(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%
Following Tuesday’s big scoop from the Denver Post’s Elizabeth Hernandez, the disclosure of new email communications originating from lead 2020 presidential coup plotter John Eastman’s University of Colorado email account while he was serving as the school’s Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy and simultaneously helping Donald Trump overturn the results of the 2020 […]
As we normally do in an election year, we’re asking Colorado Pols readers to predict the future in several key upcoming races. This poll is about the Republican race for U.S. Senate in 2022. Will it be the top line candidate, State Rep. Ron Hanks? Or will it be little-known businessman Joe “O’Dancing” O’Dea? Who […]
The Colorado legislature passed into law SB22-145 today, legislation that provides some $30.5 million in funding for Colorado law enforcement. As Hannah Metzger reports for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman: Under the bill, the funds would be distributed over two years with $15 million for the crime prevention program and $7.5 million […]
When a particular political party has a strong candidate running at the top of the ticket, it generally benefits all of the other associated candidates down the ballot. When this happens, the common political lexicon is to say that lower-tier candidates are “riding the coattails” of the candidate at the top of the ticket. But […]
UPDATE: Straight from the elephant’s mouth, via Axios Denver: The image of governing through obstruction is not pretty, particularly when must-pass legislation to fund schools and deliver pandemic relief dollars hangs in the balance. State Rep. Patrick Neville, who formerly served as the GOP caucus leader, said it’s a bad look. “I don’t know if […]
A new disclosure in the ongoing scandal surrounding the University of Colorado’s former visiting conservative scholar John Eastman, who is under investigation by the House Select Committee looking into the January 6th, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, as reported today by the Denver Post’s Elizabeth Hernandez: John Eastman, a lawyer who represented Donald Trump […]
The results of the 2022 election could very well hinge on the issue of abortion rights, particularly if the U.S. Supreme Court ends up overturning Roe v. Wade this summer. Republicans know that this is a problem for them, which is why the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has been advising anyone who will listen that […]
Late in the 2014 campaign for U.S. Senate in Colorado, the National Abortion Rights Action League’s (NARAL) Colorado chapter launched the ad you can see above, warning viewers that if Cory Gardner became Colorado’s next U.S. Senator, “Better stock up on condoms.” This ad was universally panned by fact-checkers and the local media, coming after […]
Denver is home to the NBA MVP…again! Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t forget to find us on Facebook and Twitter. CORONAVIRUS […]
Whatever you may think of Tina Peters, the frontrunner in the Republican primary for the nomination to challenge incumbent Secretary of State Jena Griswold despite facing multiple felony charges, she is unquestionably enjoying the ride of her life as a nationally-famous figure in the continuing movement to prove despite any evidence that the 2020 presidential […]
This week in episode 107 of the Get More Smarter Podcast, your hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii welcome back Christy Powell once more for the latest news on fundraising numbers for statewide races and one unforgettable diatribe about abortion rights (seriously, it could be its own episode — jump to the 22:45 mark). But […]
Last February as the controversy over the termination without cause of Douglas County School District Superintendent Corey Wise by the new right-wing majority on the DougCo school board raged, an abortive open records request was filed seeking the names of teachers who joined a large protest against the board’s actions that forced DCSD schools to […]
On Wednesday you could say, “May the Fourth be With You.” Thursday was Cinco de Mayo. Today is just May 6. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get […]
As the Denver Post’s Conrad Swanson reports, a national legal advocacy group has finally taken a step we’ve been awaiting for over a year now, and filed a formal complaint with the Colorado Supreme Court’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel over the conduct of locally-registered attorney Jenna Ellis as part of Donald Trump’s failed attempt […]
Colorado Public Radio reporting, with the earth-shaking news this week that the U.S. Supreme Court is internally circulating a draft opinion that overturns Roe v. Wade as well as the Casey v. Planned Parenthood decisions upholding abortion rights, Colorado’s enthusiastic anti-abortion minority is plowing ahead with the next version of what Colorado voters have repeatedly […]
Happy Cinco de Mayo. Please celebrate responsibly and go easy on Federal Blvd. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t forget to find […]
It seems fitting that embattled Republican Secretary of State candidate Tina Peters, who is facing criminal charges, contempt of court penalties, and an ethics commission investigation all pertaining to her role in the theft and leak of election system data, was one of the last state candidates to submit fundraising numbers for the most recent […]
If you’ve been following the reaction to the news that Roe v. Wade is likely about to be overturned, you might have noticed a consistent narrative from Republicans that has nothing to do with abortion at all. Here’s a good example from Arkansas Republican Attorney General Leslie Rutledge: Arkansas GOP Attorney General (and candidate for […]
Here’s a photo reportedly taken last night at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, where Arizona Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem, another major proponent of conspiracy theories that Trump should have won the 2020 presidential election, of freshman GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado in the company of three of America’s biggest “Big […]
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Tina Peters at last filed her first campaign finance report, and it was pretty good (relative to her Republican opponents, anyway). —– UPDATE: As of 3:41 pm, Peters has yet to file a campaign finance report. —– The deadline to file Q1 fundraising reports in Colorado was midnight on Monday, May 2, which […]
If you’re reading these words we will assume that you are already aware that a leaked document indicates that the U.S. Supreme Court is getting ready to overturn Roe v. Wade in what would be a stunning rollback of abortion rights. This news will obviously have an enormous impact on the 2022 election; how each […]
Denver7’s Blair Miller reports on court action last week in the case between Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and Elbert County Clerk Dallas Schroeder. Schroeder, as readers will recall, has admitted to making unauthorized copies of election system computer hard drives in a similar effort to Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is currently […]
A development shocking for its immediacy if not wholly unexpected, Politico reporting via an unprecedented leak that the U.S. Supreme Court has voted to overturn both Roe v. Wade and its affirming subsequent decision Casey v. Planned Parenthood, throwing abortion rights into jeopardy across the nation where statutory and/or constitutional protections do not already exist, […]
Fundraising reports for the most recent period are starting to show up for candidates in the Republican primary to run for Colorado Secretary of State–and if you’re in that minority of Colorado Republicans who doesn’t want the 2022 election to be a rehash of the 2020 presidential elections, which might incline you to support ex-Jeffco […]
The rabbit hole that leads to the “Big Lie” continues to take some unusual twists and turns. Michael Flynn is the former National Security Adviser under President Donald Trump who has become something of a figurehead for “Big Lie” adherents who believe that the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump. Perhaps it should come as […]
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