(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%
On a couple of rare occasions, we've discussed a conservative advocacy group known as Compass Colorado, which has been on the ground in our state for a couple of years now. Compass Colorado, according to the Denver Post's Lynn Bartels, was founded "to blunt liberal group ProgressNow and similar efforts in the state." Back in […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Colorado’s Republican House Members Reps. Tipton, Coffman, Gardner, and Lamborn all just voted to cut Coloradans out of oil and gas decisions for public lands administered by the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It's no wonder that the Federal Lands Jobs and Energy bill (HR 1965) is lauded […]
Former Adams County District Attorney Don Quick has had the Democratic race for Attorney General to himself since first announcing his campaign in February, and he hasn't done much with all of that time. While there is little doubt that Quick has the background and experience to be a solid candidate for AG, his campaign […]
The 2012 election cycle was the first in a decade in Colorado that did not feature a major statewide race on the ballot (not including President, of course), which left many potential candidates for higher office cooling their heels for an extra two years. Combine that with the success of Democratic candidates in recent years; […]
On a routine browse of the internets this morning, we were shown this ad at a major political news website: Not actually Rep. Mike Coffman. This is an ad directing to GOP Rep. Mike Coffman's official congressional website, coffman.house.gov. There's nothing overtly partisan or campaign related in either the ad or, that we can find […]
As the Denver Post's Kurtis Lee reports today: At a moment when two of the state's most powerful Democrats appear vulnerable heading into 2014, at least one candidate so far in the crowded field of GOP hopefuls plans to bypass the assembly process and take her message straight to a broader demographic of the party… […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) After a six-year run at The Denver Post, as a reporter and editorial writer, Tim Hoover left the newspaper Friday to be Communications Director for the Fiscal Policy Institute. It's a certainty that Hoover's fair-and-accurate writing will be missed by reasonable progressives and conservatives alike. This week, Hoover answered a few […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Here’s what the Quinnipiac poll didn’t get: Colorado’s marketplace, as has been demonstrated on Channel 4 and other news outlets as well as the countless success stories, is working well and enrollments are surging. The enrollment rate has actually doubled – as many people enrolled in the first two weeks of […]
For many statewide candidates in Colorado, the Q3 fundraising period was their first full quarter to be shaking out the loose change from supporters and other well-wishers. The Q3 reports also give us our first chance to take a good look at most of the entire field of candidates, though a couple will keep us […]
Republican state Sen. Greg Brophy was the second member of the GOP to declare his intentions to run for Governor in 2014. As one of the most oft-quoted Republicans in the 2013 legislative session, it was clear that Sen. Brophy was lining up to run for Governor once the session ended in May. Brophy formally […]
From Public Policy Polling's Jim Williams’ memo today: A new round of post-shutdown polling shows that Democrats not only have anopportunity to take back the House of Representatives next year, but that they could win a sizable majority if voter anger over the shutdown carries into 2014. Public Policy Polling has just completed surveys in […]
UPDATE: Politico with the beginnings of Republican post-defeat introspection: The question racing around Washington now is: Have Republicans learned their lesson? Will the GOP finally understand that when you touch the stove, it burns? Within Republican circles, however, there’s widespread disagreement about exactly what lesson the party might stand to learn. If there’s general consensus […]
UPDATE #2: Washington Post: "We've been locked into a fight over here, trying to bring government down to size, trying to do our best to stop Obamacare," Boehner said. "We fought the good fight; we just didn't win." Boehner also said he would "absolutely" allow a vote on the Senate plan even if a majority […]
UPDATE: Rumors of a new deal are, as can be expected, turning markets around–Politico: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has privately offered Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell a deal that would reopen the government until mid-to-late December while extending the U.S. debt ceiling until next year, according to several sources familiar with the talks. The […]
As Politico reports, Republicans in Congress are in a state of full, chaotic retreat this Friday morning, as Democrats hold firm through the ongoing shutdown of the federal government and threats of debt default, and public support for the GOP's ill-advised campaign to force the defunding or delay of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. "Obamacare," […]
(Once again, what the hell does this even mean? – promoted by Colorado Pols) Rep. Mike Coffman said that too big a deal was made of his line about Obama is not an American "in his heart." But reporters were right not to think so. Here's another case that's in the same ballpark and deserves […]
Curiouser and curiouser, as Bloomberg reports: The first cracks are appearing in the Tea Party’s push to dismantle the nation’s health law as three House lawmakers with ties to the movement said they’d back a U.S. spending bill that doesn’t center on Obamacare. Republican Representatives Blake Farenthold of Texas, Doug Lamborn of Colorado and Dennis Ross […]
The red-on-red hits just keep coming in the wake of Colorado GOP representatives' request for disaster relief monies for last month's floods in Colorado, after having voted against those same funds in January as attached to the Hurricane Sandy relief bill. As the Washington Post's Reid Wilson reports: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on […]
UPDATE #2: For what it's worth, here is Rep. Cory Gardner's tit-for-tat response: Gardner spokesman Alex Siciliano said the Republican congressman voted against the Sandy relief bill in January because it didn’t include money to help his state recover from major wildfires last year. “The rejection … said that Colorado fire victims weren’t as important as […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Activists led by Personhood USA yesterday submitted over 50,000 more signatures than the 86,000 required to make the 2014 election ballot, making it likely voters will cast ballots next year on a measure that would add "unborn human beings" to the definition of a "person" and "child" in Colorado's criminal code. […]
Friday night, the Adams County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner was held in Thornton, attended by a slew of GOP 2014 candidates including gubernatorial candidates Scott Gessler and Greg Brophy, U.S. Senate candidates Ken Buck and Randy Baumgardner, and attorney general candidate Cynthia Coffman. The keynote address was delivered by Rafael Cruz, the father of U.S. Senator […]
The deadline for 3rd Quarter political donations is Monday, and while we likely won't start hearing about Q3 totals until mid-October, we can still look ahead at which candidates are under the most pressure to show a strong three months. Because of the holidays and the general lack of interest from non-politicos at such an […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) "There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy: hypocrisy, fraud and tyranny" ~Frederick William Robertson Last weeks vote in the House of Representatives, significantly gutting the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program [SNAP], was both an historic and a close vote. Historic in the sense that it was stripped from […]
Americans who are sick and tired of Washington gridlock are in for yet another Republican-forced Congressional showdown that threatens to shut down the government and grind economic growth to a halt. Protect Your Care is calling out Colorado Republican House Members, Speaker Boehner and the Tea Party economic saboteurs in Congress for their votes to […]
The Census has released new data on congressional districts, including those in Colorado. The peeps at (warning: Google Doc) Daily Kos put together a useful spreadsheet of the racial/ethnic makeup of our congressional districts. Of particular interest to me was Mike Coffman's Co-6 district, which as many of you might expect is one of the […]
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