(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%
Ernest Luning of the Colorado Statesman reports on the final pre-Primary fundraising totals for the five Republicans running for U.S. Senate. If you’ve been watching this race at all for the last couple of months, you probably won’t be shocked to see the fundraising updates: U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet raised $1.65 million — more than […]
Here are the latest turnout numbers from the Colorado Secretary of State’s office for the June 28th Primary (numbers are accurate as of 7:55 a.m. on Tuesday): Democrats Ballots sent: 986,252; Ballots returned: 145,572; Percent: 14.76% Republicans Ballots sent: 994,450; Ballots returned: 151,650; Percent: 15.24% How does this compare to 2014? In the June 24, 2014 U.S. Senate Primary, there were 213,746 Democratic […]
A member of the Aurora School Board and a candidate for State House in HD-42 continues to rack up calls for his resignation(s) after a series of stories last week revealed that Eric Nelson is a pretty spectacular con artist…but not much else. Check out this statement from Amber Drevon of the Aurora School Board, as reported […]
We wanted to make sure this report on the cut-throat GOP HD-16 primary from the Colorado Springs Independent from late last week didn’t escape mention–after all, it’s something we’ve been talking about for nearly six years now: [A] few days ago, a mailer funded by Independent Expenditure Committee El Paso Conservative Forum of Denver hit […]
Try not to get too crazy celebrating the summer solstice. 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… ► Counting […]
The Colorado Secretary of State’s office has updated its voter turnout (er, uh, ballot turn-in) numbers for the June 28th Primary. Here’s the latest as of Monday morning: Democrats Ballots sent: 986,252; Ballots returned: 119,614; Percent: 12.12% Republicans Ballots sent: 994,450; Ballots returned: 121,183; Percent: 12.18% Note that the SOS has made a slight change to how it is reporting turnout numbers compared to last […]
As the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby reports, a troubling red flag for incumbent GOP Rep. Scott Tipton’s campaign: Though she’s only been in the race for about three months, Democrat Gail Schwartz outraised the Republican she hopes to replace in Washington, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton. Schwartz, a two-term member of the Colorado Senate whose […]
Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign announced a big move this morning. As Chris Cillizza explains for “The Fix”: Donald Trump fired Corey Lewandowski on Monday in an attempt to reset a campaign that has been floundering badly in the seven weeks since he secured the Republican presidential nomination. The official statement on Lewandowski was epically Trump. “The Donald J. Trump Campaign for President, […]
MONDAY UPDATE: CBS4 reports on some trouble at PrideFest yesterday despite all the security: Vanessa Martinez was waiting for the parade to start at Colfax Avenue and Grant Street when she says a man, yelling profanities, threatened her daughters with gun violence. “Of course I’m going to protect them,” Vanessa Martinez said. “I jumped in […]
We posted a few examples yesterday of social media responses from Colorado Republican state senators, as well as the official account of the Colorado Senate Republican press office, both blaming President Barack Obama for last weekend’s terrorist attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, as well as at least one post disparaging LGBT Americans themselves […]
It’s possible that Colorado could see two straight 100-degree days this weekend as campaigns scramble to finish their door knocking before Primary Day. 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 […]
As the Colorado Independent’s Corey Hutchins reports, Colorado’s senior U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined with fellow Democrats this week in a day-long filibuster to call attention to the need for enhanced gun safety legislation following last weekend’s terrorist attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida: Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, up for re-election in […]
UPDATE: ProgressNow Colorado weighs in on the Cruz endorsement: “Even after losing the Republican presidential nomination to Donald Trump, Ted Cruz still has significant influence in Colorado Republican politics,” said ProgressNow Colorado executive director Ian Silverii. “Darryl Glenn’s far-right agenda is exactly what Ted Cruz and out-of-state conservative ideologues want.” —– Big news for Republican Senate […]
With a few days having passed since last weekend’s horrific domestic terror attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, here’s a roundup of some of the more distasteful reactions we’ve seen from Colorado Republican state senators and staff on social media. Hopefully we’re not too close to the event now for this to make […]
After damning revelations in local media this week that Democratic HD-42 candidate and Aurora Public Schools board member Eric Nelson has more or less fabricated his entire record, including military service os a field officer and numerous college degrees, the Aurora Sentinel’s Quincy Snowdon reports Nelson’s response. It has a familiar ring: Facing a barrage […]
You can do better than 7%, Colorado. 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 Primary Election in […]
(Works for Jake Jabs – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Colorado Statesman Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Jared Wright announced last week that a special edition of the Statesman will be inserted in The Denver Post on Thursdays. Wright wrote in the Statesman June 9 that his newspaper is “launching a new sister publication, The Colorado Statesman ‘Worldwide Edition,’ which, thanks […]
UPDATE: The SOS’s office says that there are some incorrect numbers in the county-by-county spreadsheet (the PDF link below) that they are working on fixing as we type. The overall statewide totals printed here are correct. —– The Colorado Secretary of State’s office is beginning to publicly release information about voter turnout (or ballot turn-in) […]
This week on Get More Smarter: Jason Bane and Alan Franklin discuss the presidential race, the Colorado GOP U.S. Senate primary, and some bizarre stuff happening in legislative races on both sides of the aisle. Now with this new concept we’re working on called “segments!” Somebody explained to us that segments are what TV shows do. Thanks […]
UPDATE #3: Nelson for Colorado responds directly in the comments below…. —– UPDATE #2: Rep. Rhonda Fields, who holds the HD-42 seat Eric Nelson is running for, calls for him to withdraw from the race and resign from the Aurora school board: “Impersonating a military officer, violence against women, bigamy, dodging child support payments? This […]
Don’t forget the sunscreen — it’s going to be pretty damn warm for the next couple of 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 […]
A fascinating Facebook post from Republican state senate candidate Jess Loban out of Douglas County accuses two-time gubernatorial loser Bob Beauprez of “meddling”–not just in the hard-right Loban’s primary in Senate District 4 against Ben Lyng, but in a number of key GOP legislative primary races around the state: We found the source of the […]
The race for the Democratic nomination for Denver District Attorney is one of the more interesting battles to watch in Colorado this Primary season. Three candidates — Michael Carrigan, Beth McCann, and Kenneth Boyd — are running to replace outgoing, term-limited Denver D.A. Mitch Morrissey. The winner of the June 28th Democratic Primary in Democrat-heavy Denver will […]
Happy Flag Day! 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). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► Vigils continued last night locally for the victims of the Orlando, Florida domestic terror attack on a gay nightclub. […]
As the Colorado Independent’s Marianne Goodland reports, “dead man walking” GOP U.S. Senate primary candidate Jon Keyser just can’t catch a break from the self-inflicted wounds: State lawmakers and lawmaker wannabes are required every year to file personal financial disclosure documents that show their major assets, debts and sources of income for themselves and spouses. […]
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