(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Mark Baisley
80%
20%↓
10%
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Hetal Doshi
40%
30%↑
30%
(D) Jeff Bridges
(R) Kevin Grantham
80%↑
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(D) Melat Kiros
(D) Wanda James
55%↓
45%↑
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Dwayne Romero(D) Alex Kelloff
50%↓
35%↑
30%↓
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) E. Laubacher
80%
20%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
53%↓
48%↑
(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Mel Tewahade
90%
2%
(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) A. Capobianco
90%
2%
(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Manny Rutinel
(D) Shannon Bird
45%↓
40%↑
30%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
(Beware liars bearing clipboards — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder With less than six months to go until the 2026 election, the forecast shows a high chance that Coloradans will have another long ballot this year. Hundreds of citizen ballot initiatives have been submitted to Colorado’s Title Board for […]
At the end of last month, Colorado congressional candidate Melat Kiros appeared for an interview with lefty shock-jock podcaster Hasan Piker of “America deserved 9/11” infamy, in which the underdog Democratic Socialist challenger to longtime incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette of Denver asserted that the terrorist attack by Hamas that killed over 1,000 Israeli civilians on […]
Back in November, Aurora voters finally decided they were sick of a hyper-combative Republican city council and tossed the bums out, handing Republican Mayor Mike Coffman a huge loss that he commemorated with one of our favorite “No shit, Sherlock” quotes in Colorado political history. Also on the ballot in November was a question about […]
Data centers and associated electricity rate increases have become a major political issue in the last year. Expect that subject to get even more attention in the next 24 hours. As Judith Kohler reported over the weekend for The Denver Post: A proposed settlement that would cut 37% off of the electric rate increase sought […]
As veteran reporter Mark Jaffe reports for the Colorado Sun, another long struggle that conservationists thought was finally over with nature as the winner has been reignited by the Trump administration: After nine years of protests and lawsuits, an agreement preserving the Roan Plateau in western Colorado from oil and gas development was reached in […]
We took note last fall of an emerging issue that we predicted would become a key political debate in the 2026 election: The rise of big data centers and the opposition from ratepayers being asked to foot the bill for infrastructure buildout from electricity providers such as Xcel Energy. As we wrote in August: The […]
Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters may be out of jail after her nine-year sentence was commuted last month by Gov. Jared Polis, but as the Colorado Sun’s Olivia Prentzel reports, as a convicted felon on parole Peters is not exactly what you’d call at liberty. Peters must abstain from drugs and alcohol, get a […]
I don't think I've seen an ad like this before – uses extensive footage of Pope Leo XIV warning against AI and ties it to a candidate's (CO8's Manny Rutinel) proposed AI regulations. From a super PAC funded entirely by tech billionaire Chris Larsen, the founder of Ripple. pic.twitter.com/UUzQwISWlR — Jacob Rubashkin (@JacobRubashkin) June 8, […]
UPDATE: Rep. Gabe Evans responds to today’s nationwide inflation news by trying to deflect the blame downward: When what Evans needs to do is call his office: “No, I love it. The numbers were great,” Trump said when asked if he was concerned about the latest data, which showed the consumer price index rising to […]
The race for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General is the busiest Primary of the cycle, and the winner will be heavily-favored in a General Election over either Republican Michael Allen (the District Attorney in El Paso County) or David Willson, a former attorney for Tina Peters. As always with our totally unscientific reader polls, […]
Readers of Colorado Pols are familiar with the absolutely bananas Republican gubernatorial primary taking place in Colorado, and now the rest of the country is taking notice. Following last week’s incredible (and not in a good way) gubernatorial debate — which you can read about in full from our “Debate Diary” — the folks at […]
This weekend, NBC News’ Meet The Press hosted President Donald Trump for an interview that to say did not go well is an epic understatement. As the Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump broke off an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday after host Kristen Welker challenged his false claims about elections […]
(Freaks flock together — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder Later this month Energy Secretary Chris Wright will return home to Colorado to headline a far-right festival hosted by one election denier and featuring several others, including a QAnon promoter. The Trump cabinet member will be the final speaker at […]
(The Constitution is for beta cucks — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder As a rule, politicians famously dislike “lightning rounds” during a debate. Whether it’s because the reductive “yes or no” format doesn’t allow for nuance or prevents one from hiding an unpopular position, most candidates prefer to expound […]
One of the ways to measure the level of cooperation between the governor’s office and the state legislature in any state with single-party control is the number of bills vetoed at the end of the legislative session. Few to occasionally no vetoed bills is a sign of good communication through the process of producing legislation, […]
The most inconsequential Colorado statewide debate in a generation took place on Tuesday at the University of Denver in a forum sponsored by 9News. For the first time this election cycle, all three Republican candidates for governor shared a stage; over the course of an hour, Scott Bottoms, Victor Marx, and Barbara Kirkmeyer demonstrated […]
Reading the news of the last couple of days, like this report from NBC News, you’d think that Republicans had finally found their limits resolving to oppose President Donald Trump’s hotly controversial $1.8 billion “slush fund” to compensate supposed victims of government “weaponization.” The official line as of yesterday is that the scheme will not […]
UPDATE #2: Senator Michael Bennet is not happy: —– UPDATE: No words. the current director of national intelligence is a guy who two years ago received a trophy declaring he “Fucks Only The Young” at an (oddly dildo focused) event he organized dedicated to the conspiracy that Bed Bath and Beyond never actually went bankrupt […]
As the Trump administration continues to focus much of its attention on celebrations surrounding America’s 250th anniversary, it’s finding that enthusiasm for various musical events is not being reciprocated. As ABC7 News reports from Washington D.C.: Just two days after organizers announced the musical lineup for the Freedom 250 festival in Washington, D.C., nearly all […]
CORRECTION: We’ve been asked to clarify that Rep. Manny Rutinel has not been endorsed by the Working Families Party in the 2026 CO-08 Democratic primary. WFP endorsed Rutinel in his 2024 Colorado House race. We regret the error. —– Last night, the two Democratic candidates running for the nomination to take on America’s Most Vulnerable […]
(Hiding the gallows behind the kids — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder Joe Oltmann, the Douglas County podcaster running for Colorado GOP chair, is touting his ties to ACE Scholarships on his campaign website. Oltmann’s page notes that he is a “member of the Founders Club of ACE Scholarships, which […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we were complaining just a few weeks ago about the lack of political ads on the airwaves and now, we’re very, very sorry, because it is nigh impossible to turn on a screen anywhere in Colorado without getting blasted by primary campaign ads…from Democrats only. Then, has Donald Trump finally gone […]
Earlier this month, upstart Colorado Democratic congressional candidate Melat Kiros was interviewed by prominent and controversial podcast host Hasan Piker, who has cultivated much attention over his incendiary rhetoric on issues ranging from the killing of the CEO of United Health to his retracted assertion that “America deserved 9/11.” There was a time not long […]
UPDATE: Republican operative Tyler Sandberg brings the receipts after Rocky Mountain Gun Owners-backed former GOP state Senate candidate Tim Arvidson was arrested for first-degree murder: —– In the news business it’s a grim but common expression that “what bleeds leads,” but in the arena of political news it’s thankfully not as common–except when, as the […]
Or the war never stopped, as CBS reports, it apparently depends on how generously you interpret the War Powers Act: Iran accused the U.S. Tuesday of a “grave violation” of the two countries’ fragile ceasefire after the U.S. military said “self-defense strikes” overnight targeted Iranian forces, but with “restraint.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said […]
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