(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%
The redistricting process in Colorado is much different in 2021 than it was 10 years earlier because of Amendments Y&Z, which created an “independent” redistricting process for redrawing both Congressional and legislative district boundaries. Many of the political players have remained the same, however, and the Republican operatives working on redistricting have already managed to […]
As the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Tom Hesse reports, the widening scandal involving Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters as local and federal criminal investigations into a breach of security in Peters’ office that resulted in proprietary election system data being leaked to far-right conspiracy theorists is getting worse by the day: Mesa County Commissioner Scott McInnis […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Citing “interference with the political rights of association” of the Colorado Republican Party, an American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado (ACLU) attorney says Colorado Republican activists advocating to opt out of open primaries might have a viable legal case in challenging a state law requiring a supermajority of 75% of the […]
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Dear {{ user.first_name|default:”Friend”|title }}, This summer, Colorado has suffered from the combined effects of human-caused climate change as well as air pollution we all create every day going about our modern lives. Another season of massive wildfires throughout the drought-stricken West has filled the sky with smoke, while […]
Back in June, we went through the five statewide offices that will be on the ballot in 2022 in an attempt to provide some clarity about who (on the Republican side) might be running for what in Colorado. Two months later, the 2022 election situation (and The Big Line) remains what you might charitably call, […]
CNN reports today on a story that won’t get as many headlines as Afghanistan but is still a REALLY BIG DEAL: The federal government on Monday declared a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, triggering mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest, as climate change-fueled drought pushes the […]
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Today the news is dominated by the end of America’s 20 years of war in Afghanistan. A war that began as a direct response to the worst act of terrorism in American history but persisted long past any reasonable connection to the events of 9/11, the sudden fall […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The Republican challenging U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) made me laugh Tuesday when he told Colorado Politics, “Republicans may be looking around saying, ‘OK, we really want to win,’ as opposed to looking at the litmus, purity test that often is the assembly.” Republicans are looking around and saying, ‘Ok we […]
The Denver Post’s Spot newsletter updates on what’s become a bit of a running joke in recent weeks, the contrived pre-announcement rollout of Republican CU Regent Heidi Ganahl’s campaign for governor–having now by all accounts decided on a run for governor, after publicly flirting with a run for U.S. Senator or even Treasurer in the […]
The first race and ethnicity breakdowns from the 2020 U.S. Census were announced on Thursday, part of a larger dataset that will guide the redrawing of Congressional and legislative districts in Colorado and around the country. Click here to download the files and dig through the data yourself. We haven’t had a chance to explore […]
(Who says crime doesn’t pay? -Promoted by Colorado Pols) “Cuz we’re leaving on (private) jet plane. Details to come… #TruthWillAlwaysPrevail” That playful caption to Mesa County Republican Party Vice Chair Jacqueline Anderson’s Aug 10 now-deleted Facebook post accompanied several photos of herself, her husband Cory, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) former campaign manager, Sherronna Bishop, […]
The Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby reports from a press conference held this morning by Secretary of State Jena Griswold, in which Griswold disclosed damning new details about the recent security breach in Mesa County election systems that resulted in confidential information being leaked to far-right conspiracy theorists–and ordered all affected elections equipment in Mesa […]
(The asylum is under new management – Promoted by Colorado Pols) The chair of the Colorado Republican Party’s new committee to safeguard the state’s elections is also a member of and working closely with a QAnon-linked election fraud conspiracy group. The group, the U.S. Election Integrity Plan (USEIP), was founded in Colorado last November. It […]
(Where there’s a recall, there’s a Gessler — Promoted by Colorado Pols) It’s a basic maxim of plumbers that “Shit flows downhill.” An epic battle over whose shit will flow downhill from the foothills of western Jefferson County, through the scenic Rooney Valley area, to the Denver Water Treatment plant, and where and when said […]
We finally have a notable Republican campaign announcement for 2022 (sorry, Erik Aadland)! Former El Paso County Republican Party Chairperson Eli Bremer made it official today with a rather silly online ad that he will seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2022. As Justin Wingerter reports for The Denver Post: The 43-year-old […]
TUESDAY UPDATE #2: From fail to flail: .@KyleClark clearly you don’t care about the average working family in CO who’s paying $1.50 more *per gallon* since November. We do. And remind us again who’s in charge of Denver & CO w/ the current worst air quality in the world? Oh yeah…the Democrats.#copolitics https://t.co/icPiSjV3HV — Kristi […]
Media outlets across the state are alight this morning over allegations that GOP Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters may have been involved in a serious breach of election systems security that resulted in alleged passwords to access voting equipment posted on the conspiracy theory blog Gateway Pundit and elsewhere. The Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby: […]
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. At times in the past week, the Front Range of Colorado has suffered from the worst air quality of any major city in the world. A combination of smoke from massive wildfires in California and ground-level ozone pollution from cars, trucks, and oil and gas drilling here in […]
(Moment of clarity – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Appearing on right-wing talk radio yesterday, state Sen. John Cooke (R-Greeley) said he thinks Republicans can’t unseat Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) in next year’s election, due to the incumbent’s potential war chest and the absence of a “viable” candidate so “late in the season.” “Can Polis get […]
Marianne Goodland of the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog reports on some backlash brewing in Fremont County against the area’s freshman GOP state Rep. Ron Hanks–whose unfounded conspiracy theorizing about the 2020 presidential election combined with a brusque and arrogant personality in general has made him a lightning rod for criticism in less than a […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) If you were one of the Republicans thinking about running for governor next year, and you look at Colorado’s electorate and at Gov. Jared Polis’ (D-CO) popularity — and his war chest — you might consider running for some other office That’s what Republicans, including CU Regent Heidi Ganahl are thinking about doing, […]
As the Denver Post’s John Aguilar reports from Jefferson County, misplaced anger over differing decisions by school boards across the state regarding mask-wearing by students and staff indoors this school year is boiling over into a fresh round of misguided protest: About 300 parents — many with kids in tow — spent Wednesday morning protesting […]
Reporter Heidi Beedle of the Colorado Springs Independent has a feature-length story out today on two Colorado Republican state representatives, Reps. Dave Williams of Colorado Springs and Ron Hanks from an undisclosed location in Fremont County, who have fully embraced the “Big Lie” that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump despite a lack […]
Once again the good people at the Colorado Sun have us pitching subscriptions to their Unaffiliated political newsletter, in which a wealth of useful information goes out to the state’s political watercooler class every weekday–the downside being that unless somebody like us picks up their useful emails, information more Colorado political news consumers should see […]
Westword’s Michael Roberts reports on a controversy brewing surrounding Priscilla Rahn, the vice-chair of the Colorado Republican Party, and a photo you can see above she posted from this weekend’s Black Love Mural Festival in downtown Denver. That’s vice-chair Rahn, who is Black, posing with a group of Denver Police officers in front of a […]
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