(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%
Jon Keyser’s campaign for U.S. Senate is now as dead as one of the “voters” who allegedly “signed” his petitions for ballot access. That sort of thing will happen when fellow candidates publicly call on you to drop out of the race and it becomes a headline a day later. As the Associated Press recaps in […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Republican Senate candidate Jon Keyser is adopting the Douglas-Bruce style of media criticism. You recall Bruce, who authored Colorado’s TABOR amendment, once kicked a newspaper photographer at the capitol. Keyser didn’t kick, but he threatened a bite or two when he told Denver7’s Marshall Zelinger: Keyser: “He’s a great dog. He’s […]
The Denver Post hosted a debate among the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate on Tuesday. We watched the entire debate and graded the candidates on stage, as we have done for previous debates. On the stage tonight, from left to right: Robert Blaha, Ryan Frazier, Darryl Glenn, Jack Graham, and Jon Keyser. This debate was among […]
UPDATE: The Colorado Independent’s Corey Hutchins: File this one under “One thing a Republican candidate never wants to see”: A dead voter’s signature on a petition to get him on the ballot. But that’s the allegation from Colorado’s Republican Secretary of State, Wayne Williams, who today released a statement saying he “notified the Denver district […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Republican U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn reiterated his belief last week that humans are not contributing to global warming. Asked about the issue by KNUS 710-AM’s Jimmy Sengenberger Show May 7, Glenn, an El Paso Couty Commissioner, said: Glenn: Climate change, we can debate that until the cows come home, for […]
And as usual, Colorado’s most (in)famous Republican state representative, Rep. Gordon “Dr. Chaps” Klingenschmitt, is all about telling you so on Facebook: Yeah, we don’t have time to point out all the problems with this.
UPDATE: A stunning disclosure from Wayne Williams’ office today that could raise many more questions: Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams has notified the Denver district attorney that a petition circulator turned in the signature of a deceased voter. Williams learned about the deceased voter when he was informed today that an elections staffer had […]
After nearly two weeks since a scandal over forged petitions broke in Denver media, embattled Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser gave an extended interview to the Denver Post’s John Frank that went up a short while ago: The former state lawmaker blamed an employee hired by a canvassing firm connected to his campaign and suggested the […]
We’ve been keeping an eye on a strange story out of Castle Rock (between Denver and Colorado Springs), where local residents have succeeded in securing a July date for a recall election to oust Mayor Paul Donahue. Donahue is term-limited in 2016 anyway, but has apparently done enough to antagonize enough residents that a recall election […]
On Friday, the Obama administration issued a new directive through the federal Department of Education, establishing guidance for public schools on the matter of providing appropriate access to facilities for transgender students. Politico: While the Obama administration’s directive on bathroom access for transgender students was praised by supporters as a historic moment for civil rights, […]
Too bad you have to wait until August for those rain barrels to become officially legal. 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… ► How bad is it this time? That may be the […]
MONDAY UPDATE: TBS’ Samantha Bee immortalizes Jon Keyser’s meltdown: .@Jon_Keyser doing the ‘I’m on the ballot’ dance. #SamanthaBee pic.twitter.com/5Ka8OaixpW — Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) May 16, 2016 —– UPDATE: You knew the remix would not be far behind. From a real high school student, so you know it’s cool: —– Here’s an animated .GIF […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) If you followed the debate over a bill allowing a predatory lender to charge millions more in high interest rates, you know that the key question, at the end of the day, was: Will OneMain holdings leave Colorado if it can’t make even more money here? In a Denver Post op-ed […]
After a wild week in local news, the rapidly escalating scandal over allegedly forged petitions that helped Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser qualify for the 2016 primary ballot made its way to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow last night. There’s really nothing quite like an in-depth Rachel Maddow takedown: Maddow replays lots of details from Denver7 reporter […]
UPDATE: We’re not sure exactly what to call this, since Keyser’s campaign has already passed “bad” and “worse” and rounded the corner to “disaster,” but yet another shoe is dropping: #BREAKING: Denver D.A. to review @Jon_Keyser petitions following #Denver7 investigation into forged signatures: https://t.co/u51APrh06c — Denver7 News (@DenverChannel) May 13, 2016 —– Here’s a brief roundup […]
Today is the last Friday the 13th of 2016, so relax. 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… ► Earlier this week we wrote that the Senate campaign of Republican Jon Keyser is “basically […]
UPDATE #6: The Colorado Democratic Party is collecting reaction from around the country: Elena Schneider – Politico – “Oh, wow.” Alex Roarty – Roll Call – “one of the more painful interviews you’ll see this year” Jack Fitzpatrick – Morning Consult – “Man, there is a lot going on in this #COsenvideo” John Frank – Denver Post – “must-see raw footage” […]
UPDATE: KDVR is live-streaming this morning’s GOP Senate debate. Guess who showed up? —– Denver7 and the Denver Post both had new stories Wednesday on the ongoing ballot fraud scandal involving the Senate campaign of Republican Jon Keyser, and we don’t expect the coverage of this continually-breaking news to stop anytime soon. Keyser has been silent and invisible […]
(Um, oops! – Promoted by Colorado Pols) With Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser still not talking to reporters about multiple forged signatures on his ballot-access petitions, I had no choice but to look back at previous statements Keyser made about the signature-gathering process. And reporters should be interested in what I found. Recall that […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Here’s my list of the best reporting on the state legislature this session, from a progressive perspective. The press corps is threatened and depleted but continues to crank out quality journalism. Let’s hope we can say that next year. o In a detailed analysis of votes on numerous issues, The Denver […]
We’re awaiting the video from Denver7 reporter Marshall Zelinger’s latest gobsmacking story on alleged petition fraud committed by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser’s campaign, but the 6PM teaser we just watched is just the preview for tonight’s main event at 10PM. So as not to bury the lede, we’ll get right to the point: the petition […]
(That was before the forgeries – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Reporters should note that earlier this month, former Rep. Jon Keyser said what some politicians will say, and promised to always answer questions. The context of May 2 discussion on KOA 850-AM was social issues, but you wouldn’t expect Keyser to have one standard about answering […]
As the Aurora Sