(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%
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The Denver Post's Allison Sherry set a good example for her fellow journalists today by usng Twitter to tell us who isn't talking to her. . @RepMikeCoffman refuses to answer in person questions on the CR, says will only talk about funding federal govt 'in writing' #copolitics — Allison Sherry (@allisonsherry) […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Just as Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo started pleading with Colorado Republicans to stop beating up each other, GOP strategist Dick Wadhams took to the radio waves to slam down Tancredo as unelectable. On KNUS' Backbone Radio show Sunday, Wadhams amplified on an a Sept. 1 Denver Post op-ed, where he […]
UPDATE: CBS4 Denver has a new report on fresh skepticism from Rep. Mike Coffman today, including an interesting new possible GOP line of attack: should Obama not have gone to Congress then? Coffman says the delay in striking Assad has wasted precious time. “The Assad government has had all the time in the world to […]
CleanSlateNow.org just released their third story on how special interest PAC money influences Congress. The first two focused on Republican Mike Coffman and Democrat Diana DeGette. This one is about Cory Gardner. Here is an excerpt: “The Colville River flows through much of the Brooks Range. Alaska’s largest Arctic River is home to 20 fish […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will be in Colorado Wednesday to help raise money for Andrew Romanoff and other Democratic congressional candidates, FOX31 Denver has confirmed. Pelosi, D-California, will appear at a morning fundraiser for Romanoff, the former statehouse Speaker who is challenging Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, for his 6th […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The Colorado Statesman’s Peter Marcus provides an excellent update today on a personhood-backed ballot initiative aiming to change the definition of “’person’ and ‘child’” under Colorado law to include “unborn human beings.” Signatures for the fetal-homicide measure, criticized by pro-choice activists as a backdoor abortion ban, are due by Sept. 30. […]
We've updated The Big Line to reflect Ken Buck's entry into the U.S. Senate race. Buck is the early favorite to capture the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate, but we still have Sen. Mark Udall as a heavy favorite to win re-election. The biggest impact of Buck's candidacy is on the Republican side, where Owen […]
UPDATE #2: As the Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic reports, Ken Buck’s entry into the 2014 U.S. Senate is making big waves–for other Colorado Republicans. The national Democratic House Majority PAC is already positioning Buck’s candidacy as a liability to Republican Rep. Mike Coffman, who is running in what’s now the state’s toss-up Sixth Congressional District. […]
Huffington Post reports, you probably saw this coming: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) came to the defense of Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) in a World Net Daily editorial published late last week, denouncing conservatives who have publicly voiced disapproval of King's remarks on undocumented students. King came under fire earlier this month after telling Newsmax TV […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) If you want to see the faces of the people who push the uncompromising anti-abortion positions of politicians like Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck, Rep. Mike Coffman, and Sen. Rick Santorum (who won the 2011 Republican presidential caucus in Colorado), stroll around the Western Conservative Summit, held this weekend in […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) In case you haven’t heard yet, the 2013 Western Conservative Summit is happening in our fine state this weekend, and along with its arrival comes a ton of out-of-state conservative lawmakers determined to make government REALLY, REALLY SMALL – small enough to fit inside your uterus, in fact. It feels a […]
Mostly lost in the media coverage of the immigration-reform bill is what life would look like for undocumented immigrants if America doesn’t offer them a path to citizenship. Republicans like Rep. Cory Gardner of Ft. Collins, who oppose give undocumented immigrants tangible hope of becoming U.S. citizens, should be asked to explain how their version […]
Iowa Rep. Steve King, classy as always. From Politico: Rep. Steve King is defending his remarks that drew criticism from his own party leadership that the children of some immigrants were being used as drug mules. King’s initial remarks came in an interview last week with Newsmax. While discussing the DREAM Act, which would allow […]
(PCG note: Developing story, the best information source I've found is a Twitter search for #Dream9. There's also a NYT piece for background.) Although my fellow allies on the right have been routinely criticized for our aggregate opposition to immigration reform, the fact remains that Obama has overseen record numbers of deportations. In my Inbox: […]
Below are the updated fundraising numbers for Colorado Congressional candidates through Q2. The list is ordered by the amount of Cash on Hand at the end of the quarter. Democrat Andrew Romanoff leads all candidates in Cash on Hand amounts, while his opponent, incumbent Rep. Mike Coffman, raised the most money in Q2 alone. Click […]
The Hill's Alexandra Jaffe, in case you hadn't already heard: Democrat Andrew Romanoff raised more than $500,000 in the second quarter and now has nearly $920,000 cash on hand for his campaign to challenge Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) That brings his total raised this year to about $1.02 million, making him one of the strongest fundraisers […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Conservative talk radio hosts are sure to mock today's rally at Colorado Republican Headquarters, by immigrant rights activists, urging GOP Congressmen like Rep. Mike Coffman to support immigration reform, including–and here's where the hissing from talk-radio land really starts–a path to citizenship. The depressing part about the frowny faces on talk […]
You may recall the case of Republican Brian Watson, whose apparent failure to pay his taxes led to his defeat in a bid for the state legislature (HD-3) in 2012 and is now dragging on Rep. Mike Coffman's re-election bid in CD-6. Watson lives in Greenwood Village, which is in Arapahoe County, but has apparently […]
That's the word from Lynn Bartels of the Denver Post, Colorado House Minority Leader Mark Waller is making a "big announcement" next Monday: The Colorado Springs Republican has long been mentioned as a possible candidate for attorney general in 2014, when Republican John Suthers is term limited. So far, one Republican already has announced for […]
Politico: The House Tuesday passed a bill that would ban most abortions nationwide after 20 weeks. The most far-reaching abortion legislation in the House in a decade, it was passed 228-196, mostly along party lines. The vote is largely symbolic: The bill will be dead on arrival in the Senate. And the White House has […]
Here's a synopsis of the "Top Ten" for the casual reader: (1) Colorado governments face no fiscal "crisis" that would warrant the breach of their pension contracts. They spend a mere two percent of revenues on public pensions. (2) The Colorado General Assembly has not paid its full pension bill for a decade. It comes […]
("Honey Badger" doesn't care – promoted by Colorado Pols) Update: Audio added 6-15. Click here for Audio __________________ Reporters apparently missed Secretary of State Scott Gessler's first direct response to the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission's finding that he violated state ethics law and "breeched the public trust for private gain." Gessler made his comments on […]
It is always amusing, and somewhat irritating, when national pundits decide to take a gander at political races in Colorado with very little understanding of what is actually possible plausible in our state. The dead giveaway that a national outlet is clueless about Colorado is when they start mentioning candidates for higher office based solely […]
UPDATE: Per the Colorado Statesman's Peter Marcus, Boulder DA Stan Garnett leans against running: “I would like to run for state office again at some point; this is not a good time for me personally,” he said. “And I also don’t want the people of Boulder County to think that I’m always turning around and […]
With the 2013 legislative session behind us, we've updated The Big Line with our latest projections. Of note: It looks more and more as though Republican Scott Gessler will run for Governor rather than Secretary of State (as we suggested last year), so we've moved his line "off" the board for SOS. With Gessler off […]
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