jason Crow, Diana DeGette, Joe Neguse and Brittany Pettersen for refusing to rubber-stamp Trump’s assault on Americans’ health care. Colorado Democrats will always hold the line and fight for working families.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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When they go low, we go local: our officials WANT to hear from you!
This Wed, Sen. Chris Kolker (Littleton/Centennial) joins Rep. Tammy Story at Ken Caryl Middle School. RSVP at tinyurl.com/SD16TH
Senate district 16 town hall meeting: Wednesday, November 12. Ken Caryl Middle School, 6509 W Ken Caryl Ave, Littleton CO 80128. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm. Chris Kolker, State Senator SD-16, Tammy Story, State Representative, HD-25. RSVP https://tinyurl.com/SD16TH
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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SATURDAY - Join us for a clean up on the South Platte! With Arapahoe Young Dems and the Environment & Climate Crisis Council. Gloves and bags
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November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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At 11 am : It's a New Day Aurora Council virtual press conference
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November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Littleton. Sheridan. Englewood. Centennial. Cherry Creek. Aurora, omg! Arapahoe County voters did the things.

We're gonna have more to say after catching up on life, but:
1. Positive values, goals, & messages work.
2. The many CAN defeat the money.
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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SATURDAY: County Commissioner Fields invites parents to her annual community baby shower!

RSVPs encouraged: to rhonda@rhondafields.org
Community Baby Shower hosted by Arapahoe County Commissioner Rhonda Fields, in partnership with charities and organizations Dayton Street Opportunity Center 1445 Dayton St, Aurora, CO 80010 Saturday, October 25, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm This event is FREE fun for moms, dads, kids 5 years and younger. Refreshments, baby essentials, giveaways, kids art supplies, resources and more. Email registration is encouraged: rhonda@rhondafields.org Sponsorship opportunities available. --- Este evento GRATIS y divertido para mamás, papás y niños de 5 años y menores. Refrescos, elementos esenciales para bebés, obsequios, suministros de arte para niños, recursos y más. Se recomienda registrarse por correo electrónico: rhonda@rhondafields.org Oportunidades de patrocinio disponibles.
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Rep. Jason Crow joins us this weekend to get out the vote!
Part 2 in Centennial on Sun Oct 26 @ 9 am - Park View Community Pool and Park
For Centennial Mayoral & City Council candidates
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October 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Rep. Jason Crow joins us this weekend to get out the vote!
Part 2 in Centennial on Sun Oct 26 @ 9 am - Park View Community Pool and Park
For Centennial Mayoral & City Council candidates
Sign up at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Rep. Jason Crow joins us this weekend to get out the vote!
Part 1 in Aurora with DALF union leaders, on Sat Oct 25 @ 11 am at Utah Park
For Aurora City Council & labor-endorsed candidates for Aurora Public Schools (with corrected graphic here)
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October 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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TONIGHT - join our South Asian community to hear from a variety of local candidates. Your ballot is on its way!
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Colorado South Asian Democrats community & candidate forum, 2025 Aurora school board & Aurora city council elections. October 11th, 2025, 6:30 pm. 2nd Home Community Center, 2990 S Peoria St, Aurora CO 80014. Moderated by Zahra Naqvi & Binisha Shrestha. PAid for by the Colorado Democratic Party, Andrew Yaste Registered Agent. Not by any candidate or candidate committee.
October 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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TOMORROW - join us on doors for an Aurora where leaders listen!
Sign up for breakfast & a packet 😋:
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GET OUT THE VOTE with Arapahoe Dems! Join us to canvass for all Aurora City Council & APS Candidates. Sunday October 12th, 10:30 am. Breakfast provided. Del Mar Park, Aurora. Graphics at the bottoms show upraised hands holding US flags, bullhorns, and signs saying "LOCAL ELECTIONS MATTER"
October 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Volunteers do the work of the party, donors provide the means. (& many take on both roles). Oct 16, we honor our donors as partners in this fight with a special evening, with lessons from fights of the past.

