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We tried to get this up by the end of the New Year, but we were too slow. You can read the “Winners” here, and now you can check out the “Losers” of 2005 below.

Ever since Mark Larson withdrew from the state senate race in SD-6, speculation has brewed as to the reason for his abrupt departure from a race that Republicans need if they are to regain the state senate in 2006. Larson’s public reasons were because he needed to make more money, which is understandable when state […]

UPDATE: The Cortez Journal has more on Larson’s announcement, and it sounds like he just didn’t want to be in the legislature anymore. The Denver Post also has the story, with an ominous quote from Republican Sen. Norma Anderson: “It means the Republicans aren’t going to win the Senate. That was an important seat to […]

Colorado Luis has a good look at a potential Western Primary and whether or not Colorado will be involved. The early Western caucus would also force Democratic candidates to campaign early in urban areas.  I think Colorado is the best choice on that criterion, because Denver is more like cities in the rest of the […]

It looks like Bill Ritter has found a friend at the Rocky Mountain News. A “reporter” named Stuart Steers published this virtual press release story yesterday about Ritter’s hiring of Greg Kolomitz as campaign manager. This couldn’t have been more syrupy if Ritter or Kolomitz had written it personally: Bill Ritter, the former Denver district […]

We first reported back in October that Democrat Peggy Lamm, who is running for congress in CD-7, was getting cozier with the folks over at EMILY’s List. Well, the proverbial other shoe has dropped, and Democrat Ed Perlmutter is in serious trouble now. Here’s what we wrote back in October: What we HAVE learned is […]

Democrat Bill Ritter’s campaign for governor was able to wrangle an editorial in the Denver Post about his stance on abortion and how it makes him the “most electable” Democrat — a label that Democrats remember well from the Mike Miles/Ken Salazar battle for the U.S. Senate last year when Miles’ poor fundraising and campaign […]

Democrat Bill Ritter, who is running for governor, announced a new slate of endorsements today, though he apparently hasn’t yet discovered that there are people outside of Denver who might be voting next November. Denver City Council President Rosemary Rodriguez, Denver Board of Education member Theresa Pena, former State Senator Polly Baca (from, you guessed […]

You like polls, we like polls, and our polls here will predict with 100% accuracy who will be the eventual winner. So, time to look ahead to 2006. Which of these candidates have the best chance of being elected governor in 2006? [Jason Bane http://www.jasonbane.org]

We’ve already discussed the division between Bob Beauprez and the Republican base in the aftermath of Referenda C&D, and now it looks like those in the conservative blogosphere may be leaning towards Marc Holtzman. Check out this sampling of what the conservative blogs are saying: Mount Virtus: The Holtzman campaign has focus, innovation, energy, enthusiasm, […]

The hits keep on coming in our ongoing feature, “At Least They’re Not Your Legislators.” From the Associated Press: The mayor of Las Vegas has suggested that people who deface freeways with graffiti should have their thumbs cut off on television. “In the old days in France, they had beheadings of people who commit heinous […]

The full-court press is being placed on Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper to run for governor, despite Hicks earlier claim that he was not interested in running for the top job in the state. Some of the biggest players in Democratic politics are actively courting Hickenlooper to run, but will he agree? Two things might make […]

Republican Bob Beauprez’s campaign issued a press release today in a clear attempt at spin control in the aftermath of the passage of Referendum C. The Rocky Mountain News today called Beauprez one of its “losers” in the campaign, saying: Bob Beauprez said he opposed Ref C, but the Arvada congressman and GOP gubernatorial candidate […]

The hot rumor today was that State Senator Ken Gordon will throw his hat into the ring for governor. At this point this is only a rumor, but it seems to be getting some legs underneath it. Gordon has had his eye on higher office for awhile, and while running for governor could be a […]

This is normally a Colorado politics-only blog, but when there are national political stories big enough to affect Colorado we also include them. Here’s the story from CNN: President Bush on Thursday accepted the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, according to a statement from the White House. In her letter to the president, […]

Democrat Jay Fawcett’s campaign for CD-5 issued a press release yesterday with one of the best spun headlines we’ve see in awhile: DEMOCRAT JAY FAWCETT RAISES MORE MONEY THAN INCUMBENT JOEL HEFLEY That’s great, except that Hefely only raised $5,000 and never does much fundraising until he gets closer to re-election. Hefley has never been […]

We put our heads together, and listened to your heads, and came up with a new batch of line changes. The results are in… In the race for governor, we couldnt come up with anything better than a tie right now. Democrat Bill Ritter sits at the top of the line, but weve assigned the […]

We’re a little behind on this one, but the Wall Street Journal and Zogby released a big tracking poll on the gubernatorial races around the country. In Colorado, the poll looked at a variety of possible combinations on the ticket next November. “With term-limited Gov. Bill Owens set to step down, this race promises to […]

Whew! It’s getting tough to keep up with the Holtzman/Beauprez feud. Marc Holtzman’s camp fired off a response to Bob Beauprez’s release today that the allegedly stolen list of names was a common list. Here’s the release: The Marc Holtzman Campaign branded as “absurd” today the claim by Congressman Bob Beauprez that he received the […]