(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%
I’ve spent a lot of time today talking with my fellow democrats, and it seems like everyone but the Bennet campaign agrees: Michael is in trouble. The caucus can’t be viewed as anything but a total disaster for the campaign. As a sitting senator, Bennet had the full backing of the President, Organizing for America, […]
(Well Written and interesting (plus it was written by a candidate) – promoted by Danny the Red (hair)) The road to hell is paved with good intentions. If Proposition 101 is approved, that road may be the only bit of pavement left in Colorado that doesn’t need repair. In a nutshell, Prop. 101 seeks to […]
In the latest round of polling from Republican-leaning Rasmussen Reports, their data shows a tightening race–especially for Andrew Romanoff. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state finds Republican Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton in a virtual tie with former Democratic state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff. Norton earns 44% of the vote to […]
Well we’re making progress on this, but still have a ways to go in terms of getting answers. The biggest shocker was the large number of legislators who do not order online. One or two makes sense as they represent the small segment of our population that does not shop online. But we have a […]
When I was a kid, my parents were close friends with another couple, and as both families grew, the kids grew up together like cousins. When I was in college, their oldest son Ricky was a union organizer in Chicago, working to elect Jesse Jackson as President. I will never forget the day we got […]
You should never annoy a cop. As a working lawyer in the suburbs with a criminal docket, it has been my sad experience over the years to have clients who insist on going to trial for a misdemeanor crime. At trial, it is my guy’s word against the cop’s. The jury hears the defendant’s pitch […]
When fundraising numbers for Colorado’s U.S. Senate candidates were all announced earlier this week, it continued a rabid conversation about what individual reporting numbers mean for each campaign. Less discussed, but no less important, is whether or not each campaign is raising enough money just to keep the lights on. As we’ve said before, fundraising […]
As any follower of politics or football will tell, the fine art of Monday morning quarterbacking (or Wednesday morning quarterbacking in this case) is a much loved pastime in Washington DC. I am sure that before long, the media and the talking heads will appoint someone the scapegoat of the whole Massachusetts Senate Special Election […]
In Saturday’s Longmont Times, Mayor Hickenlooper began to differentiate himself from Governor Ritter. Good idea since voters need to hear how he intends to answer the budget crisis and how his approach differs from McInnis. But rather than discuss Scott McInnis and his lack of a plan for just about anything, he targeted his remarks […]
Admittedly, I am a journalist and a non-campaign person. But what’s some Pols readers’ fascination with how much money is being raised by candidates? Most of the funds raised by candidates only matter if you’re looking for a job with one of the campaigns, IMHO. Is that what’s going on here? Are you all looking […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) What’s it say about the McInnis campaign when the person who has decided not to run brings in more money. From the McInnis campaign we have: . GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis raised more than $487,000 in the final three months of 2009, bringing their overall fundraising total to […]
Read today’s story in Politico, and tell us how it can be spun in any way positively for Senate candidate gubernatorial candidate at-large (?) candidate Andrew Romanoff: In the wake of Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter’s surprise Jan. 6 announcement that he would not seek reelection, Romanoff had been making phone calls to prominent supporters asking […]
Don’t know why, just couldn’t fall asleep last night. Maybe it was that Aussie wine they served at the reception. Can you imagine that? Serving Australian wine at a reception for a sitting United States Senator? Good thing we weren’t in California! Anyway, about 3 o’clock I thought I heard a noise, but before I […]
For almost four centuries, technology has been the great non-ideological driver of Western history, starting with the steam engine. In two key areas, transportation and communications, American economic history, at least since the mid-19th century, has been written as a partnership between government and privately-financed technological expansion. Examples include the building of transcontinental railroads (government […]
There was a fundraiser for Senator Bennet this evening at KC Becker’s house in Boulder. I’ve never been to one of these so I went to see what is was like (and had permission from the campaign to blog about it). It was snowing like crazy but if that reduced turnout, then it’s a good […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) The Bell Policy Center is analyzing the initiatives currently under discussion on Pols, and first up is Proposition 101. First, though, a word about nomenclature. Thanks to a change in Colorado law, ballot measures that change laws will now be called propositions while those that amend the constitution will […]
Rasmussen came out with a poll today that shows a possible “Tea Party” topping the Republican party in a generic ballot. In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at 18%. Another […]
Ray, You are one of a small number of people on this site whom I respect. I feel grateful for all the hours you have put in at chicken dinners and innumerable other events working, in concrete ways, to get Democrats elected. Thank you. I am better off for your presence. I also believe you […]
( – promoted by ClubTwitty) The Senate moves with all due deliberation. The federal government changes direction slowly. Sometimes this is good, sometimes it is bad, oftentimes it is frustrating. But our government was designed to change slowly and in this the founding fathers were very effective. Michael Bennet is a Senator. And the thing […]
Apothecary of Colorado opens it’s doors today, December 1, 2009! Located at 1730 Blake St., Suite 420. But the real news is the poll that was conducted by Coloradoans for Medical Marijuana Regulations (CMMR). We have hired top lobbyist (both Republican and Democrat), incredible PR people and the best political minds in Colorado. I would […]
What is our country coming to? Earlier today, we learned about an offensive, racist billboard right here in Colorado–attacking President Obama and comparing him to terrorists. The billboard was created by Wolf Automotive, at their location here in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Check out the photo to the right, then join the pledge to boycott. http://www.ProgressNowColorado.org/WolfAuto […]
Today’s mail had a rather interesting piece of junk: a membership card from the American Federation of Federal, State, County and Municipal Workers Local 1876. Given that I’ve been unemployed for the past five months, I found this amusing, sort of. I checked to see where this was coming from, and found that (surprise!) local […]
The first word Monday of gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry’s withdrawal from the GOP primary came, as you all know, from the Washington Post–not a local source. And the word from the Washington Post was unambiguous on a key point: Colorado state Sen. Josh Penry (R) plans to end his gubernatorial campaign and endorse former Rep. […]
UPDATE #2: No Penry run for Rep. John Salazar’s CD-3 seat or Lt. Gov., says MSNBC (pretty much what we said at the bottom of the post a little earlier): A campaign source says that up-and-comer Josh Penry decided against a CO-GOV primary challenge against Scott McInnis, his former boss when McInnis was in Congress, […]
From The Colorado Independent: This past weekend the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops instructed pastors at parishes across the country to distribute material urging Catholics to oppose the health reform bills making their way through Congress for allowing public funding of abortions. Priests were to insert the Bishops Conference pdf leaflets and letters into parish […]
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