(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%
Denver7 reporting on the demise of a bill that many Republicans in the Colorado General Assembly wanted to die–even if they’d rather not admit it, or for that matter talk about it at all: The sponsor of a bill that aimed to punish Colorado teachers that went on strike pulled the bill ahead of a […]
Mayday! Oh, wait…May 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… ► The New York Times obtained a […]
ICYMI: Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Robinson (Mitt Romney’s Nephew) was a guest on “The Get More Smarter Show” last week, where he talked about topics ranging from Colorado’s goofy ballot access process to how he would deal with sexual harassment allegations at the State Capitol. Click here to watch the entire interview, and read on for some […]
Politico reports on the outrage–outrage, mind you–over comedian Michelle Wolf’s monologue at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, in which Wolf roasted both the fourth estate and members of the Trump administration in attendance within an inch of their very comfortable lives: Almost immediately after Wolf, best known as a correspondent on […]
Republican Walker Stapleton is raising a lot of money in his bid for Governor — he was the top fundraiser among all gubernatorial candidates at the end of 2017 — and a good deal of those donations have come from people who do not live in Colorado. Stapleton is certainly not the only candidate for Governor to […]
UPDATE #2: Rocky Mountain Gun Owners takes aim at GOP Rep. Cole Wist: Cole “The Mole.” That will come in handy for Democrats someday. —– UPDATE: Press release from Colorado Ceasefire: Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO) provide a process to enable families and law enforcement to temporarily remove guns from an individual who is at […]
The 2018 Primary election is eight weeks away. 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… ► The 2018 […]
Hey, Steve Lebsock! You’ve just become the first sitting member of the Colorado General Assembly to be expelled in over 100 years. What are you going to do now, the world wonders? Actually, we weren’t wondering. But in case you were: After then-Rep. Lebsock switched his party affiliation approximately one hour before being expelled from […]
UPDATE: Denver7’s Blair Miller: Thousands of Colorado teachers gathered at the Capitol building in Denver on Friday for the second day of walkouts and rallies calling for better pay, more school funding and pension reform… Gov. John Hickenlooper addressed the teachers shortly after 11:30 p.m. and tried to explain what his administration has done to […]
Today on the Get More Smarter Show: Jason Bane sits down for an in-depth interview with Doug Robinson, the Republican candidate for Governor of Colorado whose battle to make the primary ballot ended in victory this week. Bane and Robinson talk Walker Stapleton’s record, Robinson’s reasons for running, the sexual harassment scandal in the […]
The Denver Broncos did not select a quarterback with their first round pick on Thursday, but that might be a good thing. 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, […]
As the Denver Post’s Monte Whaley reports, Colorado public school teachers are out in force at the Capitol today and tomorrow, joining teachers in other states in calling for better funding for education and a better deal for themselves, too: Thousands of teachers and their supporters on Thursday morning poured into downtown Denver for two […]
Michael Roberts of Westword has more on a story that has been picked up nationally via the Associated Press: Dave Krieger, a former staffer with the Rocky Mountain News, Denver Post and KOA radio, has been fired from his latest position as editorial-page editor of the Boulder Daily Camera after self-publishing an attack on Alden Global Capital, the […]
President Trump did a live interview with “Fox and Friends” this morning in which he discussed the Stormy Daniels case and his business dealings with attorney Michael Cohen. As CNN explains, this was all very strange: President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time Thursday that his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is representing him with regards to […]
Hopefully there will still be head space for other news today. Cosby was convicted on three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in a Philadelphia suburb in 2004. The 80-year-old former comedian faces up to 10 years in prison on each count, but would likely serve them concurrently. The […]
As FOX 31’s Joe St. George reports, GOP gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton’s signature gathering effort to reach the primary ballot, which collapsed after allegations of fraud leveled by a competing candidate turned out to be correct–enough that Stapleton was forced to withdraw his petitions after they were certified by Colorado’s Republican Secretary of State, and […]
George Brauchler has the political instincts of a carrot. Last month, the Arapahoe County District Attorney and Republican candidate for Attorney General made the bizarre decision to publicly attack a potential witness in an execution case after a woman refused to participate in the trial due to her religious beliefs. Brauchler was so caught up in his […]
Ernest Luning has the story for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman: A Denver District Court declared Wednesday afternoon that businessman Doug Robinson has qualified for the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot just five days after state officials ruled he didn’t submit enough signatures on his nominating petitions. Judge Ross Buchanan accepted an agreement […]
As the Denver Post reports, the new recently-exposed additional confirmation of serial sexual harassment by GOP Sen. Randy “Boob Grabber” Baumgardner is moving Senate Democrats to once again attempt a late resolution to expel Baumgardner from the chamber–a move likely to be killed by GOP Senate leadership, which appears to have cast any pretense of […]
CNN Chris Cillizza reports and it’s not a good look for President Donald Trump’s controversial all-things-finance czar Mick Mulvaney, whose fox-in-henhouse management of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is once again in the spotlight after this amazing moment of on-camera truthfulness Tuesday: Donald Trump famously pledged to “drain the swamp” of Washington if elected president, getting […]
The Denver Post’s Mark Matthews offers a revealing look at the backstory behind what appears to be a serious effort to do away with Colorado’s least inspiring member of Congress–Rep. Doug Lamborn, who has plodded along as conservative Colorado Springs’ undistinguished representative for over a decade mostly by dividing his opposition into manageable factions: If […]
Senate President Kevin Grantham and Senate Majority Leader Chris Holbert have steadfastly refused to discipline Sen. Randy “Boob Grabber” Baumgardner over multiple claims of sexual harassment that occurred over a period of several years. Grantham and Holbert’s inexplicable protection of Baumgardner is certainly not a new story, but this now-familiar tale may be turning the corner into a […]
The Colorado Secretary of State’s office today made its final announcement on the validation of petition signatures for candidates seeking to get their name on the June Primary ballot, and the big news is that the ballot for Attorney General is now complete. Democrat Brad Levin failed to collect enough petition signatures to make the […]
Tomorrow is Administrative Professionals Day, if you’re into that sort of thing. 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 […]
As the Denver Post reports, incumbent Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-Colorado Springs) is about to get retired: Six-term U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs should not be on the Republican primary ballot this year, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday. The ruling finds in favor of a lawsuit that contended Lamborn didn’t properly petition his way onto the […]
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