(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%
Arizona Sheriff Joe “Asshat” Arpaio is at it again. Seems like a really good use of taxpayer money, don’t it? From CBS News: Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, announced Thursday that his six-month investigation had found that “probable cause exists indicating that forgery and fraud may have been committed” in the release of […]
Advil–works in a pinch! Save the date, Larimer County Republicans: 2012 Lincoln Day Dinner Wyoming resident, American business success story and great Republican Foster Friess is going to be our Lincoln Day Dinner speaker April 6, Hilton Hotel Fort Collins. Former CU Regent Tom Lucero will be Master of Ceremonies; we need silent auction items; […]
Despite what some folks say in this story from The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, we have a really hard time believing that Missouri Republican Lt. Governor Peter Kinder is still going to end up getting elected to the top job of Governor when all is said and done: Hoping to curb what has become a growing […]
A now former staffer for an Arizona Republican Congressman has figured out a new way to get in trouble using Twitter. From the website Legistorm: A constituent services aide to Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) resigned Friday afternoon hours after LegiStorm brought his tweets about violence and heavy drinking to the attention of Roll Call. The […]
UPDATE: While Weiner has handled this “scandal” with the grace of a dancing camel, it’s beginning to appear as though he may have indeed been targeted in a conservative hit job. —– Obviously, the Washington Post chose reporter Rachel Weiner to write this story for our friends at The Fix because of her writing talent–but […]
California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher doesn’t believe that global warming is a man-made problem, but that hasn’t stopped him from offering ridiculous “solutions” to curbing the problem. Yesterday Rohrabacher channeled his inner Ronald Reagan, who famously said in 1981 that “Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.” As Politico reports: Looking for a solution to […]
As the Colorado Statesman’s Ernest Luning reported this weekend on the March 18th Denver GOP Lincoln Day Dinner–keynoted by longshot presidential candidate Herman Cain: “It’s easy to be a Republican in Colorado Springs, in Douglas, in Weld County,” said Secretary of State Scott Gessler, a Denver resident. “But it’s not so easy in Denver. It’s […]
Raw Story’s Eric Dolan reports: In the documentary Urban Danger, 84-year-old Republican Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, who is serving his tenth term as the representative of Maryland’s Sixth District, explains why US citizens should avoid living in cities. “There are a number of events that could create a situation in our cities where civil unrest could […]
Talking Points Memo, Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) didn’t get the civility memo: Witnesses tell TPM that Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) laughed when an elderly man at his town hall meeting this week asked “Who’s gonna shoot Obama?” Mark Farmer of Winterville, Georgia went to the meeting on Tuesday to ask a question about Social Security […]
We have an early frontrunner for the political quote of the year, from embattled Rep. David Wu, an Oregon Democrat: “I think a take home lesson from this is while they were very, very unprofessional, you shouldn’t ever send photographs of yourself in a Halloween costume, something you intend to wear to a private party […]
Aw, what the heck…let’s just keep the theme of the afternoon right on rolling along. According to the blog Inside Arizona Politics, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar has hired an, um, interesting staff: Turns out that only 2 members of Rep. Gosar’s staff – Tiffany Dinneen and Larry Renken – are registered to vote in CD1. […]
We just noted how Democrats in the Wisconsin state senate have fled the state, throwing a temporary spike in plans by that state’s Republican governor to end collective bargaining by Wisconsin employees. But as our friends at the Washington Post report, there’s an additional dimension to the story worth talking about: For the past four […]
Is Mother Jones reporting this correctly? Oy vey: A law under consideration in South Dakota would expand the definition of “justifiable homicide” to include killings that are intended to prevent harm to a fetus-a move that could make it legal to kill doctors who perform abortions. The Republican-backed legislation, House Bill 1171, has passed out […]
As The Buffalo News reports: Rep. Chris Lee, R-Amherst, resigned from Congress this afternoon after an Internet tabloid published a shirtless picture of him that the married congressman had sent to a Maryland woman on Craigslist. Matthew Harakal, Lee’s spokesman, confirmed that he had resigned as of 5 p.m. today. Harakal said a statement would […]
Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks had some thoughts about the Tucson shootings, but perhaps he should not have voiced them. As Roll Call explains: A Republican from Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ home state of Arizona suggested Wednesday that the shooting rampage that injured Giffords and killed or wounded 19 others could have been stopped sooner had […]
Jefferson County School Board member Laura Boggs was on the receiving end of a biting editorial today from the Denver newspaper, the latest black mark in the bizarre saga of the Republican who has made a series of odd moves since being elected last November. As The High Timber Times explains: Jeffco school board member […]
Politico reports on the back and forth between Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl over passage of the START Treaty. Kyl has repeatedly opposed discussion of START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) because he thinks it would be too much work, or something. Today, Biden responded: In an interview on NBC […]
It’s always nice for a little levity on a Friday, and this video at least mentions a political story. One of the great lines in television history was uttered yesterday on CNN: “We didn’t just put that on TV, did we?” Oh, you did indeed sir. You did, indeed. (h/t to Deadspin)
He might not be anybody’s Congressman for much longer. From The NY Times: A House panel on Tuesday found Representative Charles B. Rangel guilty of 11 counts of ethical violations, ruling that his failure to pay taxes, improper solicitation of fund-raising donations and failure to accurately report his personal income had brought dishonor on the […]
No, this isn’t a story from The Onion. According to The Toronto Star, Illinois Rep. John Shimkus believes himself “uniquely qualified” to Chair the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, because he already has this whole climate change thing figured out: U.S. Representative John Shimkus, possible future chairman of the Congressional committee that deals with […]
From the Chicago Sun-Times: The last name of Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney is misspelled as “Whitey” on electronic-voting machines in nearly two dozen wards — about half in predominantly African-American areas — and election officials said Wednesday the problem cannot be corrected by Election Day. The misspelling turned up on touch-screen machines in […]
From Talking Points Memo, little additional commentary needed: The Atlantic’s Josh Green reports that millionaire businessman Rich Iott, the Republican nominee challenging Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D) in Ohio’s Ninth District, has an unusual hobby: He likes to pretend he’s a Nazi… According to their website, the [5th SS Wiking Panzer Division reenactors] strive to “salute” […]
Holy crap–MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow profiled last night: That’s right, Dick Wadhams, it could be worse. What’s Jim Welker doing these days?
We don’t even know what to say here. From Think Progress: One shocking moment at the NFRW meeting involved a special event called “The Southern Experience.” In this event, attendees dressed in clothing reminiscent of the Civil War and the antebellum South. As FITS News reports, South Carolina Senate President Glenn McConnell (R) participated in […]
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