(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%
(Rules for thee, but not for Matt Soper — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Despite telling a radio host that he used a “group chat” to direct his House Republican colleagues to walk out on the Legislature’s final day, state Rep. Matt Soper (R-Delta) now claims he has no record of that chat message. The same […]
Throughout the 120 days of the recently-concluded Colorado legislative session, House Republicans generally stuck to a strategy of trying to waste as much time as possible in order to prevent a Democratic supermajority from accomplishing some of its goals. Relegated to a leaderless micro-minority, the House GOP caucus had no realistic policy plans of their […]
UPDATE: Apparently House Republicans walked out…so they could talk about walking out. —– The 2023 legislative session in Colorado came to a close late Monday evening, but not before House Republicans took their months-long complaining and filibustering to a new level of ludicrous. In a final day full of frayed nerves and flaring tempers on […]
The 2023 Colorado legislative session is scheduled to come to a close one week from today. There is much work still to be done on a number of important issues, including a Democratic proposal to help reduce property taxes for Colorado families. House Republicans, meanwhile, are making one last-gasp effort to introduce a package of […]
A must-read story today from Colorado Public Radio’s Bente Birkeland finally puts in print rumors that have been circulating around the Colorado State Capitol for months: former far-right firebrand Rep. Dave Williams, elected in March to serve as the next chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, is simultaneously drawing a paycheck for the 40-hour-per-week job […]
Last weekend, Republican State Rep. Matt Soper (R-Delta) posted on Twitter that efforts to enact gun safety measures (presumably by the state legislature) could have ominious consequences. As Soper wrote: “We will NOT bow to tyrants and those who seek to disarms [sic] us need to be prepared for civil war!” On Monday, Soper asked […]
In 2019, Attorney General William Barr appointed prosecutor John Durham to lead an investigation much desired by then-President Donald Trump, tasked with proving that the Justice Department’s inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to demoralize Democrats and boost Trump was itself the product of a “Deep State” conspiracy by “Never Trumper” federal […]
(“Q-Mom” has some more deep thoughts – Promoted by Colorado Pols) The first time Lauren Boebert was asked about QAnon, she tried to brush it off, saying “that’s more my mom’s thing- she’s a little fringe,” before going on to say she herself hoped the conspiracy theory is real and that it could be good […]
awesome + uniting Doctors in space: CU’s Boulder and School of Medicine campuses will offer a joint degree program to send MDs to infinity and beyond Delta County leaders reverse course, say “shear thing” to plan for big solar project on land where sheep graze Switch to native grasses estimated to save millions of gallons […]
When the ‘Omicron’ variant of COVID-19 was dominating headlines earlier this year, it was often described by experts and media outlets as being a more contagious but generally less severe form of the virus compared with the earlier ‘Delta’ variant. Some even said that ‘Omicron’ was more “moderate” than ‘Delta.’ Still…nobody wanted to get infected with […]
Enjoy the slush. 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 learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t forget to find us on Facebook and Twitter. CORONAVIRUS INFO… *Colorado Coronavirus info: […]
Colorado Public Radio’s Bente Birkeland reports on Senate Bill 22-153, legislation supported by Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold to emplace additional internal safeguards to help prevent the kinds of election security breaches allegedly committed by Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and Elbert County Clerk Dallas “Even More Based Than Ricky” Schroeder. Peters is getting […]
In case you missed it, Rep. Lauren “Q*Bert” Boebert and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene shouted at President Biden during the State of the Union speech on Tuesday — at the exact moment that Biden was talking about his son, Beau, an Iraq War veteran who died in 2015. We waited a full news cycle to […]
UPDATE #2: Republican State Rep. Matt Soper (R-Delta) made it very clear today that he has no problem with Rep. Lauren “Q*Bert” Boebert as the face of the Colorado Republican Party: In short, racism is cool so long as it upsets Democrats. Just…wow. —– UPDATE: Jimmy Kimmel nails it: pic.twitter.com/taMFKhA1FC — Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) March […]
Thursday is the NBA trade deadline; cross your fingers that you don’t end up in Cleveland. 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 learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) POLS UPDATE: Kyle Clark comments on this recent bout of Republican rhetorical indigestion: #HeyNext commentary: Colorado voters who prefer not to be lied to must decide if it matters whether a candidate lies to your face or behind your back. #copolitics pic.twitter.com/zB5KT5WmZt — Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) January 25, 2022 —– Joining […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) In a Jan. 19 interview, state Rep. Ron Hanks (R-Cañon City) took aim at Democrats — as well as fellow state House Minority Leader Tim Geitner — for, respectively, their votes and failure to vote on a House resolution thanking Hanks for attending last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol. “We […]
You’re gonna need a coat today. 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 learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t forget to find us on Facebook and Twitter. CORONAVIRUS INFO… […]
Colorado Republicans held a press conference at the state capitol on Wednesday to unveil 40+ bills that they plan to introduce over the coming months as part of their 2022 legislative session agenda. Near the end of the press conference, State Rep. Mark Baisley (R-Highlands Ranch) strolled to the podium to talk about his upcoming […]
I’m in the middle of doing something I never thought I’d do. I’m actively supporting a Republican. The demographics in CD3, as of November 1, per the Secretary of State’s Office are: Total Active Voters 503,742 (100%); Unaffiliated 208,141 (41.32%); Republican 156,336 (31.03%); Democrats 130,257 (25.86%). The Unaffiliated group is hardly homogeneous. When the Tea […]
Today is probably an inside day. 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 learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t forget to find us on Facebook and Twitter. CORONAVIRUS INFO… […]
Once considered a rising star on the Colorado Republican bench, State Rep. Matt Soper of Delta County kicked off his term in office with a residency scandal after winning the election in 2018, then further sullied his reputation by coming out as a Dominion Voting Systems election conspiracy theorist caught red-handed trying to meddle in […]
On this day in 2003, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. troops near his hometown of Tikrit. 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 learner, check out The Get More […]
On this day in 1979, smallpox was officially declared to have been eradicated. 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 learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t forget to find […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: As predicted below, Boebert is is playing the victim in response: —– UPDATE: The publisher of the Montrose Daily Press and the Delta County Independent also recently called for Boebert’s ouster in 2022. —– The Durango Herald today published one of the more scathing editorials about a local politician that we’ve ever seen in our […]
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