(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%
For those of you unfamiliar with the term “Bizarro World,” it is a reference to a planet in the Superman comics where everything is backwards (the planet is square, compared to the spherical earth, etc.) The term seems to fit recent events in the race for Congress in CD-6. As Eli Stokols at Fox 31 […]
Democrat Joe Miklosi is up on TV with his second ad of the cycle, and we were a bit surprised by the choice of message. Take a look: Miklosi’s first ad was primarily an attack on incumbent Republican Mike Coffman. We didn’t think it was as strong as ads for Democrat Sal Pace, for example, […]
There are numerous examples of how Twitter has changed political campaigns and the reporters who cover them, but few are as telling as this tweet from Kurtis Lee of the big Denver newspaper: Before the Twitter era, there wouldn’t have been much of a reason for a reporter to take a picture like this (if […]
Here’s a new ad from the National Republican Congressional Committee, attacking CD-6 Democratic candidate Joe Miklosi on health care. Reflecting a degree of concern over the challenge Miklosi represents to incumbent GOP Rep. Mike Coffman, this well-produced ad hits Miklosi for his support in 2009 for Colorado House Bill 1273. HB09-1273, as some of you […]
(This is an important point – promoted by Colorado Pols) Anyone think Medicare will fall out of the news this election cycle? Not likely. And at the center of the Medicare debate are, of course, Paul Ryan’s proposals, in his two budgets approved by the House of Representatives. Note the word “two.” Ryan’s first budget, […]
A pair of polls out today shed little light on the state of the race in Colorado. The first, a Presidential poll by the House of Ras puts Romney up by 2. The second, by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, shows a very narrow and yet very open race for Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, with […]
Congressional Candidate Joe Miklosi released a hard-hitting ad today on You Tube, indicating it will begin playing tomorrow on television. Miklosi hit all of the major bullet points he needed to make: 1. He’s a regular guy like us, sitting with neighbors in friends in a regular coffee shop, not a Washington incumbent. 2. Congress […]
7NEWS: The Colorado Secretary of State’s office says the so-called “personhood” amendment will not be on the November ballot, despite any legal action from proponents to prove they collected enough voter signatures. Secretary of State spokesman Andrew Cole tells the Denver Post the deadline for ballot certification was Monday. Even if a judge rules personhood […]
UPDATE #5: Politico once more: The original Romney statement about the attacks was embargoed until after midnight on Wednesday morning – a seal that was apparently lifted when the Obama administration distanced itself from the Cairo embassy statement. But the timing, and tenor, of the statement had Bush administration Republicans versed in foreign policy shaking […]
The Republican primary should have energized the party and thus the process. It did not. It could have – it should have. The Republicans acknowledged that the 08 Democrat (sic) primary energized the Democratic Party. When was the last time there were tens of thousands of protestors and witnesses at the credentialing meeting […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) A diverse group of Coloradans, including students, seniors on Medicare, and working families rallied and marched through downtown Denver on Thursday to protest the Romney Economy, the same day former governor will accept the GOP nomination. Across the country, activists now calling themselves “99% voters” – low-wage workers, seniors, […]
While much of Colorado has focused on Scott Gessler’s voter suppression, Mike Coffman’s hiding from constituents, and frequent local visits from the President of the United States, as well as the POTUS-wannabe, many Aurorans have been recovering from one of the worst mass shootings in Colorado history. In Aurora, everyone knew someone who knew someone […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) If you’ve been soaking up the sound waves from talk radio the past month, you know that Rep. Cory Gardner has been talking a lot about the horribleness of President Obama and the greatness of Romney vice presidential selection Paul Ryan. For example, here’s Gardner on KFKA’s AM Colorado […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) On KOA’s Colorado Weekend on Saturday morning, GOP congressional candidate Joe Coors told co-hosts Julie Hayden and Chuck Bonniwell that his fundraising was going well, beyond the money he’s given to himself, and, Coors said, he’s gotten more individual donations than Ed Perlmutter, his opponent. That didn’t sound right […]
AP’s local political correspondent Kristen Wyatt updates on the eager push by Colorado Democrats to link embattled Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin to their opponents. There’s a lot to work with. From Colorado to New Hampshire to Illinois, Democrats already are using the incendiary comments about rape made by the Missouri congressman and Republican […]
Los Angeles Times: After saying he “can’t defend” Rep. Todd Akin’s suggestion that women don’t get pregnant from rape, Mitt Romney stepped up his rebuke on Tuesday when he called on Akin to drop out of the Missouri Senate race. But archives from Romney’s previous presidential bid show that the Massachusetts Republican has historically supported […]
(Rosen audio added, as bad as it reads – promoted by Colorado Pols) Can’t see the audio player? Click here. Conservative talk-radio hosts are fairly unified in their condemnation of GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin’s statement that the female body has a natural ability to identify and repel the sperm of rapists. But they’ve been […]
A release from Sen. Mark Udall today condemns the decision by the Republican National Committee to drop the wind production tax credit from the GOP party platform–considered vital to protecting thousands of Colorado jobs, and supported by nearly the entire Colorado delegation, including GOP Reps. Cory Gardner, Scott Tipton, and Mike Coffman. But not supported […]
POLS UPDATE: FOX 31’s Eli Stokols drives home the local angle: Congressman Paul Ryan sponsored House Resolution 3, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions Act”, which, for a time, included Akin-like language limiting the definition of rape and incest in certain cases as it relates to whether a woman could get an abortion with federal […]
With State Representative Ken Summers rattling off Mike Coffman-esque talking points almost certain to alienate him from a large swath of SD-22’s independent electorate, the narrative in his race against State Representative Andy Kerr is beginning to develop. Summers had been effectively silent all summer, hosting few campaign events and barely raising or spending any money. His campaign-trail invisibility has enabled Kerr to pull ahead in both funds raised and cash-on-hand — no small feat, given that the Republican started this race with three times more money than his opponent.
