May 06, 2026
The Colorado Republican Party continues to push for a Colorado federal judge to abolish the unaffiliated voter mandate in state primary elections, asking the court through a motion for reconsideration to review its prior summary judgment ruling denying a challenge to the mandate.
April 29, 2026
A Colorado federal judge denied the Colorado Republican Party's request for an order that would have allowed the party to ban unaffiliated voters from participating in its June primary election, ruling that doing so would create voter confusion.
April 21, 2026
The Colorado Republican Party has asked a federal judge to issue an emergency temporary restraining order allowing the party to ban unaffiliated voters from participating in its upcoming primary election after the court last month found a supermajority requirement to opt out of the primary was unconstitutional.
April 01, 2026
A Colorado federal judge struck down an opt-out restriction in the state's semi-open primary system while leaving the broader framework in place, finding the state's requirement that political parties meet a three-fourths supermajority vote to exit the system unconstitutional.
May 10, 2024
Former Donald Trump lawyer John C. Eastman withdrew as an attorney in a Colorado civil suit on Friday as the California Supreme Court is set to consider a recommendation for the attorney's disbarment.
February 02, 2024
A Colorado federal judge on Friday ruled that voters unaffiliated with a political party can participate in the Republican primary election in June, denying the state Republican party's bid to block the state from running a semi-open primary.
January 24, 2024
A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday pressed the state to explain specific rationales for its semi-open primary system that allows unaffiliated voters to participate in Republican and Democratic primaries, asking how the state justified forcing party committees to reach near-unanimous agreement in order to keep out independents.
August 01, 2023
The Colorado Republican Party has filed a federal lawsuit challenging laws enacted by a 2016 ballot initiative that allow unaffiliated voters in the state to participate in party primaries, with embattled Trump attorney John Eastman on the legal team representing the party.