(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%
According to a press release from the Secretary of State’s office: Secretary of State Mike Coffman today called on the General Assembly to support Senate Bill 07-259, sponsored by Senator Ken Gordon (D-Denver). The legislation will give the Secretary of State the resources to conduct a thorough review and overhaul of the Department’s campaign finance […]
Uh oh, Denver, looks like you’re going to be on probation. From a press release: Colorado’s chief elections official, Secretary of State Mike Coffman, today announced the creation of an “Election Watch List” for counties that have experienced significant problems in conducting their elections. This major policy initiative establishes a process by which the Secretary […]
The blog “The Fix” at The Washington Post has a brief post today on the U.S. Senate race: Here’s what we know: Rep. Mark Udall (D) and former Rep. Scott McInnis (R) are running for the seat being vacated by Sen. Wayne Allard (R). What we don’t know is whether former Rep. Bob Schaffer, who […]
Read the pdf: http://www.voterjone… Everyone with knowledge of the situation said that the Denver Election Commission was incapable of holding an election so soon after the November debacle. But Denver City Council insisted on the snap vote. Councilmember Rosemary Rodriguez in particular put a lot of stock in assurances from Sequoia Voting Systems that the […]
Check out the new Web site for the Colorado Secretary of State. Mike Coffman’s picture is so ginormous that it takes up a good portion of the screen.
As first reported here at Colorado Pols, Secretary of State-elect Mike Coffman will hold his own swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday. From the Rocky Mountain News: Republican Mike Coffman said he decided to hold a separate swearing-in ceremony so he could make a speech and address his staff. Traditionally, statewide officers – governor, lieutenant governor, attorney […]
Colorado’s newest round of statewide elected officials are set to be sworn-in on Tuesday, January 9, but Secretary of State-elect Mike Coffman may be planning his own private party. Everyone from Democrat Bill Ritter (governor) to Republican John Suthers (attorney general) are normally sworn-in at the same time in a ceremony overseen by Colorado Supreme […]
Democrat Ken Gordon has conceded the race for secretary of state in an e-mail sent to supporters this evening. Republican Mike Coffman is the new secretary of state.
As The Denver Post reports: At least 66,000 absentee and provisional ballots remain uncounted or unreported this morning, making it mathematically possible that Democratic state Sen. Ken Gordon could whittle away Republican state Treasurer Mike Coffman’s lead. Gordon, who remains roughly 30,000 votes behind Coffman, has been capturing an average of 71 percent of the […]
The Rocky Mountain News has called the race for Secretary of State. Republican Mike Coffman has defeated Democrat Ken Gordon.
The race for Secretary of State has not been called yet, but Republican Mike Coffman has a 40,000 vote lead over Democrat Ken Gordon with 2,764 of 3,161 precincts reporting.
The Rocky Mountain News today joined the Boulder Daily Camera in endorsing Republican Mike Coffman for Secretary of State over Democrat Ken Gordon: The office demands a person who possesses leadership, experience and independence. So we’re delighted that a candidate so clearly qualified for the job as Mike Coffman is on the ballot this year. […]
While taking care to praise both candidates in the race for Colorado Secretary of State, the Daily Camera says Mike Coffman has the better resume for the job. Gordon cites a record of bipartisan and nonpartisan work in the Legislature. As secretary of state, he says he would strive to increase voter participation, regardless of […]
Republican Mike Coffman has a huge money lead over Democrat Ken Gordon in the race for Colorado Secretary of State. Coffman raised about $63,000 in Q2, leaving him with about $83,000 cash on hand (keep in mind that Coffman transferred $68,000 from previous committees, including his short-lived gubernatorial campaign). Gordon, meanwhile, is spending money?much faster […]
From the Associated Press: Secretary of State Gigi Dennis said today she will not run for a full term in November and endorsed Republican State Treasurer Mike Coffman for the job. Dennis, appointed by GOP Gov. Bill Owens in August after her predecessor resigned, said she wants to focus on bringing the office into compliance […]
The Denver Post speculates today on a couple of things that readers of Colorado Pols have known for weeks: that Democrat Cary Kennedy will likely run for state treasurer and that Republican Mike Coffman could end up on someone’s ticket as Lt. Governor, perhaps for Bob Beauprez. Acting Colorado Treasurer Mark Hillman could face a […]
UPDATE: Mike Coffman’s campaign issued a press release strongly stating that he plans to run for Secretary of State (click on the link at the bottom of this post for the full release): Maj. Mike Coffman, who is on an unpaid military leave of absence to help with the reconstruction efforts in Iraq, will run […]
The Rocky Mountain News took a look over the weekend at the upcoming vacancy in the Colorado Secretary of State’s office now that Donetta Davidson appears ready to move on to Washington D.C. …Treasurer Mike Coffman is managing to hold two elected state jobs hostage while not working at either of them. Coffman took a […]
As CBS4’s Michael Abeyta reports, the latest action by the Trump administration against immigrants with legal status in the country, arguably the most disruptive and harmful of the administration’s multifaceted campaign to re-whiten the country, is targeting one of Colorado’s largest and most politically influential immigrant communities: Colorado has a large Ethiopian community; between 30,000 […]
Yesterday afternoon, for reasons we find moderately puzzling, Republican gubernatorial candidate Barb Kirkmeyer announced an endorsement of her lackluster campaign by a fellow Republican who is, like Kirkmeyer, on the downward back slope from his career apex: After years of labor and considerable expense building a majority on the Aurora City Council to carry out […]
As we noted last week, soon-to-be-former Aurora City Council member Danielle Jurinsky was casting around for her next elected office after a surprising defeat in her re-election campaign. With more time to ponder her political future, Jurinsky has apparently decided against running for an open seat on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners in District […]
Republicans lost damn near every race they contested in the 2025 election. Some in the GOP aren’t wasting time looking for somewhere else to fail in 2026. Aurora City Council member Danielle Jurinsky was one of the more notable losers from the 2025 election cycle. The nutball MAGA incumbent needed to be one of the […]
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 […]
Our deliberately oversimplified glance at what’s happening in Colorado. awesome + uniting American Red Cross partners with Metallica for most successful blood drive ever in Colorado Sen. Hickenlooper helps organize Pride concert at Trump-led Kennedy Center “Act of resistance”: Denver Pride marches on amid rising anti-LGBTQ threats, corporate withdrawal awesome + controversy Sustainable shopping grows […]
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