(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Janak Joshi
80%
40%
20%
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Hetal Doshi
50%
40%↓
30%
(D) Jeff Bridges
(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
50%↑
40%↓
30%
(D) Diana DeGette*
(D) Wanda James
(D) Milat Kiros
80%
20%
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Alex Kelloff
(R) H. Scheppelman
60%↓
40%↓
30%↑
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) E. Laubacher
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
30%↑
20%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
55%↓
45%↑
(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Shannon Bird
(D) Manny Rutinel
45%↓
30%
30%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) CORRECTION: This post incorrectly states that most journalists consider themselves Democrats. Over half of journalists in a recent survey self-identify as having no party affiliation. About 7 percent said they were Republicans, and 28 percent Democrats. My point about Rosen is unchanged. —– From: Jason Salzman To: [KOA Radio Host] Mike […]
WEEKEND UPDATE Reports surfaced Friday that a tentative deal had been struck in efforts to strike a 'compromise, successfully navigate a Special Session, and come out on the other side having tamped down angst over flaming water wells and gas wells spewing frack water. The problem appears to be whom the deal is among, which […]
UPDATE: ProgressNow Colorado issues statement pointing to Colorado Republican candidates who are Climate Change deniers: “In a time when Republicans in Congress are determined to sit on their hands and do nothing for the rest of the year, President Obama’s leadership on this issue is critical,” said ProgressNow Colorado Executive Director Amy Runyon-Harms. “Conservatives in […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Dear Chairman Call, I'm not your typical terrorist: a fifth-generation Coloradan, a Yuma County native and graduate of a small rural K-12 school, Idalia High School. Upon return from college I settled in Wray where I raised my three children. I was active in local activities – a founding member of […]
The jokes just write themselves as the Super-Rich, Anti-government, Obama-hating Oligarchic Koch Brothers attempt another poorly planned and hastily produced smear job of Senator Mark Udall on Obamacare: Charles Koch toes the rubber. Pitching from the stretch. Looks in for the signal. He wants the batter to chase his curveball, off the plate. Here comes the pitch The prolific attack […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols kicks off coverage from this weekend's session of the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission: Colorado will be the first state in the country to regulate emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, as part of new air quality rules for the state’s booming oil and gas industry that were finalized on […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Colorado is the quintessential swing state – with voters split about evenly between Republicans, Democrats and Independents. That can make for some fractious politics at times, but our diversity is part of what makes us great. What makes us even better is our unity – and that’s what we saw today […]
We’ve talked a lot about fracking in this space and the political quagmire it has become for local and state elected officials alike. We’ve half-joked about Gov. John Hickenlooper drinking “fracking fluid” in a silly effort to prove that fracking is safe – a misguided notion on more than one level. It is true that […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) FRIDAY POLS UPDATE: Something more like an apology now from Sen. Bernie Herpin, as reported by the Colorado Springs Gazette's Megan Schrader today: Sen. Bernie Herpin, a Republican, said he was trying to make a point about how last year's Democrat-sponsored gun laws have been ineffective in reducing gun violence. "There's […]
Colorado College has released results from its 4th Annual "Conservation in the West" poll, which shows that voters are increasingly considering conservation and environmental issues when making their decisions at the ballot box. From a press release: This year’s bipartisan survey of 2,400 registered voters across six states looked at voter attitudes on a list […]
Last November, several of Colorado's leading oil and gas companies joined with Gov. John Hickenlooper to help negotiate recommendations to the state's Air Quality Control Commission to reduce air pollution from the state's oil and gas sector. Hickenlooper's longstanding weak spot on energy issues with the Democratic base, arguably his biggest political problem going into […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Asked by a caller on Saturday to name a conservative billionaire who donated to the recall campaigns of Senators John Morse and Angela Giron, KVOR radio host Jeff Crank replied, "Charles Koch." This caught my attention because Koch's name hadn't appeared on any recall donation lists that I'd seen. You'd think […]
As reported by FOX 31's Eli Stokols Sunday evening: Senate Democrats are set to announce Monday that Sen. Andy Kerr will replace former Sen. Evie Hudak, who resigned her seat last month to avoid a recall election and preserve her party’s one-seat majority in the chamber, as the chairman of the Senate Education Committee… Kerr was […]
UPDATE: Credit where due: we'd like to acknowledge that our friend, media critic Jason Salzman, was asking prescient questions about the origin of the magazines used at Newtown as far back as last March. —– Magpul PMAG high capacity magazines. A long-speculated and significant detail from the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings last December emerges today–and as reported by FOX 31's […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports: A day after celebrating a compromise between the oil and gas industry and environmental groups on a new set of air quality rules to reduce emissions from Colorado well sites, Gov. John Hickenlooper faced new calls Tuesday for an all-out ban on hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, from liberals on both […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t there. When invisible volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) get cooked in our Grand Valley sunlight, they form ozone. These compounds result largely from oil and gas operation pollution. Methane is another invisible contribution to our dirty air, also […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Three weeks ago, KDVR's Eli Stokols reported that Ryan Call, Chair of the Colorado Republican Party, had some harsh words to say about the recall election of Democratic State Senator Evie Hudak: “Call: "This recall election would undermine our efforts in the governor’s race, the U.S. Senate race and to win […]
Yesterday, the Denver Post published a story, which highlights increasing concerns from scientists who believe that as oil and gas operations expand in Colorado, air quality will continue to deteriorate. But there are ways to mitigate industry’s impact on air quality. "What you can do is look at the known sources and make them better,” […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports–the apostasy! The betrayal! Colorado GOP chairman Ryan Call reasons with his flock: Last week, a day after the two Republicans elected to succeed the two Democrats ousted in recall elections last month, a few conservative activists announced a new effort to recall a third Democratic state senator. But, with Democrats […]
In the Craig Daily Press, a statement from GOP Rep. Scott Tipton on how he really tried, tried mind you, along with his fellow House Republicans, to avoid shutting down the government Tuesday: As I’ve said throughout this process, my constituents have sent a strong message that they do not want Obamacare because it’s raising health […]
(The knives coming out for Ryan Call – promoted by Colorado Pols) Reporters covering a press conference last Monday featuring GOP activists from Pueblo should have mentioned, at least as an aside, that the activists said GOP Chair Ryan Call's own law firm was hired to do the GOP's legal-defense work related to the Pueblo […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Correction: An earlier version of this blog post stated that Debbie “Feeley” is on the list of people who are most detrimental to the Republican Party of Colorado. It is actually Debbie Healy, according to Sarah Arnold, who also told me she was not present at the GOP executive meeting last […]
A press release today from Colorado House Democrats: Speaker Pro Tempore Claire Levy announced today that she is resigning from the Colorado House of Representatives to become executive director of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, a Denver-based research and advocacy organization that promotes economic security, access to health care and sound fiscal policy. […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Yesterday, I urged reporters to keep an eye on a sub-plot that's emerged in the wake of the Republican recall victories: The "liberty" wing of the state GOP has apparently been re-energized by the election, and this could lead not only to a civil war among Colorado Republicans but also to […]
In the sunny dales of Pueblo town, there was great woe. Repetitive ads whined on all the TV channels. There were portents and signs, saying "Vote Yes” or “Vote No”. The village mailboxes were stuffed with mailers with pictures of sad women and pompous men. Peasants feared to answer their doors or telephones, lest they […]
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