U.S. Senate See Full Big Line

(D) J. Hickenlooper*

(D) Julie Gonzales

(R) Janak Joshi

80%

20%

10%

(D) Michael Bennet (D) Phil Weiser
55% 50%↑
Att. General See Full Big Line

(D) Jena Griswold

(D) M. Dougherty

(D) Hetal Doshi

40%↓

30%

30%

Sec. of State See Full Big Line
(D) J. Danielson (D) A. Gonzalez
50%↓ 30%↑
State Treasurer See Full Big Line

(D) Jeff Bridges

(R) Kevin Grantham

80%↑

20%↓

CO-01 (Denver) See Full Big Line

(D) Diana DeGette*

(D) Milat Kiros

(D) Wanda James

70%↓

20%↑

10%↓

CO-02 (Boulder-ish) See Full Big Line

(D) Joe Neguse*

(R) Somebody

90%

2%

CO-03 (West & Southern CO) See Full Big Line

(R) Jeff Hurd*

(D) Alex Kelloff

(R) H. Scheppelman

60%↓

30%↓

20%↑

CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado) See Full Big Line

(R) Lauren Boebert*

(D) E. Laubacher

80%

20%

CO-05 (Colorado Springs) See Full Big Line

(R) Jeff Crank*

(D) Jessica Killin

53%↓

48%↑

CO-06 (Aurora) See Full Big Line

(D) Jason Crow*

(R) Somebody

90%

2%

CO-07 (Jefferson County) See Full Big Line

(D) B. Pettersen*

(R) Somebody

90%

2%

CO-08 (Northern Colo.) See Full Big Line

(R) Gabe Evans*

(D) Shannon Bird

(D) Manny Rutinel

45%↓

30%

30%

State Senate Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

80%

20%

State House Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

95%

5%

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Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis faces imminent formal complaint in Colorado

(Been waiting for this shoe to drop — Republished under CC license by Colorado Pols) by Quentin Young, Colorado Newsline February 22, 2023 Colorado attorney Jenna Ellis, one of the central figures in former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, is the subject of a formal professional misconduct complaint that’s expected to […]

What you can do to fight for progress this week (February 21)

Last Friday, Colorado received another stark reminder of the continuing danger to our most basic rights. Three far-right bills to criminalize and impose non-medical burdens on abortion rights were killed in the Colorado House after hours of testimony. During the hearing, Republican Rep. Scott Bottoms sickeningly likened abortion to the Holocaust. [1] None of these […]

Colorado Week in Review for February 19, 2023

Our deliberately oversimplified glance at what’s happening in Colorado. awesome + uniting Club Q to reopen in fall with enhanced security, tribute to shooting victims RTD weighs cheaper fares and passes, with no regional zones — but airport trips still would cost much more Duke the rescued Bengal tiger cub finds new home in Colorado […]

Why Can’t Anybody Just Say Sorry?

An incident on Monday afternoon at the venue hosting a debate for Denver City Council District 10 candidates is provoking lots of discussion today about the hardships faced by people with disabilities in everyday life. The Denver Post’s Conrad Swanson reports: Denver City Councilman Chris Hinds couldn’t maneuver his wheelchair onto the stage at the […]

Republicans Get Worst Possible Outcome in El Paso County

WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Ernest Luning of the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman follows up from Saturday, in which MAGA Republicans handily defeated efforts by establishment Republicans to push them out of the way: After easily winning reelection to a third term chairing the El Paso County Republican Party on Saturday in Colorado Springs, Vickie […]

Keeping families connected and more ways to fight for progress this week (February 13)

For years, Colorado families have had to make unconscionable decisions to afford to stay connected with their incarcerated loved ones. Despite years of pleas for help, Colorado families continue to have to penny pinch just so a child can hear the soothing sound of their parent’s voice for a few minutes. Colorado families need our […]

RMGO: Don’t Count Black Kids in Gun Violence Statistics

WEDNESDAY UPDATE: 9NEWS’ Kyle Clark followed up yesterday evening with Rocky Mountain Gun Owners’ Kevin Lorusso, who stands by his suggestion to exclude young Black males from gun death statistics:   Apparently you can contact Mr. Lorusso for an apology on a case-by-case basis, but we’re guessing it will contain the word “snowflake.” In the […]

A Fair Workweek and more ways to fight for progress this week (February 6)

We’re nearing one month into the 2023 session of the Colorado General Assembly, and I’m very excited about the ambitious slate of bold progressive legislation making its way through the process. Last November, Colorado voters delivered a powerful mandate to enact lasting reforms that every Coloradan will see at work in their own lives and […]

The Circle of Strife: Republicans Set Sail in Separate Leaky Boats

MONDAY UPDATE: Republicans in Jefferson County are having their own set of problems, as this Facebook post explains: —– UPDATE: Going great! The battle for control of the El Paso County GOP in Colorado was back in court Friday, as state Republicans and the county party filed dueling motions over who gets to run next week’s […]

Saving renters money and more ways to fight for progress this week (January 30)

One of the most important priorities in this year’s session of the Colorado General Assembly is bringing down the cost of housing for Colorado’s working families. One of the many pieces of legislation lawmakers will consider this year is a bill to save prospective renters money when searching for a new rental home. Searching for […]

