(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%
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) In what could presage the upending of the Republican Party after next week’s election, Elbert County Commissioner Robert Rowland left the GOP this week with a blazing Facebook post alleging corruption, weakness, disorganization, and cluelessness. Rowland wrote, in part: Rowland: “I am leaving the once Grand Ole’ Party and am now […]
D’oh! We were so close to making it through Election Day without another visit from Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, but alas, he will be returning to Colorado (again) on Saturday. From CBS4: Trump will speak in Denver at the National Western Complex on Saturday night. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the rally is scheduled […]
Four more days! Four more days! Four more days! It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. 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… ► PUT. DOWN. […]
Republican incumbent Rep. JoAnn Windholz of Adams County, fighting for her political career after highly impolitic comments in the wake of the Planned Parenthood shootings in Colorado Springs last year made her a national poster child for anti-choice extremism, has a message for her get-out-the-vote team pounding the pavement this weekend: Look, we know Rep. Windholz […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The combination Trump’s “misogyny,” last year’s murders at a Colorado Springs clinic, and the popularity of Planned Parenthood is translating into votes for pro-choice candidates in Colorado, according to Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado (PPVC) Director Sarah Taylor-Nanista. “Violent rhetoric across the country angers women, but there is a specific connection in […]
Here’s a mail piece hitting in House District 47 right now, the Pueblo West and La Junta seat held by Republican Rep. Clarice Navarro: It’s the hard shot on Rep. Navarro over her highly public support for GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump everybody’s been waiting for–support that has endured through scandals that have sent many […]
Once upon a time… …Or on September 15, 2016, if we’re being specific, Congressman Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) promised to tell his constituents which candidate he would be choosing in the race for President. Here’s precisely what Coffman campaign spokesperson Cinamon Watson told the Denver Post for a story appearing on Sept. 15: “He plans on watching the debates and making […]
We’ve been updating you regularly on the rate of ballot returns in Colorado, and the news has been pretty consistent: Democrats have been returning ballots at a greater rate than Republicans from wire-to-wire. This is an early voting advantage that has always favored Republicans in Colorado, so the fact that Democrats are ahead at all in […]
Here’s a blast from Colorado’s pre-election past that was forwarded to us today: the front page of our own Denver Post from Halloween 1910: As the editorial cartoon you can see above depicts, the Post supported Referendum 3, the Colorado Initiative and Referendum Rights Amendment giving Colorado voters the right to amend the state’s constitution by popular initiative […]
A press release from the nonprofit Colorado Health Institute, one of the state’s principal health policy thinktanks whose study of the potential effects of Amendment 69 led to many lefty organizations backing away from the proposal, warns of a group with a similar-sounding name to theirs operating in a much more overtly political way than […]
No, it’s not over yet. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. 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… ► Officials are encouraging voters to drop […]
Noted for the record by Valerie Richardson of the right-wing Washington Times: Donald Trump’s momentum with gay Republicans grew Tuesday with the endorsement of the Colorado Log Cabin Republicans, the latest affiliate to defy the national organization’s refusal to back a presidential candidate. The Colorado chapter joins state groups in Georgia and Texas as well […]
Denver7’s Marshall Zelinger reports on a misfire from the campaign to pass Amendment 71, the “Raise The Bar” measure to make it harder to to amend the state’s constitution: Voters in Centennial alerted Denver7 to a hand-delivered flyer that some felt was über personal. The flyers were in envelopes that appeared to be handwritten. “It […]
We don’t care what your friend says; it’s not socially acceptable to still be wearing your Halloween costume today. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. 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 […]
UPDATE: Statement from Doug Jaynes, president of the Colorado chapter of the National Letter Carriers’ Association: “Postal workers take great pride in the integral role we play in Colorado’s election process. We are proud to play a part in ensuring that every Colorado voter, from the Front Range to the Western Slope, can cast their […]
Let’s be clear from the get-go here: Republican Senate candidate Darryl Glenn is not going to defeat Democratic incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet next week. Not only is Glenn going to lose to Bennet — it’s a good bet that Glenn will lose by more than 20 points, which would exceed the combined margin of victory in the last four U.S. […]
(Credit where due – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Here are my favorite election stories by local journalists: Denver 7’s Marshall Zelinger of course gets the top prize in both the journalism and entertainment categories. His series of stories showing forged signatures on the ballot-access petitions of former GOP state Rep. Jon Keyser had a game-changing […]
This Halloween on Get More Smarter: Jason Bane and Alan Franklin make their final predictions and observations ahead of the 2016 general elections! Make sure to come back in a week and tell them what they got wrong. From Donald Trump to Amendment 71, it’s the last political show you’ll ever want to watch. At least […]
Firearm enthusiast Dudley Brown and his Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (RMGO) group have been a prominent voice in Colorado politics in recent years, though they have proven much more effective at swaying Republican Primary races than earning votes in a General Election. This is not entirely the fault of the RMGO; strident pro-gun rhetoric just doesn’t have […]
Happy Halloween, everyone! Stay safe tonight and remember: Please, please, please don’t give out pencils to trick-or-treaters. If you don’t have candy, turn off your porch light. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are […]
CNN reports from GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s rally in Greeley yesterday: Donald Trump for the second day in a row questioned the validity of this swing state’s largely mail-in voting system, the latest instance of the Republican nominee expressing skepticism about the legitimacy of the electoral process. Trump kicked off his rally here on […]
Colorado State Sen. Laura Woods, who’s battling Democrat Rachel Zenzinger in a critical state senate race, delivered numerous falsehoods in her introduction to GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Golden Saturday. Woods, who’s long supported Trump, got the most media attention for leading the chant of, “Lock her up,” referring of course […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) John Sampson, a former Republican state senate candidate who resigned this month from his position as Adams County GOP vice chair, agrees with Donald Trump that Democrats and others in the United States “rig elections and engage in systemic and widespread voter and election fraud.” Sampson, who made the comments on […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) During separate interviews broadcast last Wednesday on KSJD (91.5 FM, Cortez), host Austin Cope questioned the two major party candidates running for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District seat, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO) and former legislator and CU Regent, Democrat Gail Schwartz from Crested Butte. Their answers highlighted one of the more contentious […]
UPDATE: A statement from Morgan Carroll’s campaign today celebrates more than doubling Mike Coffman’s fundraising in the first two weeks of October: Yesterday, Mike Coffman released his pre-general fundraising numbers – the final filing of the cycle. In the first two weeks of October, Mike Coffman raised $211,583 – the most he’s ever raised in […]
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