(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%
AP reports via CNN on an incident the week before Christmas involving a reporter for Grand Junction’s KJCT-TV, who was reportedly chased for miles and violently assaulted outside the station’s studios for the crime of being a reporter in “Trump’s America.” A Colorado man is facing possible bias-motivated charges for allegedly attacking a television news […]
On this day in 2004, ColoradoPols.com published its first post. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 40,000 posts later, we looked up and realized that we were no longer teenagers. Colorado Pols is so old that we almost forgot to celebrate our own birthday! Thank you to everyone who has followed along and will continue to […]
CNN reports today on the release by the House Ethics Committee of their investigative report into allegations of years of sexual misconduct by now-former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, who was abortively nominated by President re-elect Donald Trump to serve as perhaps the most unqualified Attorney General ever to presume worthiness to serve as the […]
A simmering controversy in arch-conservative Weld County is playing out mostly under the radar of preoccupied local media, as the county perhaps best known for being the center of an ill-fated attempt to secede from the rest of Colorado a decade ago defends a county commission redistricting plan that not only divides and reduces the […]
FRIDAY UPDATE #2: CNN reports after a tumultuous day that in the end saw Democrats rally to the rescue of House Speaker Mike Johnson to pass a continuing resolution without Trump’s spurious demand for a hike in the debt limit: The House has voted to pass a stopgap funding bill just hours before a midnight […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast…”Deportation hamburgers,” our podcast’s year in review, and the return of the Liberty in Laundry act. Oh, and the podcast makes international news! But first, Operation Aurora: Is it just a fun 2024 campaign slogan gimmick thing OR the actual beginning of rounding up tens of millions of […]
Colorado’s temporary member of Congress Rep. Greg “Please Don’t Google Me” Lopez, elected in June to serve out the remainder of ex-Rep. Ken Buck’s term without posing a primary threat to carpetbagging sensation Rep. Lauren Boebert, is wrapping up his brief foray in office by glomming onto the incipient and much-hyped campaign by billionaire Elon […]
There has been a lot of talk lately about the role of vacancy committees in filling open seats for elected office, and for good reason. The problem is certainly not unique to the state legislature, though that’s where much of the focus has been recently. Oddly enough (as we’ll examine in a moment), turnover inside […]
Here’s a recent email blast from Colorado Republican Party, ostensibly raising funds for a portrait of President re-elect Donald Trump to grace the presidential portrait hall in the rotunda of the Colorado State Capitol: [W]e have a unique opportunity to honor this legacy in the Colorado State Capitol Rotunda. We aim to commission a hand-painted […]
Congressman-elect Gabe Evans (R-Adams County) won’t officially cast a vote in Congress until early January, but he’s already talking at length about some key issues. In some cases, he’s taking all the positions available. In a recent interview with Marc Rod for the publication Jewish Insider, Evans went into detail about his opinions on U.S. funding […]
The last two weeks of December are generally considered a quiet time for politics, especially as the ecosystem assesses the results of this year’s momentous election which has effectively scrambled conventional wisdom and given rise to deep introspection among Democrats across the country–even here in Colorado where the party rode out the “red wave” better […]
It’s not your fault; you haven’t been bad. House Republicans are scrambling (again) to figure out a way to fund the government (again) before an end-of-week deadline. As The Hill newspaper reports: Congressional negotiators are struggling to reach a deal to keep the government’s lights on past Dec. 20. Text of a continuing resolution (CR) […]
If you thought that the Colorado Republican Party was done with its 2024 infighting just because the election is over… Nah, who are we kidding? Nobody would have thought as much. The metaphorical — and perhaps literal — knives are still out in a State Party that destroyed its own relevancy with a bunch of […]
As NBC News reports, Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran now infamous for having choked to death a Black man who was allegedly threatening passengers on a New York City train in 2023, is getting the A-list treatment from President-elect Donald Trump and sidekick J.D. Vance after his acquittal on negligent homicide charges this week: Daniel […]
There are 12 shopping days left until Christmas. Wait…what? Crap. 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… ► Democratic State Rep. […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast…the incoming President of the Colorado Senate, James Coleman (D-Denver), joins us to talk near-supermajorities, housing policy, the state budget deficit, bipartisanship, Project 2025, and so much more. We’re getting you more smarter for the next Colorado legislative session, which kicks off on Jan. 8, 2025. ♦ Find us on […]
Axios reports on the looming threat of President re-elect Donald Trump’s promised campaign of mass deportations to begin when he retakes office on January 20th, in particular how it could effect the nation’s vital and immigrant labor-dependent meatpacking industry–which could directly affect the conservative Colorado city of Greeley, home to thousands of such workers staffing […]
Punchbowl News reported yesterday and we are duty-bound to note for the record: Former Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) will become the chair of the board of the Senate Leadership Fund, the beginning of incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s takeover of the organization. Steven Law, the long-time executive director of SLF, the top Senate Republican […]
This morning at an IHOP in Lakewood, the Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club hosted as their featured guest an individual named Thomas Hamner of Colorado Springs, there to tell his story about participating in the January 6th, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to impede the certification of Joe Biden’s victory by […]
We haven’t heard much from Congressman-elect Jeff Crank since he defeated Colorado Republican Party Chair Dave Williams in the June Primary for the GOP nomination in CO-05 (Colorado Springs). As expected, Crank had no trouble winning the General Election for the right to replace retiring Rep. Doug Lamborn, and now he’s starting to speak up…though […]
UPDATE: Colorado Democratic Party chairman Shad Murib agrees that Rep. Stephanie Luck’s role in this incident raises questions: So eager to stick it to the Secretary of State that Rep. Luck broke the law herself? It’s looking more like the Tina Peters case all the time. —– We wrote last Monday about a luncheon event […]
Happy Krampusnacht; please celebrate responsibly. 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… ► A mandatory recount in HD-16 (Colorado Springs) indicates […]
As KOAA News5’s Brett Forrest reports, Colorado last remaining undecided state legislative race, one of the closest such races anyone can remember, is still not fully resolved after a committee of El Paso County election judges narrowed the final tally in the House District 16 race between Democratic incumbent Rep. Stephanie Vigil and Republican Rebecca […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally published at the Colorado Times Recorder A Christian nationalist college founded by one of the country’s top anti-gay and anti-abortion conservatives is celebrating U.S. Rep.-elect Gabe Evans (R-CO) as its “first-ever graduate to be elected” to Congress. The undergraduate institution, called Patrick Henry College (PHC), doesn’t hide its alignment with […]
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