WEEK OF MAY 23, 2024
VOLUME 22 | ISSUE 4
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Rock Church Meet the Democrats running takes fight over for Congress in Colorado’s District 4 race homeless shelter to federal court
BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
But Democrats Trisha Calvarese, Isaac “Ike” McCorkle and John Padora seek to offer an alternative to the status quo. They face an uphill battle. In the past two presidential elections, District 4 voters have favored Republicans at a rate of 13 percentage points higher
The Rock Church is taking its lawsuit to allow the church to provide temporary housing for homeless people in Castle Rock to federal court. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for Colorado, argues the Town of Castle Rock is violating the church’s religion freedom by prohibiting it from offering short-term shelter to people in need. The church has used an RV and a trailer on its property to temporarily house people who otherwise would have nowhere to sleep and shelter from the weather. Last year, town determined the arrangement was not permitted by the church’s zoning. The church hasn’t provided shelter since. In addition to prohibiting shelter in the RV and trailer
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It’s not just Republicans, including Lauren Boebert, who are facing a primary in June for the Congressional District 4 race. Three DemoIMAGES PERMISSION CANDIDATES’ crats – Ike McCorkle, Trisha Calvarese and John Padora – are also vying for a seat. BY SUZIE GLASSMAN SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
A Democrat hasn’t won the U.S. House seat in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District since Betsy Markey in 2008. Two years later, Republican Cory Gardner pushed her out and held the seat until he successfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014.
Then came Ken Buck, a Republican from Weld County, who had a lock on the seat for more than nine years until his shocking retirement earlier this year. And, Republicans vying to replace Buck have grabbed almost all the headlines, especially Lauren Boebert, the Western Slope congresswoman who wants to switch to the 4th District.
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