(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: There’s nothing Colorado Republicans love more than fighting…Colorado Republicans. —– As Ernest Luning reports for the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog, embattled Colorado GOP chairman Dave Williams attempted to convene a meeting of the party’s normally pliant Central Committee to approve a set of controversial bylaw changes meant to accomplish three principal goals: […]
As the Washington Post’s Isaac Arnsdorf reports from the nation’s capitol today, where last night an American Airlines plane carrying sixty people crashed on approach to National Airport after apparently colliding with an Army helicopter over the Potomac River, resulting in the biggest loss of life due to an aviation incident in many years–and where […]
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Denver) made headlines on Wednesday by verbally pummeling Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. during a confirmation hearing for the Trump nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Apparently, Bennet was just getting started. This morning Bennet was really riled up during a confirmation hearing for Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally published at the Colorado Times Recorder U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO) decided not to join Colorado’s other three congressional Republicans in signing a letter asking Gov. Jared Polis to repeal state laws that protect immigrants. He is “focusing on pursuing pressure in other ways,” a spokesman from Hurd’s office said […]
This morning in Washington, one of the most controversial of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, had his first confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Kennedy’s nomination to lead HHS is the product of an unholy alliance forged during the campaign […]
UPDATE: WaPo reports that the White House has sounded full retreat on yesterday’s chaos-inducing funding freeze, leaving Rep. Gabe Evans and other Republicans who jumped to the administration’s defense holding the bag: The White House budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing federal grants, according to a copy of a new memo obtained by […]
UPDATE #2: As hoped, AP reports that a federal judge has halted President Donald Trump’s unprecedented federal funding freeze until next week at the earliest: A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action […]
UPDATE #2: Words like “catastrophic” and “chaos” are being used to describe this surprise order. As Nick Coltrain and Seth Klamann report for The Denver Post: A sudden freeze on federal spending by the Trump administration — set to take effect Tuesday — sent Colorado officials scrambling as they tried to figure out the extent and […]
During President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and throughout his first administration, his top political adviser talked openly about what became known as his “flood the zone with shit” strategy. Steve “Three Shirts” Bannon claimed that “flooding the zone” was a strategic decision in which Trump or his underlings were always talking about some crazy new […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast…as the Trump regime enters its first week and begins to lay the groundwork for the worst shit imaginable, Colorado’s Democratic leaders ready themselves for the fight while Colorado’s Republicans write letters of support. We check in with our 7th (Gabe Evans) and 8th (Lauren Boebert) favorite members […]
As the Colorado Sun’s Jesse Paul reports, state Rep. Manny Rutinel of Commerce City is the first Democrat to announce a run for the nomination to challenge Rep. Gabe Evans in Colorado’s hotly competitive CO-08 district, which Evans flipped red by fewer than 3,000 votes last November with the wind of a “red wave” election […]
Donald Trump said a lot of stuff while he was running for President in 2024. Now that he’s back in the White House, some of his top campaign promises are already falling by the wayside. As The Associated Press reports: Two months ago, in his first network television interview after the election, Donald Trump said […]
KABC-TV Los Angeles reports ahead of President Donald Trump’s arrival this afternoon in the city to politicize survey the devastation from recent wildfires that have burned thousands of homes, including some of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the whole country–damage that Trump has falsely blamed on measures to protect fish in the central part of […]
What do you get when you take an issue like reproductive rights, add a few House Republicans, and give them a microphone? A whole lot of stupid. As Marianne Goodland writes for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman: The Colorado House on Friday passed a Senate resolution on “Reproductive Rights and Justice Day,” […]
Yesterday, Billy House at Bloomberg News reported via X/Twitter on a bizarre scene outside a ladies’ room at the U.S. Capitol created by Colorado’s carpetbagging composer of controversy Rep. Lauren Boebert, who claimed in her usual high-audibility manner that she had witnessed “a man” using the facilities: I bear witness: Rep. Lauren Boebert bursting out […]
The 2025 state legislative session has been underway for more than two weeks now, but Republicans still seem interested only in talking about stuff that happened in 2024. We noted on opening day (Jan. 8) that six of the 22 Republicans in the House of Representatives voted against certifying the results of the 2024 election. State […]
After Colorado Republican Party chairman Dave Williams’ decisive court victory over detractors seeking his ouster right before the election, an uneasy quiet has settled over the party as factions assess their positions ahead of the next leadership election set for March. Williams’ uniquely controversial term as chairman, during which the state party abandoned long-held primary […]
One Colorado Republican in Congress is criticizing President Trump for pardoning J6 rioters who violently attacked police. It’s not former police officer Rep. Gabe Evans. He’s still in line with Trump. It’s fellow freshman Rep. Jeff Hurd. #copolitics [image or embed] — Kyle Clark (@kylec.bsky.social) January 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM THURSDAY UPDATE: Rep. Gabe […]
As you might expect, Colorado Congressperson Lauren Boebert (R-Somewhere in Weld County) was living it up over the weekend, flitting around from one party to the next during the festivities surrounding the Presidential Inauguration. Boebert may have been enjoying herself, but it wasn’t all play and no work. On Saturday, Boebert was trying very hard […]
One of the flurry of executive orders signed by newly sworn-in President Donald Trump yesterday was an order directly challenging the established interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which holds that any person born on American soil is an American citizen. This deliberately contentious executive order is intended to kick off a […]
As The Colorado Sun reports, one of the dimmest bulbs in the House Republican Caucus — and there’s a lot of competition there — has decided to take a shot at the top job in Colorado: State Rep. Scott Bottoms, a Colorado Springs Republican, announced Sunday while he was leading a church service that he […]
The Washington Post’s Maxine Joselow reports on the confirmation hearing for Denver’s pre-eminent pontiff of the Church of Petroleum, fossil fuel executive and now Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the next Secretary of Energy Chris Wright–who in the context of Trump’s historic parade of deplorable nominees for key Cabinet posts is considered relatively […]
Enjoy your last Trump-free weekend…just, maybe don’t go outside. 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 learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. FIRST UP… ► Did we mention it’s […]
The final hours of Joe Biden’s presidency are ticking away, and with the once-unthinkable return to power of Donald Trump after his stunning Electoral College and popular vote victory last November–a third consecutive election without the support of Colorado voters–fast approaching, the anticipation/dread over next Monday is growing across the state and nation. Local Republicans […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees have been sucking up most of the air out of the political room this week, particularly with the rambling nonsense from a clearly-unqualified Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense. Also making the rounds in the Senate this week is North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, once floated as a […]
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