President (To Win Colorado) See Full Big Line
(D) Joe Biden*
(R) Donald Trump
80%
20%↓
CO-01 (Denver) See Full Big Line
(D) Diana DeGette*
90%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish) See Full Big Line
(D) Joe Neguse*
90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO) See Full Big Line
(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(R) Jeff Hurd
(D) Anna Stout
40%↑
40%↓
30%↑
5%↓
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado) See Full Big Line
(R) J. Sonnenberg
(R) Richard Holtorf
(R) Deborah Flora
15%↑
10%
10%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs) See Full Big Line
(R) Doug Lamborn*
90%
CO-06 (Aurora) See Full Big Line
(D) Jason Crow*
90%
CO-07 (Jefferson County) See Full Big Line
(D) Brittany Pettersen
85%↑
CO-08 (Northern Colo.) See Full Big Line
(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Scott James
60%↑
30%↓
30%↓
State Senate Majority See Full Big Line
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority See Full Big Line
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
November 04, 2015 2:31 pm MST
11 Comments
What is with the fixation on teacher unions as the source of all evil? Is it because their members are generally highly educated?
Teacher unions are not particularly powerful. They mainly exist to ensure teachers get decent and fair compensation and benefits, retain sufficient plan periods, get paid for "extras" administrators put on them (this is common) etc. Looking at your average teacher salary — and consider all the licensing requirements etc — they have not been that successful. And they are losing the battle with the know-nothing fat cats like Bill Gates who claim to have the next best idea to fix education (that ignores the proven successful tactics of small class sizes,well-trained and supported teachers and an affluent student body /snark)
Teacher unions were formed when a school administration attempted to cut the pay of all the women teachers in order to give the male teachers much larger salaries. Without a union defending them, injustices like that would be commonplace. You are kidding yourself if you think they won't.
Maddow reported that right wing pundits attack teacher unions out of pure self interest. Teacher (and other public employee) unions contribute money and volunteer time to Democratic candidates. Teachers are also still one of the most trusted groups in America – so an NEA endorsement carries weight. It really is that simple.
Absolutely. It's long been known that their attack on all unions is mainly about cutting off funding for Dems. You pass Citizens United and kill the unions to overpower Dems.
Because they are assholes? That's my guess.
Yes, that too! But mama and BlueCat are right. It has been a long campaign that started at least 20 years ago.
I was going to give them the benefit of the doubt and just figured that they aren't very bright. I know that was the case with our old school majority.
If all the parents who voted for recall remember what GOP State Senators think of them, I like our chances for taking back the State Senate and increasing our majority in the House. Thanks, Republican jerks.
Don't you love it when they sell us the rope we'll hang them with?
I bet the real reason is that we still are in the "fundraising" and "primary" part of the election cycle. They are trying to appeal to their base.
Maybe it's just good old "eye for an eye" Old Testament justice….except that voters in DougCo, JeffCo, and Thompson did a lot more than poke Senate Conservatives in they eye last night!
And DougCo is hardly a bastion of pro-union thug libruls or diversity. What's the rightie explanation for why all three "reformer" incumbents got ousted there? Will the Colorado right adjust the narrative? Of course not.
Our wacko righties are way too committed to their "the union bullied/ tricked people" narrative to let anything like facts on the ground change it. That's their story and they're sticking to it. Nothing to see here. Just have to get their message out better. Guess there just wasn't enough Koch money.