(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
60%↓
30%↑
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) Shannon Bird
(D) Manny Rutinel
45%↓
30%↑
30%↓
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
(Moths to the electoral flame — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder Earlier this month the Colorado Title Board set the title for Initiative 149, “Right to Life from Conception.” The initiative is the latest personhood effort from Angela Eicher and Faye Barnhart of Brush, who have consistently submitted anti-abortion ballot […]
(If Gabe’s lips are moving, he’s probably lying — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder With the government shutdown now in its third week, the point of contention remains Americans’ health care premiums, which are still set to skyrocket next year. Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO) says he is opposed to […]
As AP’s Josh Funk and Sara Raza report, President Donald Trump’s latest idea to prop up his friend and ideological touchstone President Javier Milei of Argentina, following a $20 billion bailout of Milei’s controversial economic experimentation, is facing hard pushback from Trump’s usual friends in the beef industry–also known as the state of Colorado’s biggest […]
The pain from the ongoing, and seemingly endless, federal government shutdown continues to take a heavy toll on Coloradans. According to a new report from Center for American Progress, only 24 percent of National Park Service staff, 51 percent of U.S. Forest Service staff, and 65 percent of Bureau of Land Management employees remain on […]
The first federal government shutdown since 2018 is now in its fourth week. There is still no apparent end in sight. Here’s the latest in our weekly-ish shutdown updates, beginning with some staggering new poll numbers from The Associated Press: About 6 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about their health costs going […]
As Ernest Luning reports for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman, a long-rumored Independent candidate in Colorado Springs has jumped into the race for Congress against incumbent Republican Rep. Jeff Crank: Army combat veteran and author Matt Cavanaugh on Tuesday launched an independent bid to challenge first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in […]
Last Saturday, a group of Republicans including the Boulder County Republicans and fringe-right “MAGA King” Trent Leisy held a debate featuring a fair number of the baker’s dozen-plus Republicans who have thrown their hat in the ring to run for the party’s forlorn-hope nomination to be the next governor of Colorado. The two candidates present […]
As ABC News reports, it’s a triumph of loyalty over the rule of law that would have been unthinkable before Donald Trump: President Donald Trump said Friday evening he has signed a commutation releasing scandal-plagued former congressman George Santos from prison “immediately.” Santos, 37, was less than three months into serving a seven-year sentence in […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: Wednesday was the deadline for most campaigns to submit Q3 (July – September) fundraising reports. The last fundraising quarter of the year is often much weaker for candidates because of the holiday season, so Q3 numbers can offer the best look at a campaign’s finances until early next year. We’ll run down the […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Federal Government Shutdown enters its second-ish week and Democrats seem to have the upper hand, at least so far. Then, can puppy-killer DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and her masked goons defeat an army of grannies with ukeleles and people in inflatable costumes in war-raveged Portland, Oregon? Even though 2026 […]
Over the summer, America’s Most Vulnerable Incumbent™ Rep. Gabe Evans developed a routine of holding photo-ops at locations in his district that were directly affected by adverse votes Evans himself took, principally with the passage of the “We’re All Going To Die Act” federal budget bill, as well as retaliation by the Trump administration against […]
Every election cycle brings its share of gadfly candidates, from the inexplicable first-timers to those who have run again and again (we’re looking at you, Greg Lopez). Thus far the 2026 election cycle has dozens upon dozens of candidates seeking all manner of political office. If history is any guide, 75% of these candidates will […]
The first federal government shutdown since 2018 will enter double digits by reaching Day 10 tomorrow, with no apparent end in sight. That doesn’t mean there isn’t shutdown-related news to discuss. Here’s the latest in our weekly-ish shutdown updates, starting with the latest polling from Navigator Research: Republicans Getting Hammered for Shutdown…By Republicans We’ve […]
(Republished under Creative Commons license by Colorado Pols) by Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline October 9, 2025 Colorado Democrats in Congress called on Republicans to negotiate a bipartisan funding bill that extends health insurance tax credits to reopen the federal government. In a press call Wednesday, the lawmakers said the government is shut down solely because […]
As the Texas Tribune’s Renzo Downey reports, the Texas Republican Party is embarking on a purity purge of their own elected officials that would make former Colorado Republican Party chairman and would-be state purger-in-chief Dave Williams blush: The Republican Party of Texas’ governing board is set to meet in the state Capitol on Saturday to […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the shitdown shutshow or the shutdown shitshow or whatever you want to call it is officially on as Democrats and Republicans in Washington DC fail to reach an agreement on temporary funding and Mike Johnson and Donald Trump are just lying about it everywhere. Then, the hands-down winner for “least self aware […]
Last week, the Boulder County Republican Party announced their keynote speaker for their upcoming annual fundraiser known as the Make-Lincoln-Turn-Over-In-His-Grave Dinner–and for all the deliberately provocative names local Republicans regularly fly in to headline their fundraisers, their choice in this locale is what the experts call a real doozy: John Eastman, as readers who haven’t […]
The first federal government shutdown since 2018 entered its second full day today. It will continue (at least) through tomorrow because the Senate is on recess until Friday in honor of Yom Kippur. We’ll provide regular shutdown updates as the news warrants, so let’s get to it… 54,000 Colorado Workers Stuck “In Limbo” As […]
The Republican field of candidates for a race they can’t possibly win continues to grow. The latest GOP contender to join the race for Governor in 2026 is Congresswoman Lauren Boebert’s handpicked candidate: A “ministry leader” named Victor Marx who seems to spend most of his time staring off contemplatively into the distance. In addition […]
As the Denver Post’s Nick Coltrain reports, Republicans in Colorado House District 14 got a few days ahead of themselves in convening to appoint a replacement for suddenly resigned House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese, and by breaking the rule requiring ten days’ notice before doing the deed, they’ve imperiled the accession of gun rights advocate […]
Top brass from every branch of the United States military flew in from all over the world to attend a lecture in Virginia today in which Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, or War (or whatever) called them fat and President Trump rambled about a bizarre proposal to conduct military training in American cities while demanding […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, despite polling showing that Colorado voters have soured on Democrats, they have not sweetened up to Republicans — we explain why in a new segment called “Which is Worser.” Then, Colorado braces for a recession as prices keep rising everywhere, the job market looks like it’s really starting […]
Back in 2022, GOP Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer was running for Congress in Colorado’s then brand-new and closely divided CO-08 with no apologies about one of the wackier points in her long record in elected office representing deep red Weld County, helping organize in 2013 a proposal for Weld and several other lightly-populated rural Colorado counties […]
As 9NEWS’ Jeremy Jojola reports, there’s been a new development in an ongoing case out of Weld County that, since we discussed the political misuse of this case previously, we are obliged to also update: Two weeks after the release from jail of a man whom law enforcement called dangerous, that man is back in […]
On Monday, our friends at the Colorado Times Recorder put out a story detailing some decidedly non-mainstream views held by the Colorado Libertarian Party’s Secretary and 2026 Secretary of State candidate James Wiley regarding the recent assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk–alleging and then apparently standing by under pressure his belief that Kirk was killed […]
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