Event info & how to join Century Club at secure.actblue.com/donate/2025c...
Arapahoe County Democratic Party Century Club event with special guest author Kaia Gallagher. Join us on October 16th for a timely discussion with Kaia Gallagher, author of Candles for the Defiant. This poignant memoir dives into the author's journey to learn how her Estonian family survived during World War II and weaves the story of her ancestor's brave defiance as he resisted the Soviet occupation of Estonia. October 16th, 5:30 – 7:00 pm. Locations provided upon registration. To register and learn how you can become a Century Club member, please visit www.arapahoedems.org RSVP HERE
October 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Join us Saturday in Aurora! Meet local candidates, knock a few doors to remind folks to be voters this year, and enjoy Colorado's beautiful October:

10:30 at Del Mar Park, south of 6th Ave at Peoria
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GET OUT THE VOTE with Arapahoe Dems! Join us to canvass for all Aurora City Council & APS Candidates. Sunday October 12th, 10:30 am. Breakfast provided. Del Mar Park, Aurora. Graphics at the bottoms show upraised hands holding US flags, bullhorns, and signs saying "LOCAL ELECTIONS MATTER"
October 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Thank you to YAASPA for centering youth voices & concerns in these upcoming multipartisan workshops! Sign up to meet candidates for Aurora City Council, Aurora Schools, or Cherry Creek Schools: bit.ly/ycandidate25

More candidate forums are listed at www.arapahoedems.org
Logos: City of Aurora, and YAASPA. Text: YAASPA's Aurora City Council Candidate Workshop Date: October 9th, 2025 Time: 5:30-7:30 pm Location: ABC Community Hub, 1635 Paris St, Aurora CO 80010 A youth-led community dialogue with the candidates running for Aurora City Council. This is your chance to hear directly from the people who want to represent you on City Council -- and ask them the questions that matter most about Aurora's future. Young people will guide the conversation. Together, we'll explore issues that impact our daily lives -- from housing, transportation, and public safety, to equity, jobs, and opportunities for youth and families. Free event, food provided. RSVP here: community member: bit.ly/ycandidate25, candidate: bit.ly/ycandidateconfirm25 Contact us for more information: jordan.greer@yaaspa.net, tashan.montgomery@yaaspa.net, www.yaaspa.com Logos: Aurora Public Schools, YAASPA, and NAACP Aurora Colorado. Text: Aurora Public Schools, School Board Candidate Workshop Date: October 16th, 2025 Time: 5:30-7:30 pm Location: ABC Community Hub, 1635 Paris St, Aurora CO 80010 A youth-led community dialogue with the candidates running for Aurora Public Schools (APS) Board of Education. This is your chance to hear directly from the people who want to represent you on the school board -- and ask them the questions that matter most. Young people will take the lead in shaping the conversation. Together, we'll explore issues that impact students, families, and the wider Aurora community. Free event, food provided. RSVP here: community member: bit.ly/ycandidate25, candidate: bit.ly/ycandidateconfirm25 Contact us for more information: jordan.greer@yaaspa.net, tashan.montgomery@yaaspa.net, www.yaaspa.com Logos: Cherry Creek Schools and YAASPA, Text: YAASPA's Cherry Creek School District:, School Board Candidate Workshop Join us for youth-led intergenerational dialogue with CCSD school board candidates. This event is free and open to all community members, and light refreshments will be provided. October 23rd, 2025 5:30-7:30 pm ABC Community Hub, 1635 Paris St, Aurora CO 80010 RSVP NOW - community member: bit.ly/ycandidate25, candidate: bit.ly/ycandidateconfirm25 Contact us: Jordan Greer, civic development and policy advisor, jordan.greer@yaaspa.net Tashan Montgomery, community engagement and policy advisor, tashan.montgomery@yaaspa.net, www.yaaspa.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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“Republicans control the House, Senate, and the White House. They have the power to stop this manufactured crisis. But Republicans shut down the government and in doing so are making health care more expensive by eliminating tax credits for working families and kicking millions of working Americans off Medicaid. “This Republican shutdown will inflict real pain on working people. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers in Colorado and across the country must work but won’t get paid, including park rangers and air traffic controllers. Families could see delays in their Social Security, VA, or food assistance benefits. Air travel might be delayed as TSA airport screeners must work without pay. “I support and would vote for a bipartisan budget. But Republicans are prioritizing tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations, even if that means forcing a government shutdown.”
October 1, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Hegseth: *weird rant about "fat generals" & "beardos"*

