(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%
Back in June, we went through the five statewide offices that will be on the ballot in 2022 in an attempt to provide some clarity about who (on the Republican side) might be running for what in Colorado. Two months later, the 2022 election situation (and The Big Line) remains what you might charitably call, […]
UPDATE: CNBC’s Brian Schwartz: Federal officials are pressing Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., for answers on the apparent personal use of thousands of dollars in campaign funds. A letter from the Federal Election Commission to the treasurer of Boebert’s 2022 reelection campaign inquired about four Venmo payments totaling over $6,000. FEC filings show the payments came […]
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Whoa. NEW: Mesa County search warrants show investigators want logs, docs, texts, voicemail, email from Clerk Tina Peters (R) and her office regarding election voting equipment. Also seeking Peters’ cell phones to review stored media. (Replaced prior tweet w/personal info) #copolitics pic.twitter.com/tFZ5l42WZT — Marshall Zelinger (@Marshall9News) August 18, 2021 —– UPDATE: Fugitive from […]
(We told you this was coming – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Members of a QAnon-linked election fraud conspiracy group — some of whom are armed — are knocking on doors of voters across Colorado, attempting to find evidence of voter fraud. The group, called the U.S. Election Integrity Plan (USEIP), states unequivocally that the 2020 […]
Happy birthday to you if your birthday is today. 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. […]
Freshman GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert, as readers know painfully well by now, seeks by design to be one of the most outrageous voices contributing to the din around every major news story. On any available subject, Boebert can be consistently depended upon to offer a shocking statement more or less entirely for its shock value, […]
CNN reports today on a story that won’t get as many headlines as Afghanistan but is still a REALLY BIG DEAL: The federal government on Monday declared a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, triggering mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest, as climate change-fueled drought pushes the […]
President Biden spoke this afternoon from the White House regarding the situation in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of American forces from that country and the subsequent takeover by Taliban forces. As The Washington Post reports: In remarks at the White House Monday afternoon, President Biden acknowledged that the collapse of Afghanistan’s government and security forces […]
Longtime readers will recall former GOP state representative Betty June “B.J.” Nikkel of Loveland, whose star briefly shined in the mid-2010s as a social-issue reasonable conservative Republican after she signed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of LGBT marriage equality–and might have been a contender for higher office had the Colorado […]
This week on Episode #83 of The Get More Smarter Podcast, hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii talk with Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-Jefferson County) about all of the work he and his fellow Democratic Members of Congress are doing to bring back federal money to their districts for community projects and infrastructure improvements. Later, we […]
The Denver Post’s Conrad Swanson follows up on a story we’ve been watching for several months now–a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a former staffer for Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn of El Paso County alleging Lamborn deliberately created an unsafe working environment during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, displaying wanton disregard for best practices […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The Republican challenging U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) made me laugh Tuesday when he told Colorado Politics, “Republicans may be looking around saying, ‘OK, we really want to win,’ as opposed to looking at the litmus, purity test that often is the assembly.” Republicans are looking around and saying, ‘Ok we […]
The Denver Post’s Spot newsletter updates on what’s become a bit of a running joke in recent weeks, the contrived pre-announcement rollout of Republican CU Regent Heidi Ganahl’s campaign for governor–having now by all accounts decided on a run for governor, after publicly flirting with a run for U.S. Senator or even Treasurer in the […]
Happy Friday the 13th — the only such day of 2021. 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 […]
The first race and ethnicity breakdowns from the 2020 U.S. Census were announced on Thursday, part of a larger dataset that will guide the redrawing of Congressional and legislative districts in Colorado and around the country. Click here to download the files and dig through the data yourself. We haven’t had a chance to explore […]
The Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby reports from a press conference held this morning by Secretary of State Jena Griswold, in which Griswold disclosed damning new details about the recent security breach in Mesa County election systems that resulted in confidential information being leaked to far-right conspiracy theorists–and ordered all affected elections equipment in Mesa […]
Colorado Public Radio’s Allison Sherry reports on new data released about the implementation of Colorado’s landmark “red flag” law, which allows family and law enforcement to obtain an emergency court order temporarily removing guns from persons at risk of committing violence–a law broadly supported by the public overall but controversial among gun-rights supporters. Attorney General […]
In politics, there are certain photos you don’t want taken if your plan is to ascend beyond your present elected office. Here’s one of Douglas County’s most consistently wacky Republican state lawmakers, COVID-lying insurrection-denying Rosa Parks–insulting (we could go on and on) Rep. Mark Baisley, proving the point: Don’t let it happen to you, folks–unless […]
(The asylum is under new management – Promoted by Colorado Pols) The chair of the Colorado Republican Party’s new committee to safeguard the state’s elections is also a member of and working closely with a QAnon-linked election fraud conspiracy group. The group, the U.S. Election Integrity Plan (USEIP), was founded in Colorado last November. It […]
(Where there’s a recall, there’s a Gessler — Promoted by Colorado Pols) It’s a basic maxim of plumbers that “Shit flows downhill.” An epic battle over whose shit will flow downhill from the foothills of western Jefferson County, through the scenic Rooney Valley area, to the Denver Water Treatment plant, and where and when said […]
UPDATE: Sure thing, folks: Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters promised My Pillow's Mike Lindell that she'd be back for Day 3 on Thursday with some unspecified information. Last night, Peters presented no evidence of wrongdoing by Dominion or others. — Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) August 11, 2021 We’ll update. Maybe. It had better be good. —– […]
Your horoscope today says something about progress and fulfillment (probably). 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 […]
We finally have a notable Republican campaign announcement for 2022 (sorry, Erik Aadland)! Former El Paso County Republican Party Chairperson Eli Bremer made it official today with a rather silly online ad that he will seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2022. As Justin Wingerter reports for The Denver Post: The 43-year-old […]
TUESDAY UPDATE #2: From fail to flail: .@KyleClark clearly you don’t care about the average working family in CO who’s paying $1.50 more *per gallon* since November. We do. And remind us again who’s in charge of Denver & CO w/ the current worst air quality in the world? Oh yeah…the Democrats.#copolitics https://t.co/icPiSjV3HV — Kristi […]
Media outlets across the state are alight this morning over allegations that GOP Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters may have been involved in a serious breach of election systems security that resulted in alleged passwords to access voting equipment posted on the conspiracy theory blog Gateway Pundit and elsewhere. The Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby: […]
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