(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Janak Joshi
80%
40%
20%
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Hetal Doshi
50%
40%↓
30%
(D) Jeff Bridges
(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
50%↑
40%↓
30%
(D) Diana DeGette*
(D) Wanda James
(D) Milat Kiros
80%
20%
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Alex Kelloff
(R) H. Scheppelman
60%↓
40%↓
30%↑
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) E. Laubacher
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
30%↑
20%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
55%↓
45%↑
(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
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%
After taking the “Reader’s Choice” runner-up slot in 2006, 2007 and 2009, we’re delighted to announce that Colorado Pols has been recognized caveat-free as Westword’s “Best Blog” of 2010. There is, admittedly, slim competition in this category. Perhaps because they’re too busy doing stuff out in the real world, Denverites don’t produce an overwhelming number […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) My latest piece on The Huffington Post addresses the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s lobbying efforts against access to medical marijuana for veterans and others who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Here’s an excerpt, or you can CLICK HERE to read the entire piece: On Monday, March […]
The good news – great news really – is that the Building Excellent Schools Today program works. In 2008, when legislative leaders and state administrators put their heads together, the result was a terrific piece of legislation. In a nutshell, the BEST initiative was designed to parlay School Trust Land, State Lottery, and other capital […]
Westword is soliciting opinions for its next “Best of Denver” issue: http://polls.westword.com/poll… Here are a few of the questions: 9. Best Republican-bashing Democrat 10. Best Democrat-bashing Republican 11. Best New Law I actually wouldn’t mind hearing what others think about those, before I cast my all-important vote. Plus, the newspaper wants to […]
UPDATE: Yes, ex-lobbyist Sen. Pat Steadman (D) was pushing this bill too. Somebody should really have a talk with him about appearances, the bill was no less a PR disaster with Steadman pitching it. According to Lynn Bartels, GOP Rep. Larry Liston claims there were “some” other Democrats on board as well–nobody willing to say […]
Or: Whence from Here? One of the theories widely circulating about what Democrats should do about health care goes roughly like this: OK, the Senate bill isn’t perfect, but it’s better than nothing, so the House should pass the Senate version to get around the filibuster and leave fixing imperfections ’til later. For now, something […]
The latest update on the protracted negotiations between United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) employees of King Soopers, Safeway and Albertson’s stores and management, from the Denver Post: Grocery workers across Colorado now expect a vote this week on a “last, best and final” contract offered by Safeway and Kroger, the parent of King Soopers. […]
I’m scheduled to interview Josh Penry in 2 weeks. Most of you remember the news story from 6 months ago when someone stole Penry’s barbeque – which had a Penry campaign sticker on it. So I was going to bring him a present to the interview.
As the Denver Post reports: Faced with two hometown Republican candidates for governor, Grand Junction residents overwhelmingly voted with their wallets for state Sen. Josh Penry over former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis in the opening salvo of their primary battle. A Denver Post analysis of campaign finance reports shows Penry took in almost $140,000 in […]
Forbes is not exactly known for it’s liberal view on anything, let alone economic factors like taxes and which states are well suited for business development and growth. Looking at Forbes’ data, according to the anti-tax, anti-government crowd here in Colorado- we should lead the nation out of this recession. Well Colorado and Virginia. But […]
The slacker with the weird muttonchop sideburns, bad teeth, and grimly old Budweiser gimme cap may not look like much … but he singlehandedly puts a campaign appearance to a halt. “Booooooooooo Ben Konop Liar Boooooooooo!” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
I guess this GM mess is hurting us from a bunch of angles. Check out Barbara Obrien’s of the Mahablog’s latest post on the topic General Motors emerged from bankruptcy last week after shedding nearly $130 billion in liabilities. The U.S. government now owns a majority stake in the company. CEO Fritz Henderson promised the […]
Watch this YouTube about the best Mayor in North Amercia. She is 88 years old, runs a debt-free city in Canada and has $700 million in reserves; she won her last election by 92%, has been mayor for over 30 years, still ice skates and shoots pucks, bowls a good game, and shot a […]
As we promised a few days ago, this is a poll of who our readers think was the most effective state legislator of either political party in the 2009 legislative session. We’ve tried to identify all the nominees from our prior discussion thread (criteria was nominated and seconded by somebody); feel free to write-in in […]
(Bumped into Monday by popular demand – promoted by Colorado Pols) As the end of the Colorado legislative session approaches this week, it’s time to assess who stood out positively as powerbrokers and effective lawmakers–and who didn’t. Who helped themselves in terms of future political aspirations–and who didn’t. When the session ends later this week […]
If reading today’s Greeley Tribune seems a little like deja vu, flashing back a couple of years to another Senate candidate who had trouble figuring out if he was actually running (even though he plainly was running), that’s probably because it, well, should: Weld District Attorney Ken Buck denied reports circulating on the Internet on […]
(Many commenters have been (rightly) confused as to why this map includes states in 2010 that are not even in play. See the update below. – promoted by Colorado Pols) UPDATE: This map is part of a presentation created by the RGA earlier this year called The Four Year Plan. It’s possible the map below […]
Many thanks to readers who recommended us to Chris Cillizza’s The Fix blog at the Washington Post, for his list of the best state political blogs. After sifting through hundreds upon hundreds of recommendations that came in via the Fix comments section, Twitter and email, we are finally ready to unveil our list of the […]
(Shameless self-promotion promotion – promoted by Colorado Pols) http://voices.washingtonpost.c… Some completely bogus wingnut site won last year, so vote for the blog most Coloradoans actually read and argue over! And those Beltway types definitely need to get out more…
The Rocky Mountain News finds time to report: A bill requiring identification for urban cats, which House Minority Leader Mike May said yesterday may be the dumbest bill of the legislative session, passed through a House committee today with bipartisan support. Rep. Cherylin Peniston’s measure would require cat owners in cities of 100,000 or more […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Remember a few months back when we were graced with the “Best Fundraising Appeal Ever”? The guy who was using a genuinely funny web appeal to raise huge sums of cash to take on an incumbent in Kansas? http://www.coloradopols.com/sh… Just thought you all might be interested in the outcome… […]
Put aside, for a moment, whatever you think of the race in CD-4 between Rep. Marilyn Musgrave and Democratic challenger Betsy Markey. The ads being produced this year by the organization “Vote Vets” are some of the best political spots on television (which isn’t all that difficult considering the crap we’ve seen in Colorado from […]
( – promoted by DavidThi808) There were some good zingers thrown out tonight; it seems we’re finally getting into “red meat” territory, and there are bound to be some trial balloon slogans being pushed about. What are your favorites?
It’s amazing to me how El Paso County voters, can repeatedly go to the polls and vote against their own best interests. I lived in this county for eleven years, moved away for four, then returned as a veteran’s widow and single mother almost four years ago to find things even worse. Many of you […]
So, a number of Republicans and Democrats, over 50% of the two parties combined according to recent polling, aren’t “excited” to vote for their party’s nominee for President. There is a lot of wrangling out there about why John McCain or Obama is the lesser of two evils, and a lot of chatter about the […]
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