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Republican John Kellner Announces Plans To Run For Colorado Attorney General
CBS Denver
January 28, 2022 | 00:18 min

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John Kellner, 18th District Attorney on making fentanyl possession a felony
March 13, 2022 | 7:49 min
John Kellner, DA (18th District) announces GOP run for Attorney General
The Dan Caplis Show
January 22, 2022 | 35 min
John Kellner, D.A. fpr the 18th judicial district, enters the race as Republican candidate for Attorney General to challenge Democrat incumbent Phil Weiser in the upcoming 2022 election, calling out the current A.G. on skyrocketing crime rates in Colorado. He joins Dan to discuss his decision to run.

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GUEST COLUMN: Fentanyl crisis needs stronger legislation
March 24, 2022
Since 2015, Colorado has suffered 1,578 fentanyl deaths — a number equivalent to the enrollment at Denver South High School — and amounts to a staggering 1,008% increase. Since 2019, the increase in fentanyl deaths in Colorado has outstripped every state except Alaska — surging 382% during that time. Nationally, overdose deaths from opioids exceeds homicides by 307%. In 2021 alone, more than 800 Coloradans lost their lives to fentanyl.
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Anti-Hunting Measure Highlights Bizarre State Of Colorado Politics
Forbes
February 2, 2022 | Chris Dorsey
Not long ago, Denver could have been the literal manifestation of Ronald Reagan’s, “shining city on the hill.” It was a place with safe neighborhoods, reasonable governance, clean air and water, a strong economy and education that ranked among the best in the nation, and a Rocky Mountain high that had nothing to do with legal weed.
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Colorado’s AG is AWOL on skyrocketing crime
Colorado Politics
January 27, 2022 | John Kellner
Colorado has fallen victim to an out-of-control crime wave due in large part to misguided statewide laws that handcuff law enforcement and prosecutors, while ensuring criminals stay on our streets.
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John Kellner, a Republican district attorney, enters race to be Colorado’s next attorney general
Colorado Public Radio
January 27, 2022 | Allison Sherry
Republican District Attorney John Kellner said Thursday he is running for state attorney general against incumbent Democrat Phil Weiser.
Citing the state’s crime rate, Kellner said he is running because he wants to take a role in getting Colorado out of its “crime tsunami.”
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Republican DA John Kellner announces campaign to unseat Phil Weiser as Colorado attorney general
Sentinel
January 27, 2022 | Max Levy
AURORA | Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney John Kellner, a Republican, announced Thursday he will run to unseat Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser this fall.
Kellner said in a news release that Weiser has “failed” in his first term and will run on a platform of making Colorado “safer.”
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Republican District Attorney John Kellner to challenge Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser for the seat
The Denver Post
January 27, 2022 | Saja Hindi
Arapahoe County District Attorney John Kellner, a Republican, has announced his decision to run against Democratic incumbent Phil Weiser for attorney general in this year’s election.
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Attorney General Phil Weiser draws challenge from Republican DA John Kellner
Colorado Politics
January 27, 2022 | Ernest Luning
Republican District Attorney John Kellner, the top prosecutor in Colorado’s 18th Judicial District, declared on Thursday that he’s challenging Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser, who is seeking a second term.
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