CO-04 (Special Election)
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(R) Greg Lopez
(R) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Joe Biden*
(R) Donald Trump
80%
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CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
90%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
40%
30%
20%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
30%↑
15%↑
10%↓
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Dave Williams
(R) Jeff Crank
50%↓
50%↑
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
90%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) Brittany Pettersen
85%↑
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
60%↑
35%↓
30%↑
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
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State House Majority
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June 24, 2008 06:21 PM UTC
21 Comments
The reputation goes back two decades or more to the era when she was on Boulder City Council. If she took on your issue you had a strong, sometimes eloquent, voice speaking forcefully in your behalf. That, however, was rarely enough to win the day. She had a tendency to make every disagreement into a confrontation which rarely resulted in a satisfactory resolution.
Her time as regent raises other questions. Apparently, those who have worked with her most recently have no fond memories to treasure.
On the issues, Rollie and Cindy are Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Only in this case, Tweedledee is an edgy rottweiler while Tweedledum is a goofy golden retriever.
For my money the question is who will be more productive in the Senate. The Senate already has a full complement of difficult, uncooperative grandstanders. One more won’t destroy the place but it doesn’t seem like it will help things much either. Rollie seems to get along with his colleagues even if he doesn’t generate much excitement.
that is the perfect description of the two of them – excellent.
I still don’t know who to support. Heath used to be a Republican and a big-business guy, and Carlisle fucked up the most important thing a Trustee could do by endorsing Benson (whose major achievement so far, as the guy who was going to raise money for the University, was to propose a 9% tuition hike).
It’s the first election I’ve had to vote in where both candidates seem kind of decent on the issues, but I just dislike them both intensely at a personal level. I may just skip that line on the ballot entirely.
exactly when was Heath a Republican? Does it really matter? And is there something wrong w/ big business? And exactly when did the REGENTS get replaced by “Trustees?”
Ah, also, maybe you weren’t here, but tuition going up by “only” 9% is actually pretty good. It went up 14.6% in 07 and 15-20% (depending on class and school) in 05-06. 9% is pretty damn good…
Dislike them both…it doesn’t matter to me, it’s your vote. But at least get some facts straight before going off on them…
and the price goes up each year, and gosh only 9 % this year, and you’re happy with that ?
And how exactly do you support the idea that the quality of education at CU is going down?
Tuition goes up every year because this cheap ass state doesn’t want to commit to higher ed. Sure, the Dems are better than Owens and a repub legislature were, but not a whole lot. State spending is still pathetic for a University of CU’s stature and Colorado’s size.
And anyone dumb enough to blame the tuition hike on Benson (like spx) just doesn’t have a clue. He had been on the job 42 days when the tuition hike was announced. What exactly was he supposed to do in 42 days?
So, for this tuition paying grad student, yes, I’m happy with a 9.3% increase.
Chewing gum and baling wire will hold CU together only so long. It’s already hard to recruit top faculty because they know as a state we don’t give a rat’s behind about higher education. The question is when our own better lights start jumping ship. I agree with you that “only” a 9 pct hike was better than what has been happening. But as Churchill said after Dunkirk, wars aren’t won by evacuations, either. If the severance tax initiative fails, I find it hard to see how we can turn the higher ed scene around in time for my grandkids.
Every major chunk of the budget has some sort of constitutional mandate except higher ed, at the same time as revenues are restricted by TABOR. So of course higher ed gets the shaft.
Had Ref. C not passed, it’d be even worse.
Thank Doug Bruce.
dude in our state with enough guts to stand up for the working man and fight you libs.
Without guys like Doug, the tax rate for City/State/County/PPRTA, etc here in Colo. Spgs. would be pushing 12%.
It’s too bad Ref C passed, but it is a blessing that Ref D did not.
Thanks Doug Bruce
that the decline in higher education is “not the dems fault.”
Neither is continental drift.
But that doesn’t mean both phenomena aren’t happening.
Like Fidel DN, I also hope Benson can turn it around.
Somebody has to. I have two degrees from CU, and my son has an undergrad degree from UCDm, my daughter’s from Metro.
But my daughter graduated from DU Law School and my son is on a Ph.D fellowship in philosophy at Boston College.
Our programs must get better or my grandkids, age 1 and 6, won’t even be able to get undergraduate degrees worth having in this state.
I was just responding specifically to Dabee’s comment about the Dems being “not a whole lot” better than Owens and the Republican legislature.
TABOR needs to be repealed, and in the end I fear that’s going to take a constitutional convention thanks to the single-subject rule.
I’m just generally saying this state sucks (when it comes to education).
I remember back in 2004, before and after the election, those of us in UCSU did a bunch of “lobbying” down in Den. Folks like Peter Groff , Romanoff, JFG, Madden, Tupa…on and on…just loved to agree with us that the repubs were bad for education and as soon as CO gave the dems a majority, things would be different. Then January rolled around and all they had to say was TABOR, TABOR, TABOR…
This state’s majority party can’t keep patting themselves on the back for being pro-education if they’re not willing to address the major impediment to higher ed funding. It’s just plain ridiculous…
No, I don’t prefer 20 % hikes either, but suggesting that 9 % is somehow good is plain crazy. Its compounded on top of each prior year, so those types of increases are exponential. Yes, I totally agree with you, the gutting of higher ed in Colorado is pathetic and extremely short sighted – the best and brightest WILL jump ship and as a result the University will suffer. The end result will be the flight of brains and dollars out of the state – just what we need in a recession.
I don’t blame it on Benson either. I actually hope he does well – I hope he brings in a ton of money. Yes, he’s a political animal but he is a longstanding member of the business community in this state and has been very successful – he can tap those contacts on behalf of the University.
I said the quality of a University education is going down, but you assumed I said CU. However, based on 20 years of interviewing and hiring college graduates I can tell you the quality is going down – most in my experience are totally unprepared for the workforce.
As I understand it, the true cost of educating a student is at or below inflation. The tuition is increasing because the state support is decreasing.
So you could say that subsidies are being reduced 9%.
Huh ? Where would you get those numbers David ? I am sure they are all over the board with some states decreasing, some staying the same, some maybe increasing, so there is no way you could cover it with a blanket statement like that.
You have been talking to too many politicians lately – they are poisoning your mind 😉
I’m not 100% sure which one it was so I won’t name them. Their point was that they are holding costs at C.U. under inflation but the state money keeps dropping.
I knew it ! Just kidding David.
With all the recent FISA stuff humor is much appreciated. Thank you!
You’re saying that the ’02 Democratic nominee for Governor used to be a Republican?
Maybe we need truth in labeling applied to political candidates.