(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%
Early Wednesday afternoon, a large fire broke out at an apartment construction site in the Uptown neighborhood of Denver. It’s unknown as of yet how the fire started, but it quickly exploded into a three-alarm blaze that forced the evacuation of neighboring buildings, literally melted nearby parked cars, and resulted in two deaths and numerous […]
As the New York Times (and everyone else) reports: President Trump defied opposition from his own party and protests from overseas on Thursday as he signed orders imposing stiff and sweeping new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. But he sought to soften the impact on America’s closest allies with a more flexible plan than originally envisioned. […]
As the Denver Post’s Mark Matthews reports, sometimes you’ve just got to shake your head and wonder: A bill that would weaken oversight of the banking industry is up for debate this week in the U.S. Senate, where Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet’s support of the measure is drawing heat from its liberal opponents who warn […]
UPDATE #2: From the Senate floor moments ago: Every woman Democratic senator is on the floor of the Senate calling on GOP leaders to introduce their resolution calling for @CapitalCowboy Baumgardner’s expulsion. #coleg — Charles Ashby (@OldNewsman) March 8, 2018 Note Sen. “Handsy” Jack Tate in the background looking at the carpet. —– UPDATE: The Denver […]
Colorado was a big topic of discussion on the TBS comedy show “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” on Wednesday. If you haven’t already seen it, you need to stop whatever you are doing and watch the full six-minute bit below. The segment features Mike Rubens exploring Colorado’s fiscal problems thanks to TABOR titled “Doug Bruce Ruined […]
Happy International Women’s Day, everyone! 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 State Senate is […]
Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell submitted his petition signatures for access to the GOP Primary ballot today. Here’s a section from the press release, which takes pointed shots at fellow Republican candidates Walker Stapleton and Mitt Romney’s Nephew: The Victor Mitchell campaign today turned in 26,085 petitions to the Secretary of State, more than any other Republican running for […]
Top White House economic adviser Gary Cohn resigned from his post on Tuesday, adding to an historically-bad attrition rate among senior staffers in President Trump’s administration. According to an analysis by CNN, 35 top staff members have left the White House since January 20, 2017: According to calculations made by Kathryn Dunn Tenpas at Brookings, there […]
Colorado Public Radio reports on an initiative Denver voters may soon have the chance to approve–and depending on how pharmaceutically colorful your own adolescence was, it might bring back fond memories: After a few rousing chants of “free the spores,” a small group of roughly 20 citizens filtered into the Denver city and county building […]
AP reporting via Denver7 on the results of yesterday’s Democratic precinct caucuses, in which former Treasurer Cary Kennedy outperformed–and solidified her position in what is increasingly a two-person primary: Democratic voters attending Colorado’s non-binding party caucuses have selected former state treasurer Cary Kennedy as their top choice for governor. The Colorado Democratic Party said Wednesday […]
It’s not officially Springtime just yet, but it sure feels that way. 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 Washington Post reports: President Trump’s top economic adviser resigned on Tuesday, leaving the White House after losing a major battle with other aides over the implementation of protectionist tariffs on steel and aluminum. White House National Economic Council Gary Cohn, the former president of Goldman Sachs, leaves a Trump administration that has pivoted sharply […]
As KUNC’s Bente Birkeland reports and we discussed in some detail yesterday the historic expulsion of Rep. Steve Lebsock from the Colorado House last Friday has shifted attention in the widening crisis over sexual harassment in the Colorado General Assembly to the Colorado Senate, where two Republican Senators have been accused of their own serial […]
The Denver Post’s Mark Matthews reports on the latest meta-scandal to hit Colorado Republicans since Donald Trump’s election–new questions about political moonlighting by locally-based appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency: A group of U.S. House Democrats wants EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to explain why two of his employees were given permission to do outside political […]
Burgess Everett of Politico picks up on a theme we’ve visited time and again here on Colorado Pols: It’s no fun to be Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Yuma). Take a look at what Everett has to say in a story subtitled “The lonely existence of Cory Gardner”: Senate Republican campaigns chief Cory Gardner might’ve had the easiest job in Washington — if only […]
As the Denver Business Journal’s Ed Sealover reports, mark this down as another example of why Colorado can’t have nice things: Colorado Senate Republican leaders threw cold water Monday on a new, business-backed transportation-funding plan, saying they now believe there’s enough money in the budget for roads this year and next that lawmakers won’t have […]
The Republican-leaning polling outfit Magellan Strategies is out with new numbers in the GOP gubernatorial primary. Unsurprisingly, State Treasurer Walker Stapleton leads the rest of the field by a comfortable margin: These are the first publicly-available polling numbers in the Republican Primary since a University of Colorado poll in late 2017 that showed former candidate Tom Tancredo leading […]
As Ernest Luning reports for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman, Mitt Romney’s Nephew is the second Republican to cross the line in the race for signatures to qualify for the Primary ballot: The retired investment banker submitted roughly 17,000 signatures, his campaign said, and is the second GOP gubernatorial candidate to turn his in, following […]
UPDATE: Watch Colorado Senate business halted after the passage of permitless concealed-carry bill by the GOP majority: —– Today, a large contingent of citizen activists from the group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America showed up at the Colorado Capitol to rally against the passage of Senate Bill 18-097–legislation sponsored by Sen. Tim […]
The state legislature is back to work today after a dramatic daylong session in the State House on Friday that culminated in the expulsion of Rep. Steve Lebsock over multiple claims of sexual harassment. There will still be plenty of discussion about Lebsock and his surprise decision to switch his party affiliation on Friday, but for the […]
AP via the Washington Post summarizes yesterday’s all-day drama on the floor of the Colorado House, which ended with an outcome few expected as the House gaveled in on Friday morning: the first expulsion of a sitting Colorado lawmaker in 103 years: Democratic Rep. Steve Lebsock wasn’t present when Democrats and Republicans voted 52-9 Friday […]
It’s a beautiful day outside. Read this, then go take a walk. 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 […]
UPDATE #8: Steve Lebsock is expelled from the legislature by a vote of 52-9 (4 members excused). —– UPDATE #7: The moment of truth approaches: Multiple members from both parties now tell me they believe there are enough votes to expel @RepLebsock. We may see soon, though there are several pleading with him to resign to […]
Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler wants to be the Republican nominee for Attorney General, which would be fine if he wasn’t such an absolute disaster as a district attorney. Brauchler screws up high-profile cases on the regular, and he has a miraculous ability to turn relatively-minor issues into major stories. As NBC News reports…just look […]
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