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Best wishes to Congressman Bob Beauprez, who underwent back surgery yesterday for a herniated disc.

Congresswoman Diana DeGettes proclamation that “there has to be heads rolling” over the governments response to Hurricane Katrina is just one of a slew of responses from Colorado politicians over the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters in American history. Weve thus far avoided the topic of the political ramifications of the response […]

Former Denver DA Bill Ritter appears to be taking advantage of his current role as the only Democratic candidate for governor. Ritter took aim at John Andrews, Marc Holtzman and Bob Beauprez over Referenda C&D. The salvo was a response to an article in today’s Rocky Mountain News about a new ad from the ‘NO […]

In a press release that gets the award for best use of both present and future tenses, Republican Anne Yeldell announced that she would be running for State House District 53. Here’s the line of the day from the release touting the Poudre School Board member: With family and friends gathered around her familys back […]

The media was busy this weekend opining on the next steps in the governor’s race now that Democrat Rutt Bridges has withdrawn from the race, and the buzz we’re hearing was enough to make some changes to the Governor Line. Click below for the full scoop…

We meant to put this up yesterday but it got lost in the hubbub (is that how you spell ‘hubbub’?) in the Rutt Bridges announcement. Republican Rick O’Donnell, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in CD-7, received the endorsement of the Club for Growth this week. The timing of this is good for O’Donnell with […]

The official announcement is forthcoming, but Democrat Rutt Bridges is formally dropping out of the race for governor. Bridges has apparently decided that running for governor was not something he wanted to do. The repurcussions of this move should start immediately. State Senator Joan Fitz-Gerald should get a stronger push to run, and Denver Mayor […]

We’ve made lots of changes to the Big Line (the line formerly known as the Governor Line) spurred by Democrat Rutt Bridges’ surprise announcement that he was pulling out of the race for governor. Click below to get the skinny… <!–more–> We start at the top of the line with the Governor’s Race, where Bridges’ […]

The big story today by a wide margin is the angry response on the left to Dr. James Dobson’s comments, broadcast nationally, likening embryonic stem cell research to Nazi experiments on Jews in the concentration camps. Dobson criticized embryonic stem-cell research in his daily radio broadcast Wednesday, which is taped at the group’s Colorado Springs […]

Yesterday, Democratic CD-7 candidate Ed Perlmutter formally endorsed Referenda C&D, and asked his ‘likely opponent’ Rick O’Donnell to ‘join with him’ in supporting it: “This is an opportunity for two people on the opposite side of the aisle to stand together on an issue that is critical to Colorado’s future and prosperity,” said Perlmutter.  “I […]

The Rocky Mountain News reported today on something that had been a not-so-secret rumor in the last two weeks: The Colorado Democratic Party doesn’t have much money. The Colorado Democratic Party had less than $16,000 in the bank at the end of June, thanks to sluggish donations and strict campaign finance laws. Some Democrats claim […]

We are pleased to present another Q&A, this time with Democratic Rep. Bernie Buescher (State House District 55). Rep. Buescher has answered our first 11 questions, which you can view by clicking on the link below, and he has agreed to answer your questions LIVE between 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. You can ask a question […]

Colorado Pols was in The Denver Post today, courtesy of columnist David Harsanyi. Bill Ritter, a Democratic candidate in Colorado’s gubernatorial race, will soon get a taste of this left-wing uniformity. At this point, Rutt Bridges, a self-made millionaire and chief executive of Bighorn Center, is the favorite in the race on the Dems’ side. […]

While Republican candidates have been filling candidacies for available seats like ants scurrying to a picnic this summer, Democrats are still sitting on their hands on some of the bigger races in the state. Long thought to be the leading Democratic candidate for state treasurer, Chris Romer (Roy’s son) has been telling friends that he […]

Republican gubernatorial candidate Marc Holtzman announced today that he had raised a total of $802,600 in the first two quarters of 2005. Holtzman did not immediately release his Q2 fundraising, likely because that figure is slightly less than the figure reported by Congressman Bob Beauprez during the same period. Holtzman reported raising $412,580 in Q1, […]

We are pleased to present another Q&A, this time with Rutt Bridges, one of two Democratic candidates for governor. This Q&A means that Colorado Pols has now presented Q&As with all four active candidates for governor (you can go to any of our previous Q&As by clicking on the links on the right side of […]

Trying to make odds on the Governors race this early might be foolhardy (weve been told as much), but certainly everybody in Colorado is trying to put their finger on whatever barometrics might be in the wind. The political season in Colorado is going early, and most experts agree that its because of last years […]

This story is from last week, but we’ve had it on ice (meaning we forgot to post on it) until tonight. The Hefley clan – Congressman Joel Hefley and his wife, Colorado State Representative Lynn Hefley ended up in a bad light in a recent NY Times article (free login required) about the fast food […]