April 10, 2018 11:15 AM UTC

BREAKING: Stapleton to Make Campaign Announcement

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE #3: Did Barry Farah make a deal with Stapleton? Sure looks that way:

NEW: @barryfarah drops out of #9News #cogov debate Thursday. Campaign insists he remains in the race. #copolitics https://t.co/Pybf7nkV3q

— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) April 10, 2018

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UPDATE #2: Stapleton is throwing Kennedy Enterprises, the petition firm his campaign hired, as far under the bus as possible:

Here’s the letter @WalkerStapleton just turned in to @COSecofState, alleging that their signature-gathering firm lied to them and asking to be removed from the primary ballot. #cogov #copolitics #9news pic.twitter.com/VTnq6YBlv5

— Brandon Rittiman (@BrandonRittiman) April 10, 2018

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UPDATE:

#BREAKING: @WalkerStapleton announces he’s withdrawing from petition to get on ballot to run for #Governor, will go through assembly instead. #copolitics @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/DYPQIzz1UR

— Marc Stewart Denver7 (@MarcKMGH) April 10, 2018

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Stories about potential problems with petition signatures have been swirling across virtually every local media outlet in the last few days.

Republican Walker Stapleton announced this morning that his campaign for Governor will make some sort of announcement outside of the Secretary of State’s office at 11:00 am. We’ll update this story as soon as more information is available.