Indeed, while Summers has stagnated, Kerr has proven his tenacity. For the first time, he’s leading Summers in money raised, spent, and on hand. Perhaps the greatest gift to Kerr’s campaign is its opponent: Summers hasn’t made any effort to develop a campaign infrastructure. That’s either a function of the fact that he’s never had a real opponent before in his overwhelmingly Republican House district or that he doesn’t really want to run for this seat, forced into a competitive race by the looming threat of term limits. That his first remarks about the election in months were so asinine could lead you to either conclusion.
Kerr by no means has the race wrapped up: any campaign between two incumbents is fierce by nature, and Republicans lead in registration by a razor-thin margin. If Summer’s anemic fundraising is any indication, third party groups will likely pour money into the race from both sides. So while Summers can now be attacked over his remarks about the president, Kerr is still vulnerable over his TABOR challenge working its way through the courts.
With both candidates entering the final leg of the campaign, we want to know: who do you think will win in SD-22? That is to say if the election was held tomorrow, who do you think will continue working under the golden dome, Ken Summers or Andy Kerr?
A poll follows.
One of Colorado’s hottest state Senate races this year is for the open Senate District 22 seat in Jefferson County, stretching from Edgewater south through Ken Caryl Ranch. It’s anticipated to be a very close race between two state representatives, Democratic Rep. Andy Kerr versus Republican Rep. Ken Summers. With two on-paper equally matched contenders and a well-balanced competitive district, this is a very closely watched race. Because of this, SD-22 also doesn’t lend itself to extremism on either side of the political spectrum.
As this audio we were forwarded of Rep. Summers speaking yesterday at the Colorado Republican Business Coalition’s monthly luncheon explains, that “no crazy candidates” rule for a swing district could be a big (and a bit surprising) problem for the GOP in this race.
SUMMERS: For the first time I think in history what we’re seeing is there is real doubt as to, even though Mike Coffman got criticized for saying that–he questioned whether the President was a true American at heart, and I think everybody has in their minds that question. [Pols emphasis] (Applause) Where really is this man’s heart? What are the [unintelligible] that form and shape him? Are they really more towards the core values of uh, of America? Or does he really want to fundamentally reshape America?
It’s important to understand how damaging this kind of Mike Coffman-esque prattle could be to Summers, who otherwise presents himself as an intellectual and sensible (if quite conservative) Republican–and needs that perception to hold fast with independent voters with whom he’s already at a disadvantage due to conservative stands on social issues. Aligning himself so explicitly with the most embarrassing and well-publicized spectacle for the GOP in Colorado politics this year–Rep. Coffman’s questioning of Barack Obama’s “American-ness” and disastrously hamfisted attempt to walk it back–is really just incalculably foolish.
Properly utilized, this could be a tremendous gift to Andy Kerr in this tight race. If his campaign has their wits about them, some variation of this quote is going to find its way into every snail and voice mail box in SD-22 between now and Election Day.
(Cross-posted from Colorado Pols)
One of Colorado’s hottest state Senate races this year is for the open Senate District 22 seat in Jefferson County, stretching from Edgewater south through Ken Caryl Ranch. It’s anticipated to be a very close race between two state representatives, Democratic Rep. Andy Kerr versus Republican Rep. Ken Summers. With two on-paper equally matched contenders […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Despite the onslaught of lies coming at them, some journalists push on, trying to set the record straight. Take, for example, Kurtis Lee, writing in Wednesday’s Denver Post. Lee paraphrased Coffman spokesman Owen Loftus as saying Democrats voted for “a perceived $500 billion in cuts to Medicare” as part […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Update: In an article published today, the Colorado Statesman’s Peter Marcus reports that this year’s personhood initiative has been clarified to state that only “methods of birth control and assisted reproduction that kill a fetus” would be affected. This presumably refers to the forms of birth control, like IUDs […]
Update: I am dismayed to report that a member of this community responded to this post by sending me a PDF file in Arabic and English alleged to be the “Muslim Brotherhood strategy” circa 1991. Whether or not this is an authentic document–I’m in no way enough of an expert to opine on that–the use […]
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