''The Colorado Statesman'' was a weekly political newspaper published in

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and was one of the oldest continuously published newspapers in

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. ''The Statesman'' covered the

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, state government, public policy issues, campaigns and elections, the state’s political parties, and the people and personalities behind them.

History

It was founded in 1888. ''The Statesman'' changed its name from the ''Colorado Democrat'' in the 1970s. Longtime editor, publisher and part owner Jody Hope Strogoff told

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that the newspaper at that time "became non-partisan and found that in a politically divided state like Colorado, the power players all along the political spectrum, as well as bureaucrats, like the ''Stateman''’s coverage." Strogoff stepped down as publisher on Feb. 22, 2015, following a 35-year career. Former Colorado State Representative Jared Wright, the newspaper's contract cartoonist, assumed the publisher's role. Former state Rep. Gerald Kopel, "Mr. Colorado Legislature," wrote a weekly column in the newspaper from 1992 until his death in 2012. A partial archive of those columns is available via Archive.or

On Feb. 4, 2016, the newspaper placed the bulk of its online content behind a paywall, restricting its access primarily to paid subscribers only. In June 2017, the paper announced that it had merged with Clarity Media Corporation's Coloradopolitics.com. The branding associated with the ''Statesman'' was abandoned in favor of the Coloradopolitics.com brand. It had been owned by Denver businessman and homebuilder Larry Mizel.

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