(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Janak Joshi
80%
20%
10%
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Hetal Doshi
40%↓
30%
30%
(D) Jeff Bridges
(R) Kevin Grantham
80%↑
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(D) Milat Kiros
(D) Wanda James
70%↓
20%↑
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Alex Kelloff
(R) H. Scheppelman
60%↓
30%↓
20%↑
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) E. Laubacher
80%
20%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
53%↓
48%↑
(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 the reckoning following yesterday’s momentous off-year elections in which Democrats triumphed at all levels of the ballot in contests large and small across the country in a broader referendum against the first chaotic months of the second Donald Trump presidency gets underway today, there is perhaps no Republican in the state of Colorado feeling […]
UPDATE 9:30PM: In what could be the local shocker of the night, notably nutty Aurora City Councillor Danielle Jurinsky is falling behind in the Aurora at-large race: 9:13PM update. Jurinsky continues to fall farther behind in third place. Now trailing by 2,134 votes with 94,795 votes tallied. — Kyle Clark (@kylec.bsky.social) November 4, 2025 at […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the money is pouring into primary elections in Colorado, but, really just for one party, can you guess which one? Best friend of the pod Christy Powell is back to break down the third quarter fundraising results in Colorado. Also, the shutdown shitshow continues into its sixth week, and […]
The ongoing federal government shutdown will take its place as the longest in U.S. history this week, surpassing the 2018-19 shutdown (also under President Trump) that only ended after Trump caved on demands for Congress to fund a wall along the southern border. Americans have largely blamed Republicans for the shutdown since the beginning; those […]
Colorado’s one-woman cacaphony of controversy Rep. Lauren Boebert’s whole schtick, or at least a large percentage of it, is goading into outrage anyone even slightly to her left with as wild a display of offensive tropes as she can muster with the available props. It’s a race to the cultural bottom we try not to […]
There’s no avoiding polling data in politics. Not all data is the same, however, and some is more accurately predictive than others. One question that has been asked regularly for decades is much more indicative of election outcomes than others: The Generic Congressional Ballot. The GCB asks respondents, If the election for U.S. House of Representatives […]
The field of candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in CO-08 is starting to thin. As Ernest Luning reports for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman: Calling the political system “rigged against working-class people,” Democrat Amie Baca-Oehlert, a former president of Colorado’s largest teachers union, on Friday ended her bid to challenge Republican U.S. […]
If you are still holding on to a ballot for the 2025 election, which ends on Tuesday at 7:00 pm, remember that it is far too late to drop that ballot in the mail. Ballots must be received by the county clerk before 7:00 pm on Tuesday, November 4 — postmarks don’t count. For a list of […]
Here we have one of the double-decker clown car of Republicans running for the nomination to be the next governor of Colorado, State Sen. Mark Baisley of Roxborough Park, doing the one thing you’re never, ever supposed to do as a candidate: Not only has Sen. Baisley now jinxed his already longshot bid for governor, […]
31 days and counting into the shutdown of the federal government that began and continues with a standoff over funding for health insurance premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act that millions of Americans rely on to afford their coverage, the mission for Democrats today is to stay focused on this crucial objective while the […]
As Brett Forrest reports for KOAA-TV Colorado Springs, the pressure is staying on freshman GOP Rep. Jeff Crank from family members of a victim of deceased billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to join a discharge petition that would force a vote on releasing the files from the investigation and the potentially bombshell names therein to the […]
(The drama llama strikes the House GOP mini-minority once again — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder Colorado state Rep. Stephanie Luck (R-Penrose) will not run for reelection next year. Speaking at the Fremont County GOP monthly meeting last night, Luck cited the need to spend more time with her […]
As Colorado Newsline’s Chase Woodruff reports, Attorney General Phil Weiser’s latest lawsuit against the Trump administration takes aim at the politically-motivated uprooting of the U.S. Space Command from its longtime home in Colorado Springs as a reward for political loyalty from the red state of Alabama: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is suing President Donald […]
The federal government shutdown is already the second-longest in U.S. history. It appears almost certain that we will shatter the 2018-19 record of 34 days before Republicans and President Trump finally realize that the majority of Americans blame them for shuttering government services and doubling their health insurance premiums. As The Hill newspaper reports, reality is […]
As Ernest Luning reports for the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog formerly known as the Colorado Statesman, President Donald Trump has bestowed his blessing on freshman GOP Rep. Jeff Hurd in his primary contest against former Colorado GOP vice-chair and Caucasian cultural ambassador Hope Scheppelman to continue representing the Lauren Boebert-less Third Congressional District: “Colorado’s […]
As Colorado Public Radio’s Caitlyn Kim reports, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined with almost two dozen other states filing suit against what they claim is an arbitrary decision by the Trump administration to up the stakes in the ongoing standoff that has shut down most of the federal government’s day-to-day operations, by halting […]
The sticker shock on 2026 health insurance costs has arrived, and it’s a doozy. As the federal government shutdown enters a full month with no indication of a deal on the horizon, Republicans are starting to see the problems ahead even as they stonewall efforts by Democrats to extend federal subsides for the Affordable Care […]
From the department of “sounded good in the boardroom,” here’s an email blast that went out this morning from Denver-based ultra-low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines, advertising a new ticket sale with a theme that will make air travelers who watch the evening news groan: That’s right, folks! In honor of President Donald Trump’s controversial teardown of […]
(Moths to the electoral flame — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder Earlier this month the Colorado Title Board set the title for Initiative 149, “Right to Life from Conception.” The initiative is the latest personhood effort from Angela Eicher and Faye Barnhart of Brush, who have consistently submitted anti-abortion ballot […]
We have been amused by “ministry leader” Victor Marx — the newest entry into the Republican field of candidates hoping to become Colorado’s next Governor — so much so that we were inspired to create a regular new feature on Colorado Pols. Marx has a robust social media following anchored by a podcast and regular speaking appearances on right-wing […]
The Colorado Libertarian Party is dead. Long live the Colorado Libertarian Party. As Seth Klamann reports for The Denver Post, the CLP’s weird quasi-alliance with the Colorado Republican Party that led to a strange “Libertarian Pledge” is now a thing of the past: Two weeks ago, the leadership of the Libertarian Party of Colorado sued […]
UPDATE: As the Denver Post reports: Premiums will double next year for Coloradans who buy their health insurance on the state’s individual market, with higher-income families facing increases of $10,000 or more, the Colorado Division of Insurance announced Monday. [Pols emphasis] Marketplace customers face a double hit this year. The monthly “sticker price” of health […]
CBS4 Denver’s Olivia Young reports on one of the rarest stories in Colorado politics, despite the imagined specter of it taking place rampantly being an article of faith among election-denying MAGA Republicans: a real-life case of someone filling out a mail ballot not addressed to themselves, forging the signature of the registered voter that ballot […]
Last week we dug through the campaign finance reports for major races in Colorado in 2026, and while we provided some brief analysis for every race, we thought it would be worthwhile to look a little closer at the top contest on the ballot: The open seat for Governor. Here’s how the fundraising numbers compare […]
As AP’s Josh Funk and Sara Raza report, President Donald Trump’s latest idea to prop up his friend and ideological touchstone President Javier Milei of Argentina, following a $20 billion bailout of Milei’s controversial economic experimentation, is facing hard pushback from Trump’s usual friends in the beef industry–also known as the state of Colorado’s biggest […]
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