Boebert Completes Whackadoo GOP House Oversight Q-mittee

With Republicans in narrow control of the U.S. House of Representatives, it’s widely expected that the next two years will feature a variety of retaliatory investigations into President Joe Biden–looking to balance the scales after Donald Trump’s unprecedented scofflaw presidency generated two impeachments, and more recently Trump’s long-concealed income tax returns showing that you probably […]

Conservative activist Aaron Wood enters race for Colorado state GOP chair

(Republished by Colorado Pols under a Creative Commons license) by Quentin Young, Colorado Newsline January 10, 2023 Aaron Wood, a conservative activist based in Highlands Ranch, on Monday announced his candidacy for the top leadership position in the Colorado Republican Party. The current chair, Kristi Burton Brown, announced last month she would not seek a […]

It’s Good To Run Your Own “Stink Tank”

Although Colorado Republicans don’t have much to be proud of coming out of yet another disastrous election season in 2022, one piece of their political infrastructure Republicans appear to want to save is the so-called Common Sense Institute, an organization created to push conservative messaging with (hopefully) more credibility than the typecast old-school conservative “stink […]

Is Kanye’s Colorado Cabal Sorry Yet?

As the New York Times reports, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been re-suspended from Twitter today after violating the site’s terms of service so egregiously that controversially laissez-faire new owner Elon Musk was obliged to step in: Elon Musk, Twitter’s chief executive, said late Thursday that Kanye West would be suspended from […]

“Oath Keeper” Militia Guy Guilty Of Seditious Conspiracy

As the Washington Post reports, a verdict today in one of the highest profile criminal trials (so far) of a major player in the January 6th, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to obstruct the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory. Stewart Rhodes, founder of the “Oath Keepers” militia group that claims a large number […]

Get More Smarter on Tuesday (Nov. 29)

The United States Men’s soccer team takes on Iran today at Noon for a chance to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup. Now, let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio […]

CD-3 Voters With Faulty Ballots Suddenly Extremely Popular

I get these ballots waiting to be cured are important. Aggressively pursuing Voters, being rude, and calling relatives. Voters have the right to cure their ballot; they also have the right to not cure. One young voter told me she will never vote again. @annalynnfrey @johnmrod — Gilbert Ortiz (@Bochefus) November 15, 2022 As Denver7’s […]

Why Republicans Can’t Have Nice Things (Like Election Victories)

The Republican Civil War in Colorado will not pause for elections. While candidates and volunteers were working hard on GOTV efforts this weekend, El Paso County Republicans were busy spending several hours yelling at each other about some other really dumb thing. As Ernest Luning reports for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman: […]

Newsline: O’Dea Repeats False Bennet Legislation Claim

(Republished under Creative Commons license by Colorado Pols) Sen. Michael Bennet speaks at the Colorado Water Congress in Steamboat Springs on Aug. 23, 2022. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) by Chase Woodruff, Colorado Newsline October 27, 2022 In Tuesday night’s U.S. Senate debate in Colorado, Republican challenger Joe O’Dea saved his most pointed attack on incumbent Democratic […]

Ganahl Joins O’Dea Crying Conspiracy Over Operator Error

Just after we wrote earlier today about GOP U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea’s new ad campaign on global tech giant Facebook complaining that his ads are being “censored” by global tech giant Google, 9NEWS’ Kyle Clark reports that the Republican candidate for governor of Colorado Hiedi Heidi Ganahl is making a similar claim of partisan […]

Jan. 6 Committee Drops Bombshells, Votes to Subpoena Trump

UPDATE #2: In a unanimous vote, the committee voted to subpoena Trump himself. From The New York Times: “He is required to answer for his actions,” said Representative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi and the chairman of the committee, at the end of what was possibly the panel’s final public session. “He is required to […]

Court Does Overzealous Priola Recallistas Big Thankless Favor

As the Colorado Sun’s Jesse Paul reports, a Denver district court judge has thrown a monkeywrench into the gears of the GOP’s revenge recall campaign against Sen. Kevin Priola of Adams County, ruling after weeks of effort that the campaign should have waited until the new district boundaries Sen. Priola is set to represent are […]

Sorry Sane GOP: Heidi Ganahl WANTS To Talk About “Furries”

We’re several news cycles into Hiedi Heidi Ganahl’s latest bout of race-derailing wackiness, determining that the best way to boost her sinking campaign is to open a new front against the peril of “furries”–claiming without any factual basis that a subculture of students “identifying as cats” are disrupting learning for kids across the state. After […]

Colorado Week in Review for September 4, 2022

awesome + uniting ‘Hospital Discounted Care Law’ goes into effect in Colorado Free public transit month ends with ridership up throughout Colorado Crowds pour into Water World for its last weekend of the season awesome + controversy Denver teachers union, district reach agreement on 8.7% pay increase Thousands of Colorado students will see Westwood College […]

Big Government Is Not Taking Over Your Thermostat

Denver7’s Jaclyn Allen reports on a not-really new program from Xcel Energy designed to help cope with extremely high electrical consumption during hot summer days, which Tuesday was apparently engaged for the first time to the surprise of a number of homeowners who (sorry to say this) shouldn’t have been surprised: Xcel confirmed to Contact […]

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