(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%
via GIPHY UPDATE: Via the Denver Post, Sen. Cory Gardner defends Trump’s pullout from the Iran nuclear weapons deal while most of the world expresses outrage: “I think the Iran deal was flawed from the beginning,” said Gardner in a brief interview just off from the Senate floor. “The fact is the Iran deal guaranteed a […]
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Today is the 73rd anniversary of VE Day. 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’s […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) UPDATE: A reader kindly pointed out to me that Stapleton came out against the bill on Saturday. He answers a question about the legislation here beginning at 19 min 30 seconds. He says, in part, “I know the bill. I have not read the bill verbatim. My concerns with the bill are, number […]
CNN reports that President Donald Trump is wading into tomorrow’s GOP primary election for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia, hoping to provide some–keep a straight face–moral guidance to voters, or at least practical advise about not nominating a candidate who can’t win the general election: President Donald Trump on Monday urged voters in West […]
State lawmakers are rushing to finish up a number of bills before Wednesday’s final day of the 2018 legislative session. At the top of the list is legislation to make changes to PERA (the Public Employees Retirement Association), the state pension system that includes more than 500,000 Coloradans among its members. Legislators from the House […]
Denver7’s Oscar Contreras reports on the fully predictable yet unfortunate anticipated fate of House Bill 18-1436, the “red flag” bill to allow for the temporary removal of firearms from the possession of persons in the midst of a mental health crisis: A bill that would allow judges to seize guns and ammunition away from people […]
No, we’re not bringing back “Friday Jams Fest” and moving it to Monday. This is just a video you need to see. The music video below dropped late on Saturday, and it has been blowing up around the world in the 36 hours since it was released. This is “Childish Gambino” (aka Donald Glover) with […]
The nationwide Health Care Voter campaign released a new poll from Democratic-aligned but trustworthy Public Policy Polling that shows an opportunity for Democrats looking to make big gains in what’s expected to be a wave election year–in the form of vulnerability for Rep. Scott Tipton, the incumbent Republican representing the Western Slope and southern Colorado in […]
President Trump today delivered a speech to the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in Dallas. You probably won’t be shocked to learn that he is changing his post-Parkland tune regarding potential restrictions on firearms. As the Washington Post reports: In his speech, Trump endorsed a top NRA priority to allow trained teachers to […]
Reforming PERA (the Public Employees’ Retirement Association) has always been a top issue for State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, who is also the current frontrunner for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Stapleton is a member of the PERA Board of Trustees, and despite his professed interest in PERA reform, his overall involvement in reform — as well as his attendance […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Daily commutes are a grind, especially in lousy weather. Most of us, though, still grit our teeth, grab a jacket and get behind the wheel. State Treasurer Walker Stapleton? He hits the snooze button. Earlier this year, Stapleton, who hopes to become the Republican nominee for governor, told a local conservative […]
President Trump has compartmentalized information to basically himself and whomever else he is talking with at any given moment, which is making things very awkward for…well, for everybody. As Politico explains: “We give the very best information that we have at the time.” That was White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ response when ABC reporter Jonathan Karl […]
As the Des Moines Register reports: With a middle-of-the-night vote that followed hours of heated debate, Iowa Republicans have approved a measure that would ban most abortions in the state and give the state the strictest abortion law in the nation. The move came in the final days of the legislative session, after mounting pressure […]
Denver7’s Blair Miller reports–despite bipartisan support for legislation to temporarily remove firearms from persons in a mental health crisis while preserving due process rights, Colorado’s gun lobby led by no-compromise gun rights group Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (RMGO) is working overtime to lock down Republicans against the bill. As a result, the final vote in […]
After six months, two separate investigations, and at least one cover-up related to more than a dozen accusations of sexual harassment against Sen. Randy “Boob Grabber” Baumgardner, Senate President Kevin Grantham has finally decided to take action…with four days left in the 2018 legislative session. KUNC’s Bente Birkeland has the story (again): Republican Senate President Kevin Grantham has stripped […]
UPDATE: Republican Rep. Charlie Dent calls for Congressional hearings into the Stormy Daniels payout. —– On Wednesday night, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani talked with Sean Hannity of Fox News in his new role as an attorney for President Trump and dropped an entirely new bombshell. Giuliani made instant headlines around the world when he said that Trump had repaid […]
CBS4’s Shaun Boyd has a story about the debate over transportation funding at the Colorado legislature with less than one week remaining in the 2018 session–a story seriously deficient in terms of proper disclosure of the principal source: Maybe no one understands the sorry state of Colorado’s roads more than business owners like Jeff Cummings […]
BBC reports, the highly controversial political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica, which played a role in Republican victories in Colorado elections in 2014 before going on to help Donald Trump become President of the United States, will shut down after exposure of its sources and methods tainted both the company and the politicians who benefited: Cambridge […]
April showers bring May…showers. 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… ► Colorado Republicans are throwing haymakers […]
A column in the Phil Anschutz-owned Washington Examiner asks surprisingly hard questions about the role of Sen. Cory Gardner’s National Republican Senatorial Committee–or, as will be apparent from Gardner’s own statements, the lack of a role–in ensuring that Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate meet minimal standards for electability, decency, and other fundamental criteria. You […]
(Scroll down to see why his nickname is “Boob Grabber” — Promoted by Colorado Pols) WARNING: Some images in this post may be considered slightly NSFW, because that’s the low standard of professionalism that *some people* who work in our state’s Capitol adhere to these days, apparently. Multiple social media posts from state Sen. Randy […]
That’s the word from Denver7’s busy political reporter Blair Miller: Six-term U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn will get the chance to try for a seventh term, as a federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Lamborn should be on the Republican primary ballot in Colorado’s 5th congressional district. U.S. District Court of Colorado Judge Philip A. Brimmer […]
Congressional Republicans were giddy in late 2017 when they finally did a thing after spending most of the year fumbling around with healthcare “reform” and generally accomplishing nothing. The Great Republican Tax Plan was touted as “rocket fuel” for the American economy that would spur American investments and corporate growth, which in turn would trickle […]
Denver7’s Blair Miller reports on big endorsements for the two frontrunners in the Democratic gubernatorial primary: former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar backing Cary Kennedy, and former Rep. Pat Schroeder endorsing Jared Polis–two of Colorado’s best-known senior Democratic statespeople on opposite sides of this red-hot race: Two of Colorado’s Democratic candidates for governor picked […]
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