(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%
As Huffpo’s Ed Mazza reports, the internets had a field day with this one: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) received a free lesson in U.S. history after posting her latest tweet about the Constitution. “The Constitution is not evolving,” she wrote on Twitter. [Pols emphasis] “To say that spits in the face of every single one of […]
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. It’s been four months since CU Regent Heidi Ganahl launched her campaign for governor–or less than four weeks if you count Ganahl’s “relaunch” last month after the first launch failed miserably. But in all this time, it’s been incredibly difficult to find out just what Heidi Ganahl stands […]
In the last week or so, Democrat Brittany Pettersen has announced a slew of high-profile endorsements in her campaign for Congress in CO-07, including retiring Rep. Ed Perlmutter, Sen. Michael Bennet, and Reps. Diana DeGette, Joe Neguse, and Jason Crow. Perhaps in response, the campaign of Republican Laurel Imer countered with its own endorsement reveal […]
As Ernest Luning of the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog reports, of the whole pack of minor candidates trying to self-fund and rabblerouse themselves to prominence in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, wealthy businessrando Gino Campana has worked harder than any of them to publicly align himself with Donald Trump—trumpeting the MAGA world luminaries who […]
Happy Setsubun; it’s not any weirder than asking a groundhog to forecast the weather. 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 […]
9NEWS updates on the growing controversy in conservative Douglas County, after the newly-elected right-wing school board majority allegedly violated open meetings laws to set up the ouster of DougCo Schools superintendent Corey Wise without the knowledge of the minority. In response, at least 1,350 Douglas County teachers announced they would rally today against the board […]
The Colorado Sun’s Jesse Paul reports on the intensifying campaign to protect abortion rights in Colorado ahead of a Supreme Court decision that could strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling–a battle that has raged year after year with less attention than it should have received due to what we can best describe as […]
With all of the fundraising reports from 2021 now available, we took a moment to make some adjustments to The Big Line: 2022. Here’s a brief synopsis of what changed (and what didn’t): U.S. SENATE Incumbent Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet remains the clear favorite here, so the only movement is on the Republican side. […]
UPDATE: The Colorado Times Recorder has more from the same bombshell interview: “Patrick, please quit this! I want you to quit it, I want you to win! People showed up on January 6th because they were lied to! Donald Trump lied to them. The people around Donald Trump told lies.” Conservative radio host Peter Boyles’ […]
We were tipped off this morning about a filing yesterday by former Republican Speaker of the House Frank McNulty to run for the post of University of Colorado Regent, representing the state’s heavily conservative 4th congressional district after McNulty’s home in Highlands Ranch was lumped with most of the Eastern Plains on the new congressional […]
The race to succeed retiring Rep. Ed Perlmutter in CO-07 has a new challenger on the Republican side and more clarity for Democrats. State Senator Brittany Pettersen (D-Lakewood) has locked down the Democratic side of the race with Perlmutter’s endorsement and subsequent endorsements from Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Denver); Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Denver); Rep. Joe Neguse […]
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: As the Denver Post’s Jessica Seaman reports, the resistance in DougCo is ramping up fast in defense of superintendent Corey Wise, who has not yet been terminated or formally resigned: Hundreds of Douglas County School District employees, including teachers, are requesting substitutes for Thursday as they plan to call out of work in […]
Monday was the deadline for candidates for federal office to submit quarterly (in this case, end-of-year) fundraising reports, which gives us our first good comparison for the candidates seeking election to Colorado’s newest Congressional district (CO-08). As you can see from the chart below, the five main CO-08 challengers reported remarkably similar numbers from the […]
9NEWS’ Marshall Zelinger takes note this morning of a potentially major development in the ongoing intra-party power struggle between the Republican Party’s corporate wing and the hard-charging conservatives who have either wrecked the party or kept the MAGA flame alive depending on who you talk to: This is…unusual. A party leader getting a primary challenge. […]
The Get More Smarter Podcast is back for 2022 with episode #96. This week, hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii spend the entire episode talking with House Speaker Alec Garnett about what to expect from the 2022 legislative session. Garnett talks about how he’s approaching his final legislative session (he’s termed out this year) with […]
Today is the deadline for candidates for federal office to file fundraising reports for the last quarter of 2021. Many Colorado candidates have already announced their fundraising totals for the last quarter, removing much of the suspense from today’s news, but we’ve been waiting on numbers for one particular candidate: Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Ron […]
Doug Lamborn is seeking his ninth term in Congress this year. Since first winning election in 2006, the Colorado Springs Republican has somehow managed to continually make it back to Congress every two years despite a solid record of accomplishing virtually nothing. The 2022 cycle may be his toughest re-election challenge yet. Lamborn is in […]
As the Washington Post’s John Wagner reports, after a wild weekend rally at which former President Donald Trump teased the idea of pardoning January 6th insurrectionists and running again in 2024, Trump issued a new statement last night claiming in no uncertain terms that he should still be President: Former President Donald Trump suggested in […]
The Aurora Sentinel is reporting on a fascinating development from that city’s new Republican-majority City Council, a majority engineered by former Congressman turned-Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman to give him a free hand to go as Ayn Rand as he desires in a grand experiment to see what happens what you put a bunch of card-carrying […]
The Republican candidates for U.S. Senate met on Tuesday evening (Jan. 25) for a candidate forum at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood. The forum was moderated by State Republican Party Chairwoman Kristi Burton Brown and Republican political operative Michael Fields, who is presented as the “President of Advance Colorado Institute,” whatever that means. Lakewood, BTW, […]
Westword’s Conor McCormick-Cavanaugh reported late last week on House Bill 22-1064, introduced by a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers to ban flavored tobacco products statewide after a similar ban was vetoed by Denver Mayor Michael Hancock last December: “It’s not an easy topic to address. This is a contentious topic,” says Representative Kyle Mullica, a Democrat […]
We wrote a week ago about the decision by popular Jefferson County Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper to not run for the CD-7 congressional seat being vacated by longtime Democratic Rep. Ed Perlmutter, which along with the similar announcement by Rep. Brianna Titone of Arvada clears the primary field for state Sen. Britanny Pettersen of Lakewood–who as […]
As the New York Times’ Jonathan Weisman reports, attempts by some Republicans to portray President Joe Biden as weak during the escalating standoff with the Russian Federation over a threatened invasion of eastern Ukraine are running into a serious problem–a faction of the Republican Party that has over the course of years come to admire […]
With five days remaining in the first month of 2022, Colorado Republicans at last finished filling out their statewide candidate brackets. Recently-elected 18th Judicial District District Attorney John Kellner “announced” today that he will run for Attorney General in hopes of ousting incumbent Democrat Phil Weiser. We put “announced” in quotations because, well, this was […]
The Hill’s Reid Wilson reports on a bill introduced in the Arizona House that would, in the fortunately improbable event it were to be passed, allow the state legislature the opportunity following every election to decide if they care to accept the people’s judgment. If you’re thinking to yourself “wait, that’s not how democracy works,” […]
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