(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%
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… ► As talk of mass deportations in the next […]
As CNN reports, after two weeks of “outreach” to skeptical Republican U.S. Senators, the nomination of Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as the nation’s Secretary of Defense is hanging by a pube: Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, told CNN “no” he’s not dropping out despite facing a tough path […]
You’re no doubt aware that Republicans held onto a narrow majority in Congress in the 2024 election cycle. What you might have missed is that the final numbers are closer than anyone thought. As NBC News reports: Democrat Adam Gray has defeated GOP Rep. John Duarte in a rematch in California’s 13th District in the […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) As published at the Colorado Times Recorder “Pro-family” activists worked hard to elect Donald Trump and other GOP candidates this fall. The nonprofit Family Policy Alliance, which partners with Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, says it mobilized voters through 12 million emails in swing states and brought 850,000 new Christian voters to the polls. […]
The 2024 election cycle in Colorado is almost complete, with just one significant recount still underway for control of a State House seat in Colorado Springs. Once that outcome is final, it will be time for Republicans to do some financial accounting for 2024…and the numbers won’t look very good at all. Should Republican Rebecca Keltie […]
UPDATE: In a rambling email blast Saturday, Colorado GOP “Ballot and Election Security Chairman” “Raging” Ron Hanks lays the whole wacky theory out: Colorado’s election system was more mismanaged and corrupted in 2024 than ever, and the popular vote trends we saw in every other state strangely did not register in Colorado. We know, of […]
If you’re looking for the perfect gift for a situation we can’t ourselves imagine, but probably does exist: As Hafiz Rashid reports for the New Republic, Colorado’s headline-hunting carpetbagger-a-vita Rep. Lauren Boebert has joined her friends and now-former colleagues Matt Gaetz and George Santos offering personalized video messages via Cameo for a mere $250: The […]
As the Aurora Sentinel’s Cassandra Ballard reports, despite half-hearted attempts by Aurora’s Republican Mayor Mike Coffman to combat rampant misinformation about the city spread in large part by Donald Trump in stump speeches throughout the country including just inside the boundaries of Aurora itself, a member of the GOP-controlled Aurora City Council, Danielle Jurinsky, who […]
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on this day 61 years ago. 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… ► Former […]
A press release from the Yes on Amendment 79 campaign today recaps the strong performance of this year’s constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights across the state, winning a majority in six out of eight of the state’s congressional districts and outperforming the candidates at the top of the ballot: Abortion access has consistently and historically […]
UPDATE: The plot thickens as CNN alleges Matt Gaetz’s pullout came just ahead of new revelations of even more sexual misconduct: EXCLUSIVE: Gaetz withdrew from AG nomination 45 mins after we called to say we were going to report that “Ethics committee told there was a *second* sexual encounter between Gaetz and 17 year old […]
As Colorado Public Radio’s Dan Boyce reported over the weekend, the closest Colorado House race anyone can remember, and we’ve been checking so let us know, is headed for a mandatory recount after the final tally showed a mere seven votes separating incumbent Democratic Rep. Stephanie Vigil of House District 16 from her Republican challenger […]
To quote Laura Helmuth: “The moral arc of the universe isn’t going to bend itself.” 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… […]
UPDATE: 9NEWS’ Kyle Clark profiles Chris Wright’s “fracking evangelist” views such as the “fearmongering” of linking climate change to extreme weather events, the warm fuzzy upside of global warming, the non-existence of a climate “crisis” of any kind, and other boardroom bromides you’ll be excited to hear from the next Secretary of Energy: —– Among […]
There are 35 shopping days until Christmas, so get your butt moving. 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. And don’t forget to find us […]
The 2024 election cycle is (mostly) over with, which means it’s time for our annual ritual of brushing the latest election aside and looking ahead to the next one. The Big Line: 2026 is here! There will be lots of changes here as candidates mull their respective futures, but this is how things look to […]
As CNN reports, in addition to demanding the U.S. Senate abandon its responsibility to confirm Cabinet nominees, Trump 2.0 is in several notable cases sidestepping the usual process of vetting nominees via background checks conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations: President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some […]
NOTE: Percentages reflect Colorado Pols’ estimated chances of winning in the 2026 General Election in Colorado. Numbers are not intended to estimate final margin of victory. *Indicates incumbent LAST UPDATE: December 8, 2025 U.S. SENATE (D) John Hickenlooper* (80%) Colorado’s most recognizable political name has never lost an election. He won’t in 2026, either. (D) Julie […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast…The Big Orange Guy is assembling a rogue’s gallery of cabinet members to most likely destroy the entire federal government from the inside out, making people like us breathe a sigh of relief when comparative normies like Marco Rubio get appointed as Secretary of State. Next, two leading Colorado Democrats […]
If Heidi Ganahl thinks you are doing something right, you really might want to reassess your plans. The 2022 Republican nominee for Governor, who lost to incumbent Democrat Jared Polis by nearly 20 points, is inarguably the worst statewide candidate in Colorado history. But rather than allow her ignominy to fade from memory, Ganahl can’t […]
Politico reported the latest gobsmacking announcement from the Trump 2.0 transition team yesterday you’ve probably already seen, failed spoiler presidential candidate and preeminent public health conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be nominated to serve as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services–the agency tasked with protecting the public from, among a […]
9NEWS reports from the GOP-controlled U.S. House Oversight Committee yesterday back in lame-duck action to tie up some loose ends before the holiday break. For Colorado’s carpetbagging controversy-seeking Congresscritter Rep. Lauren Boebert, that would appear to be getting answers to rumors she’s heard about…let’s let Boebert explain this one: “There are rumors that have come […]
If you’ve been following the news as President-elect Donald Trump announces decisions on key appointments for his administration, your jaw has likely dropped on more than one occasion. Puppy killer Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security? Yikes! Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State? WTF? Fox News talking muppet Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary? […]
As USA TODAY reports, Senate Republicans today elected GOP Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to serve as the next Senate majority leader, replacing Sen. Mitch McConnell to lead the upper chamber for the first two years of the second Donald Trump administration: Thune won in a secret-ballot vote of 29-24, beating out opposing candidates […]
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