(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) Milat Kiros
(D) Wanda James
70%
20%
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Dwayne Romero(D) Alex Kelloff
(R) Ron Hanks
50%↓
35%↑
30%↓
20%
(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) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Shannon Bird
(D) Manny Rutinel
45%↓
30%↑
30%↑
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
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 […]
UPDATE: Congress will recess until June rather than try to finish a reconciliation vote on funding for the Department of Homeland Security. As POLITICO reports: Several Republican senators said action on the legislation would wait until after a weeklong Memorial Day recess — guaranteeing that Congress would blow a Trump-set June 1 deadline for the […]
As Chase Woodruff reports for Colorado Newsline, last night Colorado Democrats made good on their promise to punish Gov. Jared Polis for his long-anticipated but nonetheless politically inexplicable decision to commute the sentence of convicted former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, delivering both a formal rebuke as well as a ban on the governor speaking […]
The battle for the Republican nomination for Governor in Colorado is a fantastic mess. It’s hard to keep up with the sheer amount of nonsense taking place every week as we approach the June Primary Election. This is a real sentence: Cajun Karate Master Victor Marx still seems like he is running away with […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, have you or a loved one attempted to prove the big lie by committing identity theft, knowingly lying about the security of elections, and breaking into your own office to tamper with voting equipment? You may be entitled to a commutation of your felony sentence! Will this unconscionable […]
UPDATE: Ernest Luning of the Colorado Springs Gazette explains that not even a write-in primary challenge against Lauren Boebert is possible at this late date: Only votes for registered write-in candidates will be counted, and the deadline to register for the primary passed about a month ago. You have to fill out a form and […]
Here’s a look at our annual “Winners and Losers” from the Colorado legislative session. We’ll leave the more policy-focused analysis to others – including The Colorado Sun, which put together an exhaustive list of the “101 bills that passed and failed…that you need to know about.” WINNERS Affordability Democrats did an admirable job […]
(Drama ’til the gavel fell — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder Colorado House Republicans have yet another internal caucus fight on their hands, and this one appears to include an unprecedented firing, the details of which came to light –- including to some of the people involved -– on […]
“At Least They’re Not Your Legislator…” is one of our longest-running features here at Colorado Pols, in which we celebrate the fact that readers can be glad that some bonkers/criminal/disgusting elected official is not representing them. Today we turn our sights to North Carolina and the wandering eyes of 82-year-old Republican Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, who never […]
This year’s legislative session was one of the most challenging in Colorado’s history, as lawmakers confronted a massive budget deficit forced on our state by the passage of the disastrous federal “Big Horrible Bill.” Painful cuts to vital programs and services that Coloradans depend on this year are unfortunately just the beginning unless Colorado voters […]
President Trump stopped to talk with reporters on Tuesday on his way to China and made it crystal clear that he doesn’t give two shits about the economic damage he is causing Americans. Trump: “Americans’ financial situation — I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing. We cannot let Iran have a nuclear […]
The Denver Post’s Seth Klamann and Nick Coltrain dutifully report from the Colorado House floor where the clock is ticking down and even the most dispassionate and deliberative nerves are frayed, and yesterday the marginal third candidate for governor Rep. Scott Bottoms once again managed to make a disgraceful spectacle during a debate that reportedly […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, by the time you hear this the state legislature will be just hours away from adjourning sine die. But because we record on Fridays, you’re going to have to wait a week to get the download of what passed, what failed, and what might get vetoed. Then, […]
As the New York Times reports today, new inflation numbers confirm the devastating impact on the American economy of President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, piling on to the pain for American families resulting directly from the spending cuts made by Trump and Republicans in Washington, D.C. last year Consumer prices in the United States […]
As The Washington Post reports, new polling data shows that 1-in-4 Americans believe an April shooting outside the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington D.C. was a staged event — a remarkable number that indicates just how much credibility the Trump administration is losing. Roughly 1 in 3 Democratic respondents said they believed the event […]
According to new poll results from “Freedom IEC,” an Independent Expenditure Committee supporting Victor Marx for Governor, the Cajun Karate Master is running away with the Republican nomination for Governor in 2026. These poll results come via right-wing radio blowhard Jeff Hunt, who is no way unbiased in this race; Hunt has been in the […]
As Ernest Luning reports for the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog formerly known as the Colorado Statesman, three Republican candidates with the most to lose from allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in the rapidly approaching June 30th Republican primary elections are taking one more stab through the courts at excluding them before ballots go out […]
(A fun-filled evening for the whole family! — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder Fundraising frontrunner Victor Marx skipped the forum to stream a live event from his Black Forest training compound. This reporting incorporates his discussion of forum question topics throughout. Two Republicans and one formerly Republican independent running […]
Democrats in the state legislature are working to pass a bill in the final days of the 2026 session to protect funding for key services in the face of another proposed ballot measure seeking to divert state revenue to specific projects. On Tuesday, HB26-1430 (“Transportation Funding Adjustments”) passed out of the House Transportation, Housing, and […]
Of all the Democratic primary contests shaping up for the June 30th election, the high-drama slugfest between Democratic state lawmakers Manny Rutinel and Shannon Bird, the latter of whom retired from the legislature to devote herself fully to running for Congress, is the most competitive, and though Rutinel has enjoyed a consistent lead in fundraising, […]
The price of gasoline is nearing $4.50 a gallon. The price for diesel fuel has nearly doubled in the last year; as KKTV reports, the average price per gallon in Colorado Springs hit a record high over the weekend. Rising fuel and fertilizer costs are crushing farmers nationwide. The U.S. dollar has lost 10% of […]
We already ran through fundraising numbers for the candidates for Governor, so here’s a look at how the numbers stack up for the other three statewide constitutional offices… Democrat Jena Griswold maintains a sizable cash-on-hand lead over her opponents, helped no doubt by her significant name ID advantage. Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty outperformed the […]
Fundraising numbers for statewide races were made available on Monday, the last big quarterly batch of numbers we’ll see ahead of the June 30 Primary Election. As you can see below, Democrats Phil Weiser and Michael Bennet continue to operate in a class of their own when it comes to fundraising. Weiser is outpacing Bennet […]
(Welcome to the Post-Roe world — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Food and Drug Administration to temporarily reimpose in-person requirements for medication abortion. This banned the use of telehealth appointments for the purposes of medication abortion, and the mailing […]
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