(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%
UPDATE: It’s been brought to our attention that this event is not hosted by Michael Hancock’s re-election campaign, but rather the Mayor’s official capacity. The event’s name, however, has not changed. Is that better? We’re agnostic. —– We’re just going to leave this here in the hope that someone on Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s very talented […]
The Denver Post’s Anna Staver reports on the next steps for House Bill 19-1032, the somewhat-unexpectedly controversial bill clarifying regulations on sex education in public schools, which remains an optional curriculum, to ensure what’s taught is accurate and (oh wait here’s the controversy) unbiased: A 10-hour House committee hearing on the bill stretched late into […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: For the record, .@coloradodems spox retracts earlier attack on @SenCoryGardner after @colo_politics asks if it was accurate. “… this isn’t what we strive to do,” @davidkpoursh writes in the extremely rare (and classy) mea culpa. #cosen #copolitics pic.twitter.com/9HOp46vqB7 — Ernest Lee Luning (@eluning) February 28, 2019 Gardner seems to be getting credit for […]
(Like everything else – Promoted by Colorado Pols) It appears that Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner’s stance on North Korea evolves in different directions due to political, rather than national security, considerations. When he was in full attack mode against Obama, Gardner took the hardest of hard-line stances on North Korea, denouncing a minor move by […]
Today is the 10th anniversary of the final edition of the Rocky Mountain News. At the time of its demise, the News featured what we believed at the time to be the finest political newsroom in the state. Coloradans were well-served by having two major daily newspapers with extensive coverage of politics and government. These […]
President Trump’s longtime (former) personal attorney Michael Cohen is testifying in Congress today. Check out live updates via the Washington Post, CNN.com, and Colorado Public Radio. The Washington Post summarizes what Cohen is expected to discuss: Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former fixer and personal lawyer, returns to Capitol Hill Wednesday for public testimony before the House […]
UPDATE: The House votes, as expected, to oppose Trump’s emergency declaration. From the Washington Post: The House on Tuesday passed a resolution to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the southern border, as majority Democrats painted an apocalyptic portrait of a lawless chief executive out to gut the Constitution. The 245-182 tally […]
Former State House Speaker Crisanta Duran kicked off her campaign for Congress in CO-1 (Denver) on Sunday with an exclusive interview with Denver7. Today, Duran rolled out a nice endorsement in former Denver Mayor Federico Peña. As Ernest Luning reports for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman, it’s not hard to figure out […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) A new billboard facing west on I-70 near Colorado’s border with Utah reads “Welcome to Colorado, where you can get a safe, legal abortion.” Paid for by progressive advocacy group ProgressNow Colorado and their Keep Abortion Safe project, the billboard highlights how women often must cross state lines in order to […]
The Colorado Sun’s Mark Jaffe reports on legislation from Democrats in the Colorado General Assembly to provide economic relief to communities being negatively impacted by the transition away from dirty coal power to cleaner and renewable sources of energy–a transition occurring as both deliberate policy and now inexorable market forces as the price of renewable […]
Denver7’s Jennifer Kovaleski reports on legislation awaited in the Colorado General Assembly that would tighten Colorado’s very loose standards for immunization of children in order to attend public school, proposing the elimination of a “personal belief” exemption considered responsible for the state’s bottom-of-the-nation ranking on immunizations even ask preventable epidemics rage in other states: Colorado […]
“I can still see his lips coming straight for my face.” It’s time to “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 a visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show. TOP OF MIND TODAY… […]
9NEWS reports on the death yesterday of a well-known activist for the rights of people with disabilities in Denver and protecting health care reform in general–Carrie Ann Lucas, who helped lead the June 2017 occupation of Sen. Cory Gardner’s Denver office during the debate over repeal of the Affordable Care Act, helping cement national public […]
(Consistently inconsistent — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), who’s currently deciding whether he supports Trump’s national-emergency declaration, once opposed an Obama action because Gardner thought it represented an unacceptable abuse of power by the president. Gardner voted to block Obama’s 2014 DACA initiative protecting “Dreamers” from deportation. Gardner said at the time […]
UPDATE #2 (6:00 pm): EXCLUSIVE: Former Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran tells @AnneTrujillo7 she is challenging Rep. Diana DeGette in the 2020 Democratic primary for Colorado’s 1st congressional district seat. https://t.co/9JyrfANonZ #copolitics — Denver7 News (@DenverChannel) February 25, 2019 —– UPDATE (5:34 pm): Word is out that Crisanta Duran will in fact challenge Diana DeGette in […]
We’ve been keeping track in this space of Sen. Cory Gardner’s (R-Yuma) slow waffle on supporting President Trump’s “emergency declaration” so that he can hijack other funds to build his great big wall. Last week, literally hours before Trump declared his great big emergency, Gardner told Colorado Public Radio’s Ryan Warner that he opposed the […]
Snow is coming to the Front Range later today. It’s time to “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 a visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show. TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► House […]
CBS4 reports on the story of one Denver woman for whom 2017’s so-called “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” had a rude surprise in wait — a YUGE tax bill instead of the refund she expected: Isadora Bielsky typically gets a tax refund, but not this year. In fact, she is one of thousands of Americans […]
In another edition of a long-running series we like to call, “At Least They’re Not Your Legislator,” we take you to (of course) Florida. It seems that the Mayor of Port Richey is not only a quack doctor, but a quack doctor with an itchy trigger finger. From ABC Action News in Tampa Bay: Port […]
In today’s Denver Post political newsletter “The Spot,” reporter Nic Garcia resurrects a topic that was a brief flashpoint last summer: The demise of Club 20 as a statewide political power. Garcia takes a tone that is oddly deferential to Club 20 and glosses over the reality that the organization made itself irrelevant with a rightward […]
Sad trombone for Case Keenum. It’s time to “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 a visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show. TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► It sure looks like the […]
KDVR FOX 31’s Joe St. George reports:, Colorado’s so-far friendly presidential rivalry is headed east this weekend: [Gov. John] Hickenlooper is scheduled to visit Sioux City, Carroll and Ames in Iowa beginning on Saturday, February 22. However, now it is clear he may not be the only Coloradoan thinking about a run for President. Sen. […]
There’s a lot to unpack about special counsel Robert Mueller’s apparently soon-to-be-final report into potential collusion between President Trump’s campaign and/or obstruction of justice, so let’s jump right in, shall we? As CNN reports: Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce as early as next week the completion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia […]
(Do tell – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Former State Sen. Tim Neville (R-Littleton) blames his loss in November’s election, in part, on “some of the worst execution” he’s seen by fellow Republicans who ran separate campaigns in support of Neville. Emphasizing that he did the “things a candidate can do,” Neville told KNUS Saturday that […]
Politico reports and if you’re paying attention to the 2020 Democratic presidential race you’d better take note: Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign is off to an impressive start: The Vermont senator crushed other Democratic candidates in his first day of online fundraising, and boasted social media stats that easily outstripped his competition, too. The Vermont senator […]
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