(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%
If you’re like me, and you simply cannot get your fill of the public pension theft debate raging in the hearts of Americans, then perhaps you’ll enjoy this retrospective of noteworthy quotations from the 2010 Colorado pension theft debate. As is often reported in the press, we Coloradans excel in nearly all areas of human […]
UPDATE/CLARIFICATION: We added something to the guidelines (after the jump) to clear up some confusion. —– Today is the trade deadline in the NBA, and while professional basketball may not interest you, it got us to thinking about what would happen if you could trade elected officials (insert obvious jokes here). For example, would you […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) If you were in charge of a big political fundraiser in Colorado, where women voters are obviously a key voting bloc, and your keynote speaker was recently embroiled in a national controversy for his joke that contraception need not be so expensive because, back in the old days, “The […]
Hey Democrats, want to know who is screwing you over at the Capitol? Sen. John Morse of Colorado Springs. Morse is an arrogant foul mouthed jerk, and he is beyond politically clueless: he’s a liability to his entire caucus and party in his leadership position. 1. Per diem scandal 2011: remember this? Morse claimed per […]
FOX 31’s Eli Stokols: Five of Colorado’s seven members of Congress voted for the compromise bill: Democratic Reps. Diana DeGette of Denver, Jared Polis of Boulder and Ed Perlmutter of Golden; and Republican Reps. Scott Tipton of Grand Junction and Mike Coffman of Centennial. “With our economy rebounding, it is essential we extend tax relief […]
I’ve been thinking that journalists should add a “civility” beat to their shrinking offerings. At least they should give a little extra air, ink (literal and digital) to challenge politicians when they hit below the belt, especially if they do it themselves, in a public forum. An example is Rep. Mike Coffman said about President […]
UPDATE: But wait, there’s more! It seems Lamborn has his own legislation in which he proposes to lease federal land for oil shale development in order to fund transportation projects. But as The Grand Junction Sentinel notes, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that Lamborn’s plan would not produce a single cent in the 5-year time […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Even people like Colorado Sen. Greg Brophy, who’s told me he’s willing to put the health, and even lives, of poverty-stricken kids at risk by charging more for state health insurance, says it’s hard to decide what to do about Medicaid, given the complexities involved and the struggles of […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) I will update them as they all come in tonight. Just Reporting the numbers – I will let the armchair quarterbacks give us their epic wisdom. CD 1 Degette Raised 141,733.00 COH 166,866.52 Raised to Date 407,882.16 CD 2 Polis Raised 24,552.25, COH 165,315.41 Raised to Date 695,193.54 […]
UPDATE: The Miklosi campaign issued a rather silly press release this afternoon. Full release after the jump, but here’s the opening sentence: In a sign of growing momentum, the Joe Miklosi For Congress campaign announced it has $173,000 cash on hand and more than 1,300 grass roots supporters who have already contributed to the campaign. […]
Rumor has it CO Senator Brandon Shaffer, current candidate for CD4, will be deciding this week whether or not to jump into the CD6 race, abandoning his campaign in CD4. My guess is, he’s waiting for CO Representative Joe Miklosi’s numbers to come out from the last quarter. For those who have not been paying […]
Our friends at the Washington Post report: An online protest led by Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. against U.S. anti-piracy bills illustrates how Internet companies are changing legislative debate in Washington. Nine co-sponsors, five in the Senate and four House members, began withdrawing their support for Hollywood-backed measures to combat piracy. Internet companies devoted home […]
As the Durango Herald’s Joe Hanel reports: Western Colorado’s race for Congress is again in the national spotlight with the news that national Democrats have anointed challenger Sal Pace as one of their top candidates. Pace, a state representative from Pueblo, was named one of 18 candidates on the Red to Blue list Wednesday. He […]
Lynn Bartels at the Denver paper is reporting that Democratic Senators Brandon Shaffer and John Morse are both considering running in CD-6, where Joe Miklosi and some dude named Perry Haney are already seeking the Democratic nomination. We’re not terribly surprised to read this, as we have heard rumors for awhile that Shaffer may ultimately […]
(What say ye? – promoted by Pita) The SOPA/PIPA legislation is a horrible bill. It basically would seriously damage the Internet in a heavy handed, and ultimately ineffective attempt to reduce piracy of Hollywood content. It would spell the end of Pols because people do post links to copyrighted material here (usually inadvertently). Congress: […]
(The dance begins – promoted by Colorado Pols) Now that Colorado’s review board for ballot initiatives has approved the wording of the proposed personhood amendment, and the race is on to find enough signatures to put it on the November ballot, you wonder if more reporters will get around to asking the measure’s former supporters, like […]
We’ve mentioned before the bad timing on the part of Rep. Mike Coffman, who announced that he was the Colorado Chair of the Rick Perry for President campaign just as Perry was beginning to crater. Coffman has been conspicuously quiet about Perry ever since, and as The Colorado Independent reports, he hasn’t said anything since […]
We like to spread out our end-of-year retrospectives so that 2012 gets a little reflection time. It is with that in mind that we present the awards for Colorado’s Top Politico (and Worst Politico for 2011, as well a look at who had a good and bad year in the last full year of human […]
It’s the year that was–your top ten stories in Colorado politics for 2011 after the jump. 10. The End of the Dick Wadhams Era 9. Medical Marijuana, The Feds, and Jared Polis 8. The Rise and Fall of “Occupy Denver” 7. TABOR Author Doug Bruce Convicted of Tax Evasion 6. Hancock Beats “Class President” Romer, […]
AFP reports: Obama’s triumph will help erode a damaging impression among some supporters that he has failed to be sufficiently tough with Republicans. “In purely political terms, it is a clear victory for President Obama and the Democrats,” said Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington… While Republicans are generally seen […]
(Definitely one to watch… – promoted by Colorado Pols) Mississippi’s defeat of a “personhood” amendment last month got journalists across the country talking about campaigns to pass the measure in Colorado, Florida, and other states, but efforts to enact personhood at the federal level have largely flown under the media radar. It’s not looking like […]
(Quote=”cheap left-wing talking point?” Okay… – promoted by Colorado Pols) Denver Post columnist Vincent Carroll wrote last week that it’s a “cheap left-wing talking” point for Denver Rep. Joe Miklosi to point out that Rep. Mike Coffman called Social Security a “ponzi scheme.” Carroll usually expresses himself as clearly as any columnist out there, but […]
You know the story after the release of Public Policy Polling’s numbers this week: Thirty-seven percent of those surveyed by Public Policy Polling said they’d pick Gingrich if the state caucus were held at this point. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney only got support from 18 percent of those polled. No other single candidate earned […]
FRIDAY UPDATE: Statement from Colorado Democratic Party chair Rick Palacio: “In thirty seconds, Rick Perry’s latest campaign ad highlights what’s wrong in politics today. Instead of offering constructive solutions to the real world problems that our country is facing, he has chosen the well worn path of division and bigotry. “Many things make this country […]
The Denver newspaper is reporting that Democrat Andrew Romanoff has decided not to run for Congress in the newly-redistricted CD-6. We discussed yesterday that Romanoff didn’t have too long to decide about whether or not he would challenge Joe Miklosi for the Democratic nomination and the right to challenge incumbent Rep. Mike Coffman. Romanoff’s entry […]
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