(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%
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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SATURDAY PM UPDATE: Mission accomplished, says CBS4 Denver: The website IQAir.com, which tracks air quality for major cities around the world, listed Denver as the most polluted on the planet as of early Saturday afternoon. The AQI was listed as 162. Rounding out the top five list was Salt Lake City, Utah. On the upside, […]
As the Colorado Springs Independent’s Pam Zubeck reports, Republican freshman controversy magnet Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia’s much-balleyhooed appearance as the keynote speaker for the El Paso County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner fundraiser has finally arrived–and reportedly it’s going to be a capacity crowd: More than 400 people will crowd into the Hotel […]
(Moment of clarity – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Appearing on right-wing talk radio yesterday, state Sen. John Cooke (R-Greeley) said he thinks Republicans can’t unseat Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) in next year’s election, due to the incumbent’s potential war chest and the absence of a “viable” candidate so “late in the season.” “Can Polis get […]
As the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby reports–former Colorado Republican Party chairman Steve Curtis, convicted of election fraud and felony forgery after voting his estranged wife’s mail ballot in 2016, has lost the appeal of his conviction: In a voter fraud case involving a former Colorado Republican Party chairman and conservative radio host, a three-judge […]
Marianne Goodland of the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog reports on some backlash brewing in Fremont County against the area’s freshman GOP state Rep. Ron Hanks–whose unfounded conspiracy theorizing about the 2020 presidential election combined with a brusque and arrogant personality in general has made him a lightning rod for criticism in less than a […]
As the Aspen Times’ Rick Carroll reports, yesterday the Aspen Insitute hosted a conversation with Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming about her role on the select committee investigating the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol by dead-ender supporters of ex-President Donald Trump on January 6th in an attempt to disrupt the certification of Joe […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) If you were one of the Republicans thinking about running for governor next year, and you look at Colorado’s electorate and at Gov. Jared Polis’ (D-CO) popularity — and his war chest — you might consider running for some other office That’s what Republicans, including CU Regent Heidi Ganahl are thinking about doing, […]
As the Denver Post’s John Aguilar reports from Jefferson County, misplaced anger over differing decisions by school boards across the state regarding mask-wearing by students and staff indoors this school year is boiling over into a fresh round of misguided protest: About 300 parents — many with kids in tow — spent Wednesday morning protesting […]
Reporter Heidi Beedle of the Colorado Springs Independent has a feature-length story out today on two Colorado Republican state representatives, Reps. Dave Williams of Colorado Springs and Ron Hanks from an undisclosed location in Fremont County, who have fully embraced the “Big Lie” that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump despite a lack […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) As grassroots Republicans continue their statewide road tour to lobby 517 county GOP officers and other central committee members to vote to end open primaries for their party, leaders of that effort are celebrating their successes and the most recent big-name recruit to their cause, Tom Tancredo. Randy Corporon, Colorado’s Republican […]
Once again the good people at the Colorado Sun have us pitching subscriptions to their Unaffiliated political newsletter, in which a wealth of useful information goes out to the state’s political watercooler class every weekday–the downside being that unless somebody like us picks up their useful emails, information more Colorado political news consumers should see […]
After unprecedented mudslides last Thursday night wrought havoc on one of Colorado’s greatest engineering marvels, Interstate 70’s partially-elevated route through Glenwood Canyon, effectively severing one of the most important transportation links between Denver and points west for what could be weeks on end, Rep. Lauren Boebert belatedly responded yesterday with something we almost never see: […]
Westword’s Michael Roberts reports on a controversy brewing surrounding Priscilla Rahn, the vice-chair of the Colorado Republican Party, and a photo you can see above she posted from this weekend’s Black Love Mural Festival in downtown Denver. That’s vice-chair Rahn, who is Black, posing with a group of Denver Police officers in front of a […]
As the U.S. House special investigation into the assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of ex-President Donald Trump on January 6th continues, details continue to emerge showing how Donald Trump intended for his Republican allies in Congress to find a way–any way–to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s victory that day, and leaning on […]
MSNBC’s Steve Benen writes today: Last fall, in the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing, and as Republicans scrambled to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the high court, Democrats told voters the future of reproductive rights was on the line in the 2020 elections. And Republicans, realizing that they’re on the wrong side of […]
The Asheville Citizen Times reports via USA TODAY, it’s a story Colorado political observers know all too well: U.S. House member Madison Cawthorn had his gun taken by airport police and will likely face a federal fine and loss of a special security status, local and federal officials said. The Republican congressman representing Western North […]
UPDATE #2: And again… The Justice Department told the Treasury Department that it “must” turn over former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to Congress, which first requested them more than two years ago https://t.co/YZPnmYMPmW — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 30, 2021 —– UPDATE: To our point… —– Philip Bump of The Washington Post has […]
As The Denver Post reports: Former three-term Colorado Gov. Richard “Dick” Lamm died Thursday night at age 85, his wife said in a statement. Lamm would have turned 86 next week, but was surrounded by friends and family when he died of complications from a pulmonary embolism, according to wife Dottie Lamm. He had two […]
Last night on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, reporter Gary Tuchman took an in-depth and extremely unflattering look at how freshman Rep. Lauren Boebert’s vitriolic dismissal of the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic is playing out on the ground in Boebert’s district as the Delta variant surges and hospitals struggle to cope. The result is […]
As The Dispatch in York, Pennsylvania reports, local police are on alert for activists going door to door as part of a so-called “Election Integrity Project,” approaching voters to question them about how they voted in 2020 and who they voted for: Various local officials say they have received reports that the group is visiting […]
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The Hill reports: Texas Deputy Attorney General Aaron Reitz (R) deleted a tweet calling gymnast Simone Biles a “national embarrassment” and issued an apology to the Olympian after the state’s attorney general came to her defense and criticized “a very inappropriate” tweet made by one of the office’s employees. In a tweet on Wednesday afternoon, […]
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