(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%
*NOTE: Unless something is in quotations, everything here is paraphrased in order to post quickly. INITIAL REACTION: Brophy was the clear winner here, and it wasn't close. He was much more at ease and friendly, and he spoke to specifics much better than any other candidate. Based on this debate, he's the only one […]
TUESDAY UPDATE: Lynn Bartels of the Denver Post reports, and we can confirm, that America Votes state director Jessie Danielson will run for outgoing Rep. Sue Schafer's seat. —– According to a press release from the Democratic House Majority Project, Rep. Sue Schafer (HD-24) will retire from politics this year rather than seek a fourth […]
Colorado House Speaker Mark Ferrandino took control of the state House of Representatives after the 2012 general elections, in which Republicans were resoundingly swept from their one-seat House majority. One of the biggest reasons for that multiple-seat pickup victory in 2012 was the conduct of GOP legislative leadership at the end of the 2012 session. […]
Reuters' Patricia Zengerle reports via the Huffington Post on the latest work by Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado to expose and repudiate the practice of extreme interrogation methods used by American intelligence services, including "waterboarding." A member of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday disclosed the existence of a secret Central Intelligence Agency document that […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) KFKA talk-radio host Amy Oliver urged Republicans last week to read a Facebook post by former State Senator Shawn Mitchell, in which Mitchell wrote that he's "somewhere between distressed and appalled that GOP luminaries think it's a good idea for [Rep. Amy Stephens] to bear the party's standard into a campaign […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports on undeniably tough numbers for Colorado Democrats, in a poll released yesterday from Democratic-aligned (but considered highly accurate) pollster Public Policy Polling: Republicans hold a five-point edge over Democrats on a generic ballot heading into state legislative races next year. According to PPP, a typically Democrat-friendly polling outfit, voters across […]
UPDATE #5: Arvada City Council member Rachel Zenzinger made her candidacy official in a Tweet late this evening. Upon @SenHudak's resignation today, we need to move forward without delay. I am announcing my candidacy for the SD19 vacancy. #ThankYouEvie — Rachel Zenzinger (@Zenzinger_AtoZ) November 28, 2013 —– UPDATE #4: Jefferson County Democrats are fortunate to have […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Representative Leroy Garcia, currently a representative in District 46 of Pueblo County, has announced that he will run for election to Senate District 3 in 2014. Senator Angela Giron was recalled from that office September 10, 2013, and has let her close associates know that she is not running for the […]
Colorado lawmaker: Democrats using ‘mind control’ to make people accept ‘homosexual marriage’ (via Raw Story ) A Republican Colorado lawmaker on Tuesday asserted that the state’s law permitting civil unions between people of the same sex was a “mind-control experiment” by Democrats to force voters “to believe in homosexual marriage.” In an interview…
As the post-mortem coverage of last week's historic recall elections in Colorado continues, we're seeing a trend toward an inaccurate hindsight narrative of what happened. It's important for both sides–Democrats seeking to prevent further recurrences, and Republicans hoping to adopt their success as a model to use elsewhere–to understand what actually happened, and how the results […]
I'm writing today with a simple message. Everything you and I have fought for in the past decade is under attack. Click here to fight back: the most important election you've never heard of is only three weeks away. For years, Senate President John Morse and Senator Angela Giron have fought for our shared values. In 2013, after victory […]
MONDAY UPDATE: Maddow Blog's Laura Conaway: Between the $54 million "erotic grammy," the accusations of faked signatures and the late-breaking Libertarian candidates, it can sometimes be difficult to follow the Colorado state senate recalls, or even to keep track of who's in which race. Right up until Friday, Colorado was still struggling with when the […]
MONDAY UPDATE: The Colorado Independent updates their story as recall successor candidate Bernie Herpin pushes back on allegations he was a supporter of the “Personhood” abortion ban: Herpin didn’t answer calls Thursday from the Independent seeking comment. But subsequent to publication, his campaign told the Independent that, although he is pro-life, there is “no evidence” […]
We told you this was coming. An email from One Colorado, the state's leading LGBT advocacy organization: Many of us remember the heartbreak our community felt last year when extreme, anti-equality forces killed civil unions legislation. But following that defeat, we fought back and prevailed. Now, they’re back. A small, radical group has launched a misguided […]
No, no — not that Koch family. From a press release through the Colorado Democratic Party (full release after the jump): The Colorado Democratic Party (CDP) officially announces the hiring of Jennifer Koch, a Colorado native and veteran campaigner, to be the next Executive Director of the State Party. Jennifer will replace Alec Garnett, who […]
The Colorado Springs Independent reports on the new spokesperson for the Basic Freedom Defense Foundation, Jennifer Kerns, who has a lengthy resume in GOP communications. For good for ill: [Jennifer] Kerns is the spokesperson for the Basic Freedom Defense Fund, the group behind the recall of Colorado Senate President John Morse. But opponents of the recall, […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) KNUS' Steve Kelley put some good questions to GOP Rep. Kathleen Conti Friday: Steve Kelley: What's the state of affairs of the Republican Party of Colorado? Kathleen Conti: Well, the Republican Party is—you know, we have just a strong chasm. You know, there’s those on the far right. And there’s those […]
The Fort Collins Coloradoan's Patrick Malone put out an excellent, in-depth look at the state of Colorado politics looking ahead to 2014 this weekend, as well as a summary of Democratic gains made in this state since 2004–and prospects for continued success in a state whose demographics have permanently changed in the last two decades. A […]
FRIDAY UPDATE: The Hill's Alexandra Jaffe reports on our scoop: According to local news site ColoradoPols.com, Republican strategists in the state are urging [Stephens] to run in a race that currently lacks any likely GOP contenders… The purple tint of Colorado has given some Republicans hope they'd be able to mount a challenge against Udall […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Colorado’s 2013 Legislative Session is in the books, er, I mean binders. It was a doozy. Shit got done. Progress got made. And the women who make up 41% of the folks representing Coloradans at the Capitol were a huge reason why. We decided to take a look back at some […]
Setting the mood in a story last week from the Loveland Reporter-Herald: "The Democrats in the Legislature? Their three buzzwords were cooperation, collaboration and consensus," Gessler said. "Remember that? And what did we get? … They used to accuse Republicans of only caring about God, guns and gays. And what did the Democrats come up […]
Colorado Sen. Pat Steadman is being recognized today at the White House as a "Harvey Milk Champion of Change." From Fox 31: Over the last few years, as LGBT advocates have pushed for a new civil unions law, many of them lauded the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Pat Steadman, a long-time lobbyist on equality issues, as […]
(Here come the recaps – Promoted by Colorado Pols) This year's session of the Colorado General Assembly was truly historic. After two years of divided control and stagnation in the legislature, a large backlog of high-priority, common-sense reforms awaited lawmakers in January. Working tirelessly in the face of right-wing obstruction, smear campaigns, and even threats […]
The Denver Post's Kurtis Lee has a blog post up discussing the possibility that Colorado House Minority Leader Mark Waller may soon step down to pursue his widely-expected run for Attorney General in 2014. If that happens, attention would then naturally turn to the choice of the next Minority Leader. As Lee reports: “Some have […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: And for good measure, NBC News' Rachel Maddow: —– UPDATE: Folks, you did realize NBC News' Al Sharpton was going to see this eventually, right? Holy crap: —– David Weigel of Slate is the latest national voice to weigh in on the growing controversy over mailers attacking Republican county clerks, sent by a group headed […]
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