(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%
If you’re a fan of public schools, firefighters, and libraries, then you’ll want to pay particular attention to this story. A bipartisan group of lawmakers — led by State Sen. Jack Tate (R-Centennial) and State Sen. Chris Hansen (D-Denver) — is pushing legislation intended to eventually kill off the Gallagher Amendment once and for all. […]
Politico reports on the incident in Washington D.C.’s Lafayette Park yesterday still drawing shocked reactions a day later, after President Donald Trump ordered the gassing and dispersal of peaceful protesters who had committed no offense beyond legally occupying space between Trump and St. John’s Episcopal Church: President Donald Trump faced withering criticism in the hours […]
Happy International Sex Workers’ Day; please celebrate responsibly and in private. Now, 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/visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show or The Get More Smarter […]
9NEWS’ Jeremy Jojola follows up on a story first broke by the Colorado Times Recorder about one “Chevy McGee,” a local anti-government “Boogaloo Boi” militant connected with Bradley Bunn–who was busted with pipe bombs after attempting to organize an illegal open-carry armed protest with McGee at the Colorado State Capitol on May 1. Jojola reports […]
On Monday evening, President Trump at last addressed a nation reeling from nationwide protests. It went worse than you even could have guessed. As The New York Times reports: In his first remarks from the White House since massive protests have swept the country, President Trump said Monday evening that the looting and violent demonstrations […]
CNN reports on yet another controversy caused by the simple act of thinking through a Tweet from President Donald Trump to its logical conclusion: President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that the United States will designate Antifa as a terrorist organization, even though the US government has no existing legal authority to label a wholly domestic […]
Yesterday afternoon, the Colorado House Republican Minority released a statement we assume they thought was very strong: demanding that Democrats “outright condemn” the last several days of protests over the killing of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, and essentially accusing Democratic lawmakers of supporting the violence committed by a tiny minority of protesters: Over the past […]
(This would seem to confirm the worst fears – Promoted by Colorado Pols) During a vehicle search near the downtown Denver protest on Friday evening, police officers seized several military-style assault rifles from anti-government gun enthusiasts who call themselves “Boogaloo Bois.” Most peaceful protesters had left downtown Denver by the time police searched a car […]
UPDATE: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announces an 8:00PM curfew tonight and Sunday to curtail the violence, CBS4 reporting: A curfew will go into place on Saturday night in Denver at 8 p.m. in order to prevent more damage and violence downtown. The chaos has happened on two successive nights and been part of the protests […]
We touched on this in today’s Get More Smarter update, and the debate goes on over one of the most vitriolic Tweets ever from President Donald Trump–so much so that Twitter again took the exigent step of flagging the Tweet for violating its policy against “glorifying violence.” The original tweet read: “These THUGS are dishonoring […]
We don’t normally do a GMS update later in the day like this, but since there is SO much happening in the world, we figured it might be helpful. Now, 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 […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) A Denver protest of the killing of Minnesota resident George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers included numerous incidents of violence Thursday evening. Although most of the several hundred attendees left before dark, the conflict continued into the night. Eventually officers deployed tear gas canisters and pepper bullets on smaller but vocal […]
As a followup to the bizarre debate this week in the Colorado General Assembly over new rules allowing limited remote participation by lawmakers who may be at greater risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, we wanted to take a moment to discuss the objections of one Republican Senator in particular, Sen. Jim Smallwood of Littleton. As […]
FRIDAY UPDATE: The Colorado General Assembly will not meet today or tomorrow. The Senate will not be in session at the Capitol today or tomorrow in solidarity with those protesting police violence. — Joann Ginal (@joannginal) May 29, 2020 Today Senate Democrats released the following statement in response to last night’s protests for police accountability […]
Conservation Colorado released new polling data today showing that Colorado voters overwhelmingly support three legislative proposals aimed at improving air and water quality in the state. These are interesting numbers, but what caught our attention was the favorable/unfavorable breakdown of Colorado politicians. Pay particular attention to the results for Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Yuma): Gah! Earlier […]
Business update: Back in business, met payroll along the way, additional seating in parking lot is on its way, glad to be heard because our freedom is a right, not a government permission. Thank you for all of your support. Now let’s go win this Republican primary and continue the fight for freedom in DC! […]
Nobody asked us to give a commencement speech this year, but if we had been tapped for such an honor, we might have given this advice: Never select the obvious worst choice when considering how to approach a particular endeavor. In other words, don’t follow the example of Colorado Republican lawmakers. The Colorado legislature reconvened […]
UPDATE #2: President Trump makes it official. Via CNN: President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting social media companies on Thursday, days after Twitter called two of his tweets “potentially misleading.” Politico: “This reads like a stream of consciousness tweetstorm that some poor staffer had to turn into the form of an Executive Order,” […]
As Vox.com solemnly reports: In the three months since the first reports of a US Covid-19 death on February 29 in Washington state, the death toll has reached six figures, according to the New York Times’s count. An unprecedented nationwide lockdown, with almost every state issuing a stay-at-home order and all of them placing restrictions on public activities, […]
UPDATE: Rep. Richard Holtorf gets right down to the heart of the matter: Irish people drink! REP. HOLTORF: Okay, we know the Irish legacy. What if I’m not even sober? How would you know? What if I’m not of a sound state in mind? We’re not sure what to say here, except we apologize to […]
Holy crap! It’s almost June! Now, 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/visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show or The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t forget to find […]
This week on The Get More Smarter Podcast: Does the right to contract a deadly virus stop at the tip of your windpipe? The Colorado legislature goes back to session in an alternative universe that barely resembles where they were in March; our second favorite U.S. Senator from Colorado, Cory Gardner, becomes the first candidate […]
The Colorado legislature re-convened today after a two month coronavirus break, with the main item on the agenda the constitutionally-mandated passage of a balanced state budget. We’ve heard a lot about the gut-wrenching decisions being made by Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee, but not much about how Republican lawmakers are planning to operate in these final […]
There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent. Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed. The Governor of California is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone….. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2020 In Sunday’s Denver […]
Readers of Colorado Pols are well aware of the Faustian bargain that Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Yuma) made when he fell in line firmly behind President Trump shortly after the 2016 election and tied his fortunes to the Big Orange Guy ahead of the 2018 election cycle. Any last hope that Gardner had for creating a […]
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