(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%
We noted last week the increasing concerns of Coloradans worried about Trump administration cutbacks in resources for national parks — federal lands which contribute billions of dollars to the local economy and account for nearly 40,000 jobs statewide. As Jason Blevins reports for The Colorado Sun, many small businesses operating in the outdoor recreation sector are […]
Colorado’s eighth congressional district is the very definition of a toss-up race. In 2024, Republican Gabe Evans defeated Democratic Rep. Yadira Caraveo by less than one percentage point (49.0 – 48.2). National Democrats almost immediately declared CO-08 as a top pickup opportunity for 2026, when Republicans are expected to be heavy underdogs to maintain majority […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast…the race for Colorado’s next governor is officially on! And the winner will either be Attorney General Phil Weiser or US Senator Michael Bennet — you can bet on it. Then, don’t check your 401k or your kid’s college fund or any other investments for the next four years, as Donald Trump’s ridiculous […]
As Lucas Brady Woods reports for the Capitol News Alliance, the last big debate over this year’s landmark gun safety bill, Senate Bill 25-003 requiring a training course to purchase certain semiautomatic firearms including the AR-15, is playing out all day today in the Colorado House–where the Republican minority has no power to stop the […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder The Trump Administration has made sweeping changes to American public policy over its first two months, from shuttering the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to downsizing the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and instigating a trade war with Canada, Mexico, China, and other […]
The Trump administration and Prime Minister Elon Musk have fired roughly 103,452 federal workers thus far in 2025. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 21,000 of those fired employees were let go while on “probationary” status. President Trump on Wednesday claimed to be very sad about the American families whose lives have been upended by the […]
As the Summit Daily’s Robert Tann reports, the Colorado Senate passed on final third reading today a contentious but broadly misunderstood piece of gun safety legislation, much modified from its original form of a strict ban on semiautomatic weapons meeting specific criteria in common with the definition of an assault rifle into a new training […]
President Trump and Prime Minister Elon Musk are working hard on lowering the price of eggs decimating the federal government, an effort that could soon hit home here in Colorado. As John Aguilar reports for The Denver Post: The Denver Federal Center, an institution for more than eight decades in the middle of Lakewood, faces […]
One of the more colorful, and by that we mean unapologetically insane figures in Colorado politics our readers know well is election conspiracy theorist and gun store owner Joe Oltmann, the respondent in a defamation suit stemming from Oltmann’s fictional account of a conversation in which a Dominion Voting Systems executive supposedly made promises to […]
UPDATE: The pain from Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs postponed by 30 days as both Canada and Mexico opt to buy time for negotiations, reports AP: President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada as America’s two largest trading partners took steps to appease his concerns […]
Donald Trump said a lot of stuff while he was running for President in 2024. Now that he’s back in the White House, some of his top campaign promises are already falling by the wayside. As The Associated Press reports: Two months ago, in his first network television interview after the election, Donald Trump said […]
awesome + uniting Lawmakers introduce the Colorado Voting Rights Act to protect voting access at state, local levels Colorado mother in Congress blocked from voting leads effort to change rules State to help manage federal lands around Pikes Peak as increased crowds bring trash, overwhelm facilities awesome + controversy Polar vortex in Colorado: Here’s how […]
Enjoy your last Trump-free weekend…just, maybe don’t go outside. Let’s Get More Smarter! If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. FIRST UP… ► Did we mention it’s […]
Gun rights groups in Colorado are absolutely freaking out over legislation (SB25-003) that is intended to put some teeth into an extended magazine ban passed in Colorado in 2013 that is rarely enforced. The “sky is falling” reaction is the same sort of over-the-top attack that we have come to expect from groups like the […]
Unless you’re above the socioeconomic majority of Colorado consumers who shop for your own groceries, and we most certainly are not, you’re probably aware that the price of fresh eggs in particular has increased dramatically in recent months. The continuing increases of the price of food and other must-buy consumer products have made it harder […]
awesome + uniting Gov. Jared Polis announces Colorado Transportation Vision: 2035 to reduce emissions Broncos’ Biggest Studs & Duds in Romping 38-6 Win Over Falcons The Biden administration is trying to throw a Hail Mary to save the Colorado River before Trump takes over awesome + controversy Coloradans can now have a digital ID, driver […]
Democratic CO-04 candidate Trisha Calvarese is an arithmetic longshot running against Colorado’s controversy-eating carpetbagger Rep. Lauren Boebert in this heavily Republican district, but Calvarese has been raising big bucks to make the most of her run–and as Ernest Luning at the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog reports, Calvarese is out with a hard-hitting new […]
Last week, Colorado’s eminent epicenter of rhetorical excess Rep. Lauren Boebert sat down for an interview with Colorado Public Radio’s Ryan Warner, who has a reputation for fair and polite yet still persistent questioning, and also capable of real-time fact-checking so as not to allow his interviews to become launchpads for misinformation. As The Hill’s […]
The Colorado Sun’s Jesse Paul gives us a lot to unpack today with a long-awaited hard look at CO-08 Republican congressional candidate Gabe Evans’ views on the social issues of marriage equality and abortion rights. Responding to ads slamming with backup Evans’ no-exceptions opposition to abortion as he indicated in several candidate surveys, as well […]
As we await the details of ex-President Donald Trump’s promised campaign visit to Aurora, Colorado, motivated by discredited “crisis comms” PR on behalf of an out-of-state slumlord has “fallen” to Venezuelan gang members, the city’s Republican Mayor Mike Coffman has a serious problem. After initially helping spread the false story that apartment buildings in the […]
‘Tis the season for fundraisers by party organizations great and small, and without much help expected from the internally riven and cash-starved Colorado Republican Party, the Montezuma County GOP is getting creative with their gimmicks to coax open the wallets of the party faithful. Or maybe you won’t find it creative at all, but at […]
Are we there yet? Almost! The election is now just 50 days away; mail ballots will start heading out to Colorado voters in 25 days. Let’s Get More Smarter! If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio […]
More has been reported on this story — and there’s a new update — since the story first leaked out on Monday. We’ll show you the Tweet first, so you can gauge your own reaction: As USA Today explained further: The Trump campaign bought $48,000 worth of advertising in Florida in the West Palm Beach […]
awesome + uniting Tim Walz, speaking at $3 million Denver fundraiser, attacks Trump for false AI-crowd claims 9Things to do in Colorado this weekend: Aug. 16-18 ProgressNow Colorado’s 21st Anniversary Gala awesome + controversy Giant balloons floating above Colorado’s wildfires could help to predict future blazes Colorado Gov. Polis calls lawmakers back to Denver for […]
The trial of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters on multiple felony counts stemming from the illegal access and theft of data from Dominion Voting Machines equipment in her care back in 2021 heard testimony yesterday from Peters’ former chief deputy clerk Belinda Knisley, who accepted a plea agreement almost two years ago in this […]
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