(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Janak Joshi
80%
20%
10%
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Hetal Doshi
40%↓
30%
30%
(D) Jeff Bridges
(R) Kevin Grantham
80%↑
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(D) Milat Kiros
(D) Wanda James
70%↓
20%↑
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Alex Kelloff
(R) H. Scheppelman
60%↓
30%↓
20%↑
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) E. Laubacher
80%
20%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
53%↓
48%↑
(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%
A press release from Greenpeace USA–look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Greenpeace flew its thermal airship this morning over the Denver and Boulder area urging Coloradans to vote no on Amendment 71, or “Raise the Bar,” which benefits wealthy interests while shutting those without significant funds out of the ballot […]
Denver DA Mitch Morrissey’s press release today might come as a surprise to voters across Colorado eagerly snapping photos of their completed ballot for this or that candidate, and posting them on social media for posterity: REMINDER: BALLOT SELFIES ARE ILLEGAL IN COLORADO Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey is reminding voters that there is a […]
The final Presidential election of 2016 kicks off at 7:00 pm tonight from Las Vegas, Nevada. We won’t be live-blogging the event because, well, we really just want to focus our attention on catching the moment when Republican Donald Trump takes his final leap off of the relevance cliff. Will a desperate Trump go lower than anyone […]
The final Presidential debate of 2016 takes place tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada. Republican Donald Trump, whose campaign has been in a seemingly-bottomless free-fall for the last two weeks, has one final chance to try to gain some positive momentum as he stares down Democrat Hillary Clinton on Primetime television. You could certainly make an argument that Trump is out of […]
UPDATE: Denver7 (home of Politifact Colorado) follows up, and they appear to be kind of pissed: A state Senate candidate filed a complaint with the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office over a political mailer with claims that Denver7 PolitiFact has already deemed “Pants on Fire.” Democratic State Senate candidate Rachel Zenzinger is now asking for the district […]
(Contagious cowardice – Promoted by Colorado Pols) While some Republicans who once supported Trump are now backing off, Colorado state senate candidate Nancy Doty, who previously said she’d vote for the GOP presidential nominee, is now refusing to reveal whom she will vote for, saying she considers “everyone’s vote to be a private decision.” Doty’s […]
On this day in 1781, the Revolutionary War came to an end; it’s fitting, perhaps, that the final Presidential debate of 2016 takes place exactly 235 years later. 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 […]
Yesterday, 9NEWS’ Kyle Clark aired an in-depth interview with incumbent GOP Rep. Mike Coffman of Aurora on a range of topics–chief among them being the upcoming election, in which Coffman has tried everything imaginable to escape the toxic cloud enveloping the Republican Party as Donald Trump leads them to increasingly likely ruin. You might think you […]
Colorado is an all-mail ballot state this election cycle. Ballots began going out in the mail on Monday, so many of you might be able to vote as soon as today. Have you received your ballot yet? Please let us know in the comments section below. Don’t forget to include your city or county of residence. […]
UPDATE: The Denver Post’s John Frank: Sandy Phillips, the mother of Jessica Ghawi, who died in the attack, issued a statement saying “this recording shows the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” “This recording goes beyond politics — it’s disturbing and painful,” Phillips said in a statement released by Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign. “We’ve […]
(What the…? – Promoted by Colorado Pols) With Colorado’s largest media outlets (TV and print) mostly AWOL when it comes to covering the most important race in the state this election season, we’re left to talk radio hosts, bloggers, and other shoe-string entities to offer voters the basic information they need to vote and understand what’s […]
We’ve talked a number of times about a specific line of attack targeting Democratic SD-19 candidate Rachel Zenzinger, falsely alleging that Zenzinger had “voted to use taxpayer money on a trip to China” while serving as an Arvada city councillor. As Politifact Colorado and every other objective look at this accusation has found, it’s completely false: […]
If you are a Republican or a supporter of Senate candidate Darryl Glenn, here’s the good news: Glenn isn’t losing by 20 points (yet). Just one week after Glenn laughably claimed that he was running in a “virtual tie” with Senator Michael Bennet (D-Denver), Quinnipiac University released new polling data on Colorado’s Senate race that pretty much confirms what […]
If the 2016 election is as rigged as Donald Trump claims, can we just go ahead and declare Hillary Clinton the winner and save everyone a few weeks of yammering? 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 […]
New polling numbers out today from oft-questioned national pollster Quinnipiac University show what everyone expects to see right now: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton expanding her lead over Republican Donald Trump: Independent likely voters shift to Democrat Hillary Clinton, giving her the lead over Republican Donald Trump in the critical swing states of Colorado, Florida, […]
(Par for the course — Promoted by Colorado Pols) State Sen. Laura Woods (R-Arvada) has forgiven Trump for his comments about sexually assaulting women, according to an Associated Press story today, raising more questions for local media about the impact of Trump’s candidacy on Woods’ state senate race that will likely determine whether Democrats flip […]
The ballots are coming! The ballots are coming! 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… ► The end (of […]
UPDATE #3: Via the Boulder Daily Camera: Donald Trump Jr.’s campaign appearance in Boulder this afternoon has been moved from The Sink to a commercial space on Pearl Street after the owner of the University Hill restaurant complained he had been unaware of the event. The event is now scheduled to take place at 4:30 […]
CNN reports–GOP U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn, after joining the chorus of Republicans calling for Donald Trump to withdraw from the presidential race, then declaring he would not even vote for Trump, then claiming to have been sufficiently impressed by Trump’s second debate performance to be “reconsidering,” then saying in a debate last week that […]
As the Washington Post reports, two Team Blue favorites are headed to town to pitch for Hillary Clinton: The event in Denver, Sanders said in an interview, will be an opportunity “to make the case to the progressive community that it is absolutely imperative for [Republican nominee] Donald Trump to be defeated.” But Sanders, the […]
So, uh…this seems unlikely: Darryl Glenn’s campaign said it outraised Democrat Michael Bennet in Q3 with $2.8M in donations. $1.9M in COH. #copolitics #cosen — John Frank (@ByJohnFrank) October 14, 2016 FWIW … Bennet says he has $3.6M COH headed into final weeks of #cosen race. #copolitics https://t.co/YONr59U4cB — John Frank (@ByJohnFrank) October 14, 2016 […]
As Republicans across the nation continue to grapple with the explosive controversies that have rocked GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump since the beginning of October, a story in Politico today has responses to the scandal from both the current and immediate former Colorado Republican Party chairmen. The difference in their responses, we think, speaks volumes: […]
Over the last couple of years, the fight in the Colorado General Assembly over funding a highly successful program to provide long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) to low-income and young women in Colorado has been a major political flashpoint. Republicans in the legislature have proven highly resistant to funding the program despite an estimated 40% drop in […]
By this time next week, many Colorado voters will have already cast their ballots in the 2016 election; we’re almost home, folks. 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 […]
Newspaper endorsements do not carry the same weight with voters that they once did. Editorial language often gets so watered-down that readers must squint between the lines as much as focusing on the printed words. Endorsements can be so deferential to both candidates that the headline is the only real clue as to what message an editorial board […]
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