Bill Ritter

Denver Post reporter Kurtis Lee attended President Obama’s energy speech at Buckley Air Force Base and conducted on-site interviews with former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and current Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.  

DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has donated more than $300,000 of his remaining campaign funds to charities and nonprofit groups. The money is going to help Ethiopians, homeless and hungry Coloradans and Americans needing organ transplants.  

Bill Ritter is established as the top anchor at WABC/Channel 7. But since 2001, he has also been the go-to guy for Christmas newscasts. Ritter, who is Jewish, does not mind logging some holiday hours to help his fellow man (and woman) celebrate the birth of Jesus. “We now have two Jewish anchors, but before Phil [Lipof] got hired I was the only male Jewish anchor,” Ritter tells FishbowlNY. “You work Christmas Day.  It’s the right thing to do...  

DENVER — Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has donated more than $300,000 of his remaining campaign funds to charities and nonprofit groups, saying he still hopes to make a difference in the state's future. The money is going to help Ethiopians,...  

DENVER — Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has donated more than $300,000 of his remaining campaign funds to charities and nonprofit groups, saying he still hopes to make a difference in the state's future. The money is going to help Ethiopians ...  

Re: “Ritter’s surplus benefits others,” Jan. 2 news story. Kudos to former Gov. Bill Ritter for distributing his campaign funds in such an altruistic manner. This is the first time I have ever seen what happens to leftover campaign funds. I had read that he had $300,000 remaining in his campaign coffers, and thought that [...]  

Impoverished Ethiopians, homeless and hungry Coloradans, and Americans needing organ transplants are just some of those who benefited from former Gov. Bill Ritter's decision not to run for re-election. The Colorado Democrat, who left office a ...