(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%
The New York Post reports from Orlando, site of the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) where Republicans from lowly rank-and-file to ex-President Donald Trump have converged to lick their wounds and plot revenge after last year’s electoral defeats–and freshman Rep. Lauren “Q*Bert” Boebert is shining brightly as a fresh luminary in the freak kingdom: […]
Colorado is a blue state. As we’ve written many times in this space, there is simply no denying the results of the 2018 and 2020 elections in our state: Democrats won bigly and Republicans lost equally, uh, hugely. But if you thought Colorado Republicans might do a little soul-searching and try to figure out a […]
This week in a Colorado Senate committee, as readers know, a Republican bill to substantially roll back our state’s highly successful mail ballot election system was defeated in a 4-1 bipartisan vote. Freshman GOP Sen. Cleave Simpson of Alamosa joined majority Democrats to reject this highly ill-conceived “solution in search of a problem” bill. Given […]
It didn’t get much press–and that’s a thing we need to talk about–but last week, Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet announced they are signing on as sponsors of the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021: the first legitimate attempt at a comprehensive immigration reform package since 2013’s Gang of Eight negotiations (which […]
UPDATE: The Denver Post’s Justin Wingerter has more in a new story this afternoon: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s campaign has publicly acknowledged that a prior campaign finance report — which raised ethical red flags and led to multiple requests for investigation — was inaccurate. Still, the campaign defended a large payment to the congresswoman… Boebert […]
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. This week in the Colorado legislature, far-right Republicans are trying to undo Colorado’s best-in-the-nation election system–a system that became a much-praised example last year for safely and securely holding an election even during a global pandemic. [1] Why would Republicans try to break an election system that works […]
As the Denver Post’s Saja Hindi reports, tomorrow will mark the birth and in all likelihood death of Senate Bill 21-007, “concerning measures to promote public confidence in the validity of elections.” This is a bill we discussed last week from GOP Sen. Paul Lundeen to significantly restrict mail-in voting in Colorado, one of several […]
Life is short, but as AP reports via the Colorado Sun from Fort Collins, clones live forever: Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died over 30 years ago… Elizabeth Ann was born and is being raised at a Fish and Wildlife Service […]
Maybe — and we’re just spitballing here — but maybe Colorado Republicans would be more successful at winning elections and advancing policy goals if they didn’t spend so much time being complete assholes. Take State Rep. Richard Holtorf (R-Akron), for example. This morning in the House Chambers, State Rep. Tom Sullivan (D-Centennial) came to the microphone […]
UPDATE: Via Colorado Newsline: [Gov. Jared] Polis acknowledged the extraordinary challenges and events Coloradans have experienced in the last year, including those related to the pandemic, systemic racial discrimination, unprecedented wildfires and watching “in shock and horror as the foundation of our democracy itself came under attack by a violent mob intent on overturning […]
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Today, the Colorado General Assembly got back to business after taking five weeks off to keep safe during the worst of the pandemic. Now it’s time to get to work one of the most ambitious agendas Colorado’s progressive majority has embarked on in decades: A new billion-dollar coronavirus […]
Freelance writer Daniel Newhauser reports for Colorado Newsline, echoing anecdotes we’ve seen including the photo above taken in Colorado Springs over the weekend: Former President Donald Trump may have stepped back for now from the idea of creating a new political party, but that hasn’t stopped diehard Trump fans disillusioned with the Republican Party from […]
UPDATE: Statement from impeachment manager Rep. Diana DeGette on today’s decision: “Our case was strong, the facts were clear and the evidence we presented was overwhelming. This was the largest bipartisan vote to impeach a president ever, and even Mitch McConnell agreed that we proved our case. It’s shameful that so many Senate Republicans chose […]
Axios reports, Republicans in Congress led by Colorado’s Rep. Ken Buck are leaning into the ongoing debate by Facebook’s external Oversight Board over whether or not to rescind the ban imposed on former President Donald Trump, following the failed January 6th insurrection Trump rallied and incited: The board is taking comments on whether it should […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) In a legal action that could unveil the names of high-rolling Republicans in Colorado and beyond, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Elections Division is moving ahead with its investigation of a conservative dark money group behind millions of dollars in campaign spending during the 2020 election cycle. In a complaint filed […]
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. After nearly five years at the helm of ProgressNow Colorado, the state’s largest multi-issue progressive advocacy organization, today I announced I’ll be stepping down in the coming months pending the hire of a new executive director. Since our founding all the way back in 2003, ProgressNow Colorado has […]
(What’s old and weird is new and slightly less weird – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Jonathan Lockwood, once considered a right-wing GOP activist, wants Colorado Republicans to have a “robust conversation about whether we will be the party of Lincoln or loonies.” And he’s challenging his opponents in the race to lead the Colorado Republican […]
THURSDAY UPDATE #2: Open mouth, insert foot: Hypocrisy 101: @IlhanMN cites my legitimate mileage reimbursements while she paid her husband* over $1 million in campaign consulting fees. *Not her brother, the new husband. — Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) February 4, 2021 —– THURSDAY UPDATE: This story is everywhere. Here are just a few of the links: ♦ Fox […]
As the Casper, Wyoming Star Tribune reports, Gov. Mark Gordon is giving aid and comfort to the longshot campaign by conservative activists in Weld County, Colorado to secede from our state and give our northern neighbors a penetrating new appendage: On Monday, Gordon — appearing on Colorado’s KOA News Radio — said he was supportive […]
As CNN reports, Democrats in Washington are moving ahead with a plan to pass a comprehensive $1.9 trillion economic relief package via the budget reconciliation process, after a meeting between President Joe Biden and Senate Republicans to discuss their tiny fraction of a relief bill by comparison failed to impress: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer […]
(Crypto-Q! – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is still trying to stop people from thinking she’s a crazy conspiracist. She’s “not a follower of QAnon,” she insisted Friday, but “there’s absolutely a deep state.” Does that make you feel better about her? Probably not, but her assertion is useful because it shows how far […]
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. To the families of the victims and the survivors of mass school shootings in America, gun violence is no laughing matter. But last week, Rep. Lauren Boebert callously mocked one of the survivors of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018 […]
Yesterday evening, outgoing chairman of the thoroughly demoralized Colorado Republican Party and Rep. Ken Buck of Weld County made it official: he will not be a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2022. I am humbled by the interest and support I have received to pursue a potential Senate bid, however I will not be […]
(Must read stuff – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Good news for the conspiracist wing of the Colorado Republican party: both candidates currently vying to replace Congressman Ken Buck as state GOP chair believe Denver-based Dominion Voting may have been responsible for election fraud, both in Colorado and across the nation. Former Secretary of State Scott […]
The Frontier reports from our neighbors to the south and east: The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office has been tasked with attempting to return a $2 million stockpile of a malaria drug once touted by former President Donald Trump as a way to treat the coronavirus. In April, Gov. Kevin Stitt, who ordered the hydroxychloroquine purchase, […]
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