(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%
Colorado Republicans looked for a long time for a candidate to run for Attorney General in 2022. They tried to convince 2018 AG loser George Brauchler to run again, but he said no. They tried to convince former Secretary of State Scott Gessler to give it a go, but he declined repeatedly. Ditto for former lawmaker […]
FRIDAY UPDATE: The response from Heidi Ganahl’s communications director Lexi Swearingen is one for the books: She never said she spoke or appeared. So what you’re saying is, she literally phoned it in! That’s sure to go over well with Greg Lopez and the crowd who waited for hours to testify. Another unforced error from […]
(Bring on the kiss of death — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Asked at a GOP event Tuesday if she will “be seeking Donald Trump’s endorsement,” Republican candidate for governor Heidi Ganahl said, “Yes, I would accept President Trump’s endorsement.” Ganahl’s response at the forum, hosted by the Douglas County Republican Women and Cherry Creek Republican […]
As the Sioux Falls Argus Leader’s Alfonzo Galvan reports, the National Park Service has denied for the second consecutive year a request by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to blast fireworks off the top of Mount Rushmore this coming Fourth of July: The National Park Service denied South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s permit application for […]
CBS News’ Kate Gibson reports: while American companies and institutional investors are divesting themselves from Russian holdings as fast as they can–even former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens resigned from the board of a Russian bank after a round of bad press–one big American corporation with an oversized political footprint is making a big deal of […]
Logging into the permanent record, here’s Republican U.S. Senate candidate “Raging” Ron Hanks breaking what we think could be new ground, which he didn’t when he blew up a copy machine labeled “DOMINION VOTING MACHINE” for his campaign launch video in imitation Marjorie Taylor Greene and others. In a new campaign video out today, Hanks […]
Colorado Public Radio’s Bente Birkeland reports on Senate Bill 22-153, legislation supported by Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold to emplace additional internal safeguards to help prevent the kinds of election security breaches allegedly committed by Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and Elbert County Clerk Dallas “Even More Based Than Ricky” Schroeder. Peters is getting […]
It’s only Wednesday, but State Rep. Rod Bockenfeld (R-Watkins) has already had a busy week in the House State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee. On Tuesday, Bockenfeld was one of only two lawmakers (along with Republican Rep. Pat Neville) to vote in favor of a now-deceased bill from State Rep. Ron Hanks (R-Cañon City) […]
Republican John Kellner is the district attorney from judicial district 18 (Arapahoe, Douglas Counties) and the likely GOP nominee for Attorney General in 2022. Tonight he’ll shake hands with donors at a fundraiser for his AG campaign that could come back to bite him in the ass before November. The fundraiser at an undisclosed location […]
UPDATE: 9NEWS’ Marshall Zelinger reports that Rep. Richard Holtorf might not squeak out of his Capitol gun fumbling as easily as previous elected offenders: Quick update on the gun that dropped from State Rep. Richard Holtorf yesterday. CSP is working with DPD on possible criminal charges. I have asked both CSP (which patrols inside Capitol) […]
President Biden delivered his first State of the Union speech two weeks ago today. Colorado Rep. Lauren “Q*Bert” Boebert IS STILL TALKING ABOUT IT. Polling shows that Biden got a nice little bump following the SOTU speech, which became noteworthy also because of the childish antics of Boebert and fellow Qaucus member Rep. Marjorie Taylor […]
An announcement from Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl about a “gubernatorial forum” tonight in Colorado Springs struck us with its newly-added presumptuous tagline: As you can see, Ganahl is now billing herself as the “leading Republican candidate for governor.” In the advertising world, “leading,” like “best-selling,” is a claim you’re supposed to be able […]
This week in episode 100 — yes, 100 — of the Get More Smarter Podcast, hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii talk with two different guests about two very important subjects related to Colorado politics. First, we chat with Skyler McKinley of AAA Colorado to get the real story on how and why gas prices […]
As the Denver Post’s Alex Burness reports, the big story coming out of the weekend is the record-setting debate in the Colorado House over the Reproductive Health Equity Act, legislation to codify abortion rights in statute ahead of the widely-feared overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision later this year: Colorado Republicans […]
The Colorado Legislature is officially more than halfway through the 2022 session. 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 […]
As the Pueblo Chieftain reports–after last week’s indictment by Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters on multiple felony counts related to the theft and subsequent leakage of election system data, Democratic CD-3 challenger Adam Frisch of Aspen called for an investigation into possible ties between freshman GOP controversy entrepreneur Rep. Lauren Boebert and Clerk Peters. Rep. […]
Denver7 updating the saga of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, indicted by a grand jury on multiple felony counts related to the theft of proprietary election system data in a failed attempt to provide evidence that the 2020 elections were stolen from Donald Trump–after a bond initially set at $500,000 payable in cash only Wednesday, […]
It’s been two years since the coronavirus pandemic began. 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. […]
UPDATE: Here’s an example of the kind of misinformation Rep. Shane Sandridge is denouncing his fellow Republicans for: We’d say it’s time for an intraparty conference call. —– As Republicans in Colorado have ruthlessly attacked Democrats over the past few months over perceived rising crime rates, exploiting a complicated nationwide issue for oversimplified-at-best local political […]
The three Republican candidates for Governor got together for a candidate forum in Douglas County on Tuesday. You know what that means – it’s time for another Debate Diary!!! On Tuesday, March 8, Hiedi Heidi Ganahl, Greg Lopez, and Danielle Neuschwanger took center stage at The Lone Tree Hub for a candidate forum moderated by […]
UPDATE: The Pueblo Chieftain’s Lacey Latch reports: A candidate hoping to be the Democratic Party’s choice to run for the Colorado District 3 seat in Congress in November has called for a federal investigation into Rep. Lauren Boebert’s ties to a former Colorado county clerk who has been indicted on felony and misdemeanor charges. Aspen […]
Colorado Public Radio’s Caitlyn Kim reports on the passage in the U.S. House yesterday of a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill chock full of long-awaited priorities across the state ready to put those taxpayer dollars to work–and once again, it’s a case of partisan haves and have-nots as Republican lawmakers refuse to participate in the […]
A story reported late last week by 9NEWS that we didn’t want to escape mention–Holly Kluth, a former deputy sheriff now running to be the next elected Sheriff of Douglas County has run into some scandal in the form of a “Brady letter” on her permanent record. This is a letter sent by prosecutors under […]
UPDATE #2: Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley have turned themselves in and are making themselves comfortable at Mesa County Jail. Peters’ bond has been set at $500,000 all-cash in consideration of last August’s extended remote work session. —– UPDATE: The Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby: If convicted on all charges, […]
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: If you’re looking for accurate information about relationship between Russian oil and American energy prices, don’t ask local longtime oil and gas industry flack Kathleen Sgamma: We’re glad the president is finally willing to sanction Russia as much as he’s been ‘sanctioning’ American oil and natural gas producers. [Pols emphasis] In a season […]
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