(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%
Late on Tuesday evening, the House of Representatives narrowly approved a budget proposal that would drastically cut critical services, such as Medicaid, in order to pay for President Trump’s promised tax cuts for the rich. As The Washington Post reports: House Republicans narrowly approved a framework Tuesday for President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, setting off […]
President Trump’s mass deportation promise has thus far not lived up to its fantastical billing, and Trump is reportedly growing upset about the “numbers” being reported back to the White House. As Reuters explains: President Donald Trump deported 37,660 people during his first month in office, previously unpublished U.S. Department of Homeland Security data show, […]
Pieces are starting to fall into place as candidates make decisions about the 2026 election, in which all major four statewide offices (Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer) are open seats waiting to be filled by someone new. One of those pieces settled into position today with the announcement that Boulder District Attorney […]
UPDATE: Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper has a warning that Evans and other Republicans would be wise to heed. Via POLITICO: Sen. John Hickenlooper said Tuesday that the Trump administration’s broad cuts to federal programs will come to hurt farmers, veterans and food stamp recipients — and Republicans will come to regret it. “If these cuts […]
UPDATE: Statement from Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser: Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following statement on today's unanimous ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court ordering the Weld County Board of County Commissioners to adopt a district map that follows state redistricting statutes. pic.twitter.com/8g60dpNlvk — Colorado Attorney General (@COAttnyGeneral) February 24, 2025 —– A press […]
As we noted on Friday, House Republicans quite literally showed their asses during a several-hours long debate over whether or not to support a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s blanket pardons of criminals convicted of various charges — including assaulting police officers — related to the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. Rather than follow the lead […]
Colorado Democrats scheduled a noon rally today outside of the Northglenn office of Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Adams County), calling on the freshman Congressman to oppose the latest Republican budget proposal that would make at least $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid. Some 1.1 million Coloradans rely on Medicaid to some degree — essentially 1 out […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast…Sam Silverii is three weeks old, which is five days younger than the Trump Administration, and even he knows what’s going on in DC is bonkers. We check in with our 8th favorite soon-to-be-one-term member of Congress, who has spent his time in Washington hiding when he’s not […]
UPDATE 1:45PM: Colorado House Republicans are attempting to hold the floor in a politically ill-advised protest of the resolution condemning Donald Trump’s January 6th pardons, with debate stretching into Friday afternoon: —– This morning, the Colorado House is in the process of passing Senate Joint Resolution 25-006, a joint resolution condemning Donald Trump’s pardoning of […]
The Washington Post leads off our look today at two new polls that suggest public support for Donald Trump and the sweeping cuts at federal agencies being carried out by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is precipitously declining as the consequences of the first traumatic month of Trump’s second term sink in: President Donald […]
President Donald Trump wants to extend his 2017 tax cuts for rich people as soon as possible, but he also knows that he needs to avoid the political third rails of making cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. But as The New York Times explains, something’s gotta give…and it looks like it might be […]
The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday heard public testimony regarding the latest nonsense bill from Republican Rep. Ken “Dildo” DeGraaf. DeGraaf’s dumbass bill (HB25-1254) was rightfully killed by the committee…but not before a fantastic two minutes of sarcastic testimony from a Colorado resident that is too good to be missed. We set the entire thing […]
As Jason Blevins reports for the Colorado Sun, the latest victims on the chopping block of President Elon Musk Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency are some 150 U.S. Forest Service employees based in Colorado, who like the hundreds of National Nuclear Security Administration workers casually pink-slipped last week, some twentysomething former hacker or Bitcoin […]
As the Summit Daily’s Robert Tann reports, the Colorado Senate passed on final third reading today a contentious but broadly misunderstood piece of gun safety legislation, much modified from its original form of a strict ban on semiautomatic weapons meeting specific criteria in common with the definition of an assault rifle into a new training […]
Go ahead and tell us why MAGA is not a cult and Donald Trump is not a cult leader. We’ll wait… While you’re trying to formulate an argument in that regard, consider this story today from Ailia Zehra of The Hill newspaper: Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) introduced a bill Friday that would establish President Trump’s […]
The Denver Post’s Nick Coltrain reports this morning on the resolution to a human resources problem at the Colorado Capitol created by now-former Democratic state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, who was facing an ethics investigation over misuse and general mistreatment of her state-funded legislative staff: Jaquez Lewis, a Longmont Democrat, posted the announcement on her […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast…Jason Bane is joined by guest host Megan Burns as we continue to keep you updated on what you need to be watching as the Trump administration floods the zone with nonsense. Gabe Evans may be earning a new nickname, while Lauren Boebert just keeps on doing Lauren Boebert things. We’ll also discuss the good […]
CNN reports on a development late last week in the Musk Trump administration’s escalating purge of federal employees across numerous agencies, the firing of several hundred staffers at the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in a move the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) quickly came to regret: Some of the fired […]
Denver7’s Katie Parkins reports this morning after a marathon session in the Colorado Senate that advanced after hours of debate this year’s big gun safety bill, SB25-003, limiting access predominately to semiautomatic rifles with detachable magazines like the AR-15. After negotiations with Gov. Jared Polis, the legislation now contains an important new path to permitted […]
Regular readers of Colorado Pols are familiar with the lunacy that is Republican State Rep. “Boxwine” Brandi Bradley of Littleton, but in the last couple of weeks Bradley has really dialed up the crazy to another level. Bradley is now in her second term as a state representative, where she has regularly proven to be […]
Gutless Senate Republicans today approved the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, the latest blind acquiescence to the whims of President Donald Trump. Clockwise from top left: Pam Bondi (AG); Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (HHS); Tulsi Gabbard (DNI); Kash Patel (FBI); Kristi Noem (DHS); Pete Hegseth […]
As CNN reports, one of the final and most contentious pieces of President Donald Trump’s second Cabinet was narrowly confirmed by the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate this morning, and later today Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr. will be sworn in as the director of the Department of Health and Human Services, consummating the alliance forged between the […]
USA TODAY reports on the confirmation today of one of the most controversial of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii to serve as Director of National Intelligence–a position with access to the nation’s deepest secrets, control over American intelligence and covert operations around the world, and too many other […]
President Donald Trump campaigned heavily in 2024 on promises to lower the cost of groceries (including eggs) and gasoline if given another term in the White House. Voters obliged, and then Trump promptly got started on…not doing a damn thing to lower costs for Americans. As CNBC notes in a detailed chart, the cost of […]
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