(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Mark Baisley
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
(D) Dwayne Romero
(R) Ron Hanks
60%↓
30%↓
30%↑
30%
(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%
Via Politico, here’s turnover in the highest reaches of the Trump administration Americans uninterested in starting another war won’t object to: “I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House,” Trump wrote. “I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and […]
As the Denver Post’s Justin Wingerter reports, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign arrived in downtown Denver last night, and proved again Sanders’ ability to rally massive adoring crowds: Thousands of people sojourned to Civic Center park early Monday night, where they loudly and proudly cheered on Bernie Sanders as the progressive presidential contender denounced insurance companies, […]
Republicans in four states — Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, and South Carolina — will cancel their 2020 Primary elections in order to provide a nice glide path for President Trump to earn the GOP nomination once again. As CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains: …there are legitimate reasons to decide against holding primaries — especially at the presidential […]
As Colorado Public Radio’s Caitlyn Kim reports: When Colorado’s Gary Hart ran for the Democratic nomination for president in 1984, he was a “long shot” going into the first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire. The U.S. senator pulled off a “stunning” victory over the front runner, Walter Mondale, eventually propelling Hart to the head of the […]
The news last week that millions of dollars slated to fund construction of an important new Space Command facility in Colorado Springs would be diverted instead to fund President Donald Trump’s controversial border wall despite Congress’ refusal to appropriate funds for the purpose has been widely interpreted as a bad development for vulnerable incumbent Republicans […]
We woke up this morning to a huge Colorado politics story from CNN, taking a deep dive into the local and national politics of gun safety–and how the changing political landscape in Colorado is pulling the rug out from under Sen. Cory Gardner’s feet on the issue while the ardently pro-gun local Republican base demands […]
UPDATE: This is getting a little scary, quite frankly. President Trump is now forcing a federal agency to recant a statement so that it doesn’t interfere with Trump’s insistence that Hurricane Dorian once threatened Alabama. As The Hill reports: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a statement Friday evening disavowing a days-old tweet from the National […]
Two stories arriving back-to-back at the end of this week are putting a considerable damper on celebrations over the impending move by the Bureau of Land Management from Washington, D.C. to Grand Junction, Colorado–a move hailed by Republicans for the shifting of fewer than thirty full-time jobs, while criticized as part of a plan to […]
UPDATE #4: Progress Now Colorado tries to take the edge off the bad news for President Donald Trump’s next briefing: —– UPDATE #3: Gov. Jared Polis’ full statement: “After all that fuss, I was pleasantly surprised that they didn’t turn in a single signature on the recall. I hope the remaining misguided efforts against others […]
Congressman Scott Tipton (R-Cortez) was a guest on “Politics Unplugged” on Denver7 last weekend. Late in the interview, Denver7 host Anne Trujillo tried to ask Tipton several questions about how Congress plans to address the issue of gun violence and got absolutely nowhere with the CO-3 Republican. You can watch the entire interview below, but […]
Remaining today’s big national politics story and as we noted in today’s Get More Smarter, President Donald Trump is diverting billions in defense construction dollars to fund his pet project wall along the southern U.S. border–and breaking a promise that Sen. Cory Gardner had made to Colorado voters last March, the diversion of funds includes […]
Click here to donate to the American Red Cross for relief efforts surrounding Hurricane Dorian’s destruction. 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 […]
As Ernest Luning reports for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman, former Gov. John Hickenlooper remains the overwhelming favorite to capture the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 2020: John Hickenlooper would run away with the Democratic primary for Colorado’s U.S. Senate seat, with more than six times the support of other candidates, […]
If you don’t have the pleasure of being on the “inside” of the 41,000-strong private Facebook group ostensibly devoted to the recall of Gov. Jared Polis–note that the 41,000 did not all join this group for that purpose, since the group has been around threatening the same fate for some years to Gov. Polis’ predecessor–you […]
Last weekend, the Washington Post published a long story looking back at what advisors to President Trump have called a “lost summer defined by self-inflicted controversies and squandered opportunities.” As you can imagine, this story was not well-received by President Trump: The two months between Independence Day and Labor Day offered a fresh and vivid portrait of […]
Politico, though you’d be excused for thinking it’s The Onion: Spiritual guru and self-help author Marianne Williamson on Wednesday posted and then deleted a tweet suggesting that the “power of the mind” helped turn Hurricane Dorian away from delivering a more dangerous blow to the United States. “The Bahamas, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas…may all […]
UPDATE: Here’s the official statement from Johnston’s campaign: “The most rewarding parts of my life have come when I was part of a team: a team of teachers building a school; a team of legislators passing laws to fight the climate crisis or stop gun violence; a team of citizens helping elect a president. “Over […]
Yesterday, a group of well over 100 right-wing demonstrators converged on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Aurora Contract Detention Facility–a jail near I-70 and Peoria Street with a capacity of around 1,500 people that has been the scene of numerous rallies and protests in recent months as President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policies have filled […]
Click here to donate to the Red Cross for hurricane relief efforts in the Bahamas. 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 […]
9NEWS reported Saturday: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders is holding a rally in Denver in two weeks. Reservations are recommended, his website says. This will be Sanders’ first visit to Colorado during the 2020 campaign, which will hold its presidential primary on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020, an email from the Sanders campaign said. […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) A conservative radio host asked a question I’ve been wanting to hear on the conservative air waves for years: Why do so many Republicans dislike U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) so much? “So many of you have texted over the last year. So many of you have called in. So many […]
As the Denver Post’s Nic Garcia reports this burger-grilling Labor Day: Gov. Jared Polis has rattled some farmers and ranchers with his suggestion that Colorado help its agriculture industry get a foothold in the burgeoning plant-based meat alternative market. Beef is big business in Colorado. It’s the state’s largest export, totaling nearly $4 billion. So […]
UPDATE #2: 9NEWS’ Kyle Clark masticates and spits the pitiful spin: Bottom line: elected officials shouldn't get credit for public events simply for appearing in public without notice. Citizens shouldn't have to be detectives to meet with their representatives. Journalists shouldn't repeat such laughable nonsense if politicians claim otherwise. — Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) August 30, […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The mysterious implosion of the county GOP party in Colorado Springs may hamper Republican efforts to fortify itself against a blue wave that appears to be heading our way again next year. With so many of the state’s Republicans congregated in El Paso (157,208 registered Republican voters), and the rapidly growing […]
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