(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%
As Ernest Luning reports for the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog formerly known as the Colorado Statesman, President Donald Trump has bestowed his blessing on freshman GOP Rep. Jeff Hurd in his primary contest against former Colorado GOP vice-chair and Caucasian cultural ambassador Hope Scheppelman to continue representing the Lauren Boebert-less Third Congressional District: “Colorado’s […]
As Colorado Public Radio’s Caitlyn Kim reports, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined with almost two dozen other states filing suit against what they claim is an arbitrary decision by the Trump administration to up the stakes in the ongoing standoff that has shut down most of the federal government’s day-to-day operations, by halting […]
The sticker shock on 2026 health insurance costs has arrived, and it’s a doozy. As the federal government shutdown enters a full month with no indication of a deal on the horizon, Republicans are starting to see the problems ahead even as they stonewall efforts by Democrats to extend federal subsides for the Affordable Care […]
(Moths to the electoral flame — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder Earlier this month the Colorado Title Board set the title for Initiative 149, “Right to Life from Conception.” The initiative is the latest personhood effort from Angela Eicher and Faye Barnhart of Brush, who have consistently submitted anti-abortion ballot […]
The Colorado Libertarian Party is dead. Long live the Colorado Libertarian Party. As Seth Klamann reports for The Denver Post, the CLP’s weird quasi-alliance with the Colorado Republican Party that led to a strange “Libertarian Pledge” is now a thing of the past: Two weeks ago, the leadership of the Libertarian Party of Colorado sued […]
UPDATE: As the Denver Post reports: Premiums will double next year for Coloradans who buy their health insurance on the state’s individual market, with higher-income families facing increases of $10,000 or more, the Colorado Division of Insurance announced Monday. [Pols emphasis] Marketplace customers face a double hit this year. The monthly “sticker price” of health […]
(If Gabe’s lips are moving, he’s probably lying — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder With the government shutdown now in its third week, the point of contention remains Americans’ health care premiums, which are still set to skyrocket next year. Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO) says he is opposed to […]
Last week we dug through the campaign finance reports for major races in Colorado in 2026, and while we provided some brief analysis for every race, we thought it would be worthwhile to look a little closer at the top contest on the ballot: The open seat for Governor. Here’s how the fundraising numbers compare […]
As AP’s Josh Funk and Sara Raza report, President Donald Trump’s latest idea to prop up his friend and ideological touchstone President Javier Milei of Argentina, following a $20 billion bailout of Milei’s controversial economic experimentation, is facing hard pushback from Trump’s usual friends in the beef industry–also known as the state of Colorado’s biggest […]
The pain from the ongoing, and seemingly endless, federal government shutdown continues to take a heavy toll on Coloradans. According to a new report from Center for American Progress, only 24 percent of National Park Service staff, 51 percent of U.S. Forest Service staff, and 65 percent of Bureau of Land Management employees remain on […]
The first federal government shutdown since 2018 is now in its fourth week. There is still no apparent end in sight. Here’s the latest in our weekly-ish shutdown updates, beginning with some staggering new poll numbers from The Associated Press: About 6 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about their health costs going […]
As ABC News reports, it’s a triumph of loyalty over the rule of law that would have been unthinkable before Donald Trump: President Donald Trump said Friday evening he has signed a commutation releasing scandal-plagued former congressman George Santos from prison “immediately.” Santos, 37, was less than three months into serving a seven-year sentence in […]
The second big “No Kings Day” protest took place on Saturday and attracted an estimated 7 million people across the country . The vast majority of protestors peacefully demonstrated in a manner that defied the silly Republican talking points that you were a “terrorist” or “hate America“; this sort of public protest is exactly what […]
Every election cycle brings its share of gadfly candidates, from the inexplicable first-timers to those who have run again and again (we’re looking at you, Greg Lopez). Thus far the 2026 election cycle has dozens upon dozens of candidates seeking all manner of political office. If history is any guide, 75% of these candidates will […]
As the ongoing shutdown of the federal government’s effects are felt across the economy, the Trump administration has responded in part by directing normally non-political government agencies to name and blame Democrats as political retribution that they hope the public will echo–which hasn’t happened so far, with the public overwhelmingly blaming Republicans for the shutdown, […]
As FOX 31 Denver’s Alliyah Sims reports, a most unusual spectacle played out yesterday afternoon on the West Steps of the Colorado State Capitol: Loved ones lost, cases dismissed and dangerous criminals walking free. Families and lawmakers across the state are demanding immediate change to a 2024 law they say is putting lives at risk. […]
Back in June, we took note of an announcement from the Commerce Department reported by Ernest Luning of the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog that former Colorado Republican Party chairman Dave Williams had been appointed a “senior advisor” at the International Trade Administration–ostensibly due to his experience in importing containerloads of trinkets from China […]
(They don’t call it the “Kirkmeyer Competency Act” for nothing — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder With 19 Republicans running for the 2026 gubernatorial nomination, the candidates, many of whom are true MAGA patriots, will have to compete to set themselves apart from one another. And while GOP candidates like […]
(Republished under Creative Commons license by Colorado Pols) by Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline October 9, 2025 Colorado Democrats in Congress called on Republicans to negotiate a bipartisan funding bill that extends health insurance tax credits to reopen the federal government. In a press call Wednesday, the lawmakers said the government is shut down solely because […]
Republican George Brauchler, the former Arapahoe County District Attorney turned radio host turned back into a District Attorney in a new district is making an effort to drum up interest [snort] in a potential run for Governor [guffaw] in 2026. A story from conservative “writer” Chris Dorsey was somehow published by Forbes magazine without anybody […]
As Colorado Newsline’s Lindsey Toomer reports, the Trump administration’s campaign of retaliation by all available means against blue states like Colorado ramped up last week following the federal government’s shutdown, with the punitive cancellation of hundreds of millions of dollars of clean energy project funds on top of the reductions in the “We’re All Going […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder On Wednesday, a panel of top Colorado healthcare executives warned that federal cuts to Medicaid, under the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, will affect not only Medicaid recipients but Colorado’s wider health care system, pushing up costs and the number of uninsured people across the […]
Last week’s announcement that “high-risk missionary” Richard Victor Marx will run for the Republican nomination for governor in 2026 was bad news for two current candidates: the first being fellow pastor and state Rep. Scott Bottoms, who while running in the same general MAGA religious-right lane as Marx has a massive charismatic deficit by comparison. […]
Politico reports that despite an ongoing government shutdown and a backlog of pressing business, the U.S. House will not do anything next week: Johnson said at a news conference earlier Friday that “the House will come back into session and do its work as soon as Chuck Schumer allows us to reopen the government,” referring […]
Actually, as Ernest Luning reports for the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog, go ahead and look because it’s objectively newsworthy: Colorado Springs Democrat Jessica Killin, an Army veteran and former chief of staff to second gentleman Doug Emhoff, raised more than $1 million in the initial quarter of her campaign to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. […]
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