History: *stares in U.S. Grant*

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Portrait showing Ulysses S. Grant, sitting, facing forward, in uniform.
October 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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The MAGA regime wants US troops against US citizens. Colorado will be in their sights. In just 5 weeks, local voters can elect city councilors to protect our cities, our freedoms, & our safety, instead of those who will give in to military takeovers. #VoteLocal
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Screenshot of an excerpt from a Military Times story. Excerpt text: Some current and former defense officials have raised concerns to Military Times that the deployments appear authoritarian and threaten to drive a wedge between the military and American citizens. “It will no longer be that our military is part of us. It’ll be, ‘It’s those guys in uniform, those armed thugs,’” Retired Maj. Gen. Randy Manner, who served as vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, told Military Times earlier this month.
October 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Cookout time, and showing up for our city council and school board candidates! #VoteLocal
Wide shot under a picnic shelter, with a ring of many people around. Candidates are speaking on the far side, and a table of campaign literature is on the left.
September 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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You're invited - picnic at Utah Park hosted by Aurora legislative delegation. 21 Sept 2025 - 12pm. Join us for food and the Aurora candidates launch!
September 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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This Wednesday! Join state legislators to hear how they are responding to the budget hole Colorado's MAGA Congress members created.
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Big bill fallout emergency town hall - join the state legislators of Arapahoe County for a town hall to talk about the special session and what it means for Colorado. State Representative Chad Clifford, State Representative Gretchen Rydin, State Representative Jamie Jackson, State Representative Michael Carter, State Senator Iman Jodeh, State Senator Mike Weissman, State Senator Dafna Michaelson Jenet, Arapahoe County Democratic Party Chair Melissa Garland. Aug 27 6 pm, Village Workspace, Centennial, CO. RSVP at arapahoetownhall.eventbrite.com Colorado Democrats and Arapahoe Democrats logos at the bottom.
August 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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The MAGA Congress voted for a historic transfer of wealth to their billionaire backers, to be paid for by everyday Americans.

Come hear what this means for you and for Colorado:
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BIG BILL FALLOUT EMERGENCY TOWN HALL - Republicans blew a $1.2 billion hole in Colorado's budget and you deserve to know how it will hurt you. Hear from Arapahoe County legislators about the special session and what the MAGA regime’s cuts mean for Coloradans. Wednesday, August 27, 6:00-7:00 pm The Village Work, Wellness, & Event Center 7173 S Havana St #600, Centennial RSVP at https://arapahoetownhall.eventbrite.com Colorado Dems logo in lower left and Arapahoe Dems logo in lower right.
August 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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American voters spent decades building systems to protect our freedoms & well-being. MAGA's tearing it down, including a Medicaid system that Coloradans in their own districts rely on, only to line the pockets of their billionaire backers. We must #FreeAmerica of this regime of theft & destruction.
Quote tweet from Colorado Dems: Colorado had a balanced budget until you voted for Trump's billionaire bailout that blew a $1 billion hole in it, Jeff. Maybe start by examining how much damage you've done to working Coloradans. Quoted tweet from Rep. Jeff Crank: CO Dems need to learn to stop reckless spending and create a budget that works for Coloradans, not against them. [which is in turn a quote tweet of the Colorado House Dems, as shown by a partial link] The screenshotted exchange is shown over a red-hued background photo of the Colorado State Capitol.
August 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Arapahoe voters overwhelmingly send Democrats to the #coleg, to get real work done.

Our Dems already faced down & conquered a budget challenge this year. Now they'll have to fix the MAGA mess Congressional Republicans made, & Coloradans will suffer.

We need builders, not breakers, at every level.
CO Republicans in Congress Force $1 Billion Budget Hole, Triggering Special Session at State Capitol The General Assembly will convene a special session this month to address a devastating $1 billion budget shortfall, a crisis directly triggered by Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” & rubber-stamped by CO’s entire Republican Congressional delegation. This reckless “vote first, understand dire consequences later” federal budget slashed funding for essential services across CO, gutting Medicaid, stripping away food assistance, & yanking resources from rural hospitals. Now state lawmakers, led by Democrats, have to clean up the mess that Gabe Evans, Lauren Boebert, Jeff Hurd & Jeff Crank made for CO families. "CO Republicans in Congress are solely responsible for this budget crisis that Democrats yet again have to clean up,” said CO Democratic Party Chair Shad Murib. “Republicans broke their promise to their constituents by voting to kick over 200,000 Coloradans off their health care & jack up the cost of everything to pay for billionaire handouts. People like Evans & Boebert blew a $1B hole in CO’s budget & left states to deal with the consequences. Thanks to them, CO billionaires won’t go hungry or lose health care, but CO families will. This is political sabotage at the expense of working class people.” According to the Office of State Planning & Budgeting, this $1.2 billion hole means No TABOR Refunds, No tax credits for working families, Cuts to health care, food assistance & other core services Democrats passed a balanced budget last session despite tough conditions & against all odds, but Trump’s bill threw a grenade into CO’s finances. & every Republican member of CO’s Congressional delegation stood & cheered. The special session will begin Aug 21. Democratic lawmakers are preparing proposals to protect working families, preserve key services, & limit the harm caused by the MAGA budget cuts. Meanwhile CO Republicans continue to offer no solutions, only excuses.
August 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM