(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%
Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Boulderish) was first elected to Congress in 2018 and just turned 40 this month. His resume is already that of someone much older, and national news outlets are increasingly figuring out what Colorado has known for awhile now: Neguse is a rising star. Neguse was just 36-years-old when he served as […]
That’s the word this morning in a statement from Jefferson County Republican Party chair Nancy Pallozzi, a fundraiser planned for tomorrow at the Denver West Marriott headlined by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has been cancelled as the repercussions from Noem’s disclosure in a new memoir that she personally shot and killed a young hunting […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we have a special interview-only episode with Texas Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, who has become a viral sensation for her willingness to say to Republicans what we’re all quietly thinking. Crockett talks to us about her expectations as a Freshman Member of Congress; why people respond to […]
The 2024 Colorado legislative session is set to come to a close in less than two weeks (May 9). Democrats, who maintain majority control in both chambers, are scrambling to finish up some top legislative priorities. Republicans, who have no real ideas or policy aspirations of their own, continue to focus their efforts on wasting […]
Republicans in the state legislature continue to obey their idiot masters at the NRA and RMGO in opposing any and all gun violence prevention legislation. It matters not whether these proposals are straightforward and obvious concepts; if Democrats suggest so much as limiting someone’s access to owning a combination machine gun and flamethrower, Colorado Republican […]
As we noted earlier today, Colorado Republicans are unwilling to work with Democrats in the state legislature even on issues that should be nonpartisan. But these days Republicans seem to be focusing most of their fire in their own direction. Last Friday, The Denver Post published a front page story about the ongoing infighting within […]
The 118th Congress seems destined to go down in history as one of the least productive two-year periods in decades…which leads to the obvious question of what this will mean in the 2024 election cycle. Much of this dysfunction has to do with the ridiculous antics in the House of Representatives, which Republicans have turned […]
The Courthouse News Service reports on a newly-released poll from Florida-based Kaplan Strategies, run by the former managing partner of the better-known PR firm Gravis Research Doug Kaplan, that shows carpetbagging Republican reprobate Rep. Lauren Boebert with a small plurality of support in the jam-packed race for retiring Rep. Ken Buck’s CO-04 seat: Kaplan Strategies, […]
Pueblo Republican Stephen Varela is one of those politicians who seem to exist in a perpetual state of shadiness. The latest trouble for “Shady Steve” may finally be the one that sinks him. As Sam Tabachnick reports today for The Denver Post, Varela’s candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress in CO-03 would seem to […]
ABC News reports on new and potentially damning information obtained by the House Ethics Committee validating longstanding allegations against Rep. Matt “Giggity” Gaetz of Florida of sex trafficking and payment of women both above and below the age of consent for sexual favors. Gaetz’s alleged partner in sex crime, former Florida tax collector Joel Greenberg, has […]
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House Republicans tried — and failed — to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, which was another in a long string of embarrassments for a congressional majority considered to be among the most dysfunctional in modern history. Colorado Rep. Ken Buck (R-Greeley) was among four Republicans to ultimately vote “NO” on impeaching Mayorkas, […]
If you spend enough time following Jefferson County politics you’ll sooner or later run across Jeffco Republican Party chair “Nancy Pallozzi,” whose entire claim to fame appears to rest upon her phonetically similar name to the former Democratic Speaker of the House, and has been involved in a variety of low-level and generally unsuccessful political […]
UPDATE: Marshall Zelinger at 9News has more on the Republican opposition to a Black History Month resolution: Post by @kyleclark9news View on Threads —– The new House Minority Leader at the state legislature apparently has no more control of the grandstanding imbeciles in her micro-minority than did the previous head clown. Last week, […]
State Rep. Richard Holtorf (R-Akron) is still talking about the one thing that he should absolutely not be talking about as he tries to secure the Republican nomination for Congress in CO-04. He’s still blaming everyone else for words that came out of his own mouth…and now, he’s even blaming Colorado Pols! On Friday, Jan. 19th, […]
Nine Republican candidates seeking the open seat in CO-04 being vacated by the retirement of Rep. Ken Buck participated in a candidate forum on Thursday evening sponsored by the “Women of Weld” (WOW). You can watch the entire 90-minute debate on Facebook, or keep reading for one of our infamous “Debate Diaries.” In the […]
On Friday at the State Capitol, Rep. Richard Holtorf (R-Akron) lit himself on fire with a bizarre speech about his own experiences with abortion rights. Over the course of the following 24 hours, Holtorf attempted to douse those flames by pouring gasoline over his head. Repeatedly. If you missed what kicked all of this off, […]
UPDATE #3: Via Ernest Luning of the Colorado Springs Gazette, Minority Leader Mike Lynch’s statement after barely surviving a no-confidence vote today remains apology-free and, on balance, pretty arrogant for a leader one vote on maternity leave away from losing his post: After the vote, Lynch said in a statement “Like all families, our caucus […]
(She don’t need you anymore — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Karin Zeitvogel is a co-author of this article — In late November, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) called Social Security Administration (SSA) staff the equivalent of ne’er-do-well couch-potatoes as she raked a senior Social Security Administration official across the coals during a House Oversight Committee hearing. […]
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(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Just because it’s 2024 doesn’t mean 2020 isn’t still up for debate. Last Thursday night in the southeastern corner of the state, election denialism and January 6 revisionist history were hot topics with Lauren Boebert and the other congressional hopefuls trying to out-Trump one another. Baca County Republicans held the first […]
Colorado Republicans have had trouble winning elections in Colorado for more than a decade, but the damage has dialed up exponentially in recent election cycles. Republican candidates have been absolutely throttled at the ballot box in every election since 2018, culminating in a 2022 cycle that one ousted lawmaker labeled an “extinction-level event.” You don’t […]
UPDATE: Ernest Luning of the Colorado Springs Gazette is first to report that Colorado Republican Party chairman Dave “Let’s Go Brandon” Williams is considering another run for the now open CD-5–after he makes one important phone call: Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dave Williams, the former state legislator who lost a primary challenge against Lamborn in […]
Republican Congressperson Lauren Boebert has been on a downward trajectory ever since she barely won re-election in 2022 by a razor-thin 546 votes in CO-03. Her odds of winning a third term in 2024 began plummeting after her infamous Beetlebert scandal and the subsequent campaign of Republican Jeff Hurd, whom establishment Republicans have been rushing […]
This year’s roundup of the biggest lies in American politics compiled by FactCheck.org, thicker than ever in 2023 from Hunter Biden to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., features two separate dishonorable mentions for Colorado’s factually antagonistic Rep. Lauren Boebert–the first being the President’s self-confessed failson: Involvement in Hunter Biden’s business deals. Immediately after Hunter Biden’s former […]
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