(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%
UPDATE: FOX 31’s Eli Stokols begins to tally the damage: On Monday morning, as supporters of civil unions rallied on the Capitol’s west steps, Dan Ritchie and Greg Stevinson, two reliable, deep-pocketed GOP donors, stood with them. Sources have told FOX 31 that Stevinson, along with Charlie Gallagher, another big GOP donor, are so upset […]
Overall, we’ve got to call this a good outing for Gov. John Hickenlooper on CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley yesterday. Beginning with a detailed and convincing round of praise for President Barack Obama and his decision last week to support same-sex marriage, Hickenlooper does a great job explaining the issues around the […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) CBS4’s Shaun Boyd should let her viewers know that Mitt Romney is misrepresenting an interview Boyd had with Romney when he was in Denver May 10. In an interview last week, a radio host asked Romney: “I saw that you got a little testy with one reporter who wanted […]
GOP Rep. Spencer Swalm shares a decidedly cynical view of the legislative special session convening tomorrow morning–writing in this weekend’s Centennial Citizen: In this country, elections are the usual method for resolving important public policy issues. However, given Gov. Hickenlooper’s decision to convene a special session to deal with what he must believe is a […]
Worth noting what Politico reports today: Santorum, in an interview Thursday on Mike Huckabee’s radio show, said gay marriage is a “mobilizing factor” for voters that can’t be ignored. “I’m hopeful that [Romney] understands the power of these issues,” Santorum said, adding that Obama’s position “should put the social issues front and center.” Tony Perkins, […]
Gov. John Hickenlooper today officially called a special legislative session, to begin on Monday, that will cover seven legislative issues that died in the House when Speaker Frank McNulty ran out the clock (full press release after the jump). Those seven issues are: Funding of Colorado Water Conservation Board projects. Penalties for persons who drive […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) I can think of a couple reasons why Mitt Romney chose to take questions from local TV reporters and KOA radio hosts yesterday, while blowing off all those “print” journalists in Denver. The most obvious reason is that Romney thinks local TV news is watched by the swing voters […]
UPDATE: Special session begins Monday, 9NEWS reports. —– We didn’t want this story to slip away in the crush of other news this week–Durango Herald: A Republican leader has run out of time in his bid to punish local governments that delay gas and oil drilling. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, originally wanted […]
BREAKING, per Lynn Bartels: Governor Hickenlooper to call for a special session; the agenda includes civil unions. Livestream of the Governor’s Press Conference beginning at 1:45pm here. At the same time, President Barack Obama just announced he now favors gay marriage. When it rains, it pours. From the Huffington Post. From Colorado’s State Constitution, Article […]
UPDATE 1:20 PM: Hickenlooper WILL call a special session including civil unions, according to reliable sources including Eli Stokols and Lynn Bartels. Details from the Governlooper’s office at 1:45 PM MST. I don’t get to go home until I’ve completed my work each day. I certainly don’t get a months-long holiday to work on improving […]
As the Colorado Independent’s Scot Kersgaard reports: On the one hand, you have Jared Polis, an openly gay, socially progressive multimillionaire as the incumbent Democrat in Colorado’s Second Congressional District. On the other hand, you have two very different Republicans running for the chance to run against Polis. You have current Colorado State Senator Kevin […]
First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out […]
As the Fort Collins Coloradoan reports: Red-light cameras and camera radar could become a thing of the past if a Republican lawmaker gets his way. Sen. Scott Renfroe, R-Greeley, proposed a bill last week that would ban the use of automated cameras on streets and highways in Colorado municipalities, citing safety concerns. The bill would […]
CNN: Republican candidate Jon Huntsman will drop out of the presidential race on Monday and endorse front-runner Mitt Romney, a senior official with the former Utah governor’s campaign told CNN… “Governor Huntsman did not want to stand in the way of the candidate best prepared to beat Barack Obama and turn our economy around. That’s […]
FOX 31’s Eli Stokols reports: Among dozens of bills introduced on the opening day of the 2012 legislature Wednesday are proposals to recognize same-sex civil unions and give a reduced tuition rate to undocumented students. As FOX 31 Denver was first to report, the civil unions legislation, now known as Senate Bill 2, will start […]
Andrew Belonsky writes for Towleroad: Republican leaders in Colorado have formed a group called Coloradans for Freedom to fight for civil unions there. “The point is not to create conflict within the Republican Party,” one of the organizers, local attorney Mario Nicolais, told the Denver Post. “It is to provide resources to people interested in […]
( – promoted by c rork) According to Public Policy Polling: Colorado’s freshman Senator Michael Bennet eked out a surprising less than two-point victory over Republican nominee Ken Buck last fall, but if voters headed to the polls now, they would send him back to Washington with a resounding 55-38 triumph. (JCB emphasis) Key in […]
Sofia Resnick writes for the American Independent news network: “I cannot deny a person, a human being, a worker … people across this state … the same rights I have with my wife,” said New York Sen. Mark J. Grisanti (R-60th District) before declaring the 33rd “yes” vote the New York Senate needed to pass […]
Just in time for Denver PrideFest 2011, it was announced this week that Colorado Stonewall Democrats has been reorganized and will once again provide an outlet for progressive members of the GLBT community to have their voices heard. As OutFront Colorado reports: Gay? Check. Democrat? Check. Politically active? Check. Sounds like you’d be the perfect […]
Is there any way Colorado citizens could be convinced to pay to get these arousal-measuring machines hooked up to all male legislative committee “members” hearing the 2012 version of the Steadman-Ferrandino civil union bill? Can we do that? Even as an unfunded mandate, it would pay us all back in so many ways and in […]
Yesterday, Senator Rollie Heath announced that he was going forward with Initiative #25. Heath said it was going to be a 5-year timeout to education cuts. Denver’s finest Eli Stokols reports: “For too long we have been near the bottom in funding our schools, and the budget cuts we’ve made the last two years have […]
Last week, some took note of posts on a conservative blog by former Rep. Rob Witwer, as well as incumbent Sen. Shawn Mitchell of Broomfield, both expressing hypothetical support for civil unions for same-sex couples. In Mitchell’s case it’s a particularly interesting turnabout, coming just a few weeks after he cast his vote against a […]
Can’t see the audio player? Click here. “A bear woke me up by his bad breath, and I slugged him, and then I shot him.” –Rep. J. Paul Brown, testifying in favor of HB11-1294 We talked yesterday about a bill from Rep. J. Paul Brown, which would overturn part of a 1992 voter-approved statute that […]
The AP reports via the Durango Herald: A proposal set for its first hearing today would repeal a 1992 voter-approved initiative that prohibits hunting bears from March 1 to Sept. 1 and give the state Division of Wildlife authority to expand hunting dates. Voters overwhelmingly approved the initiative amid concern that female bears were being […]
An interesting ex post facto story on last month’s defeat of civil unions legislationin a GOP-controlled House committee. As the Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic reports: Reporting the story of recently defeated Colorado civil unions bill SB 172, National Catholic Register reporter Steve Weatherbe Monday called a poll showing popular support for civil unions in the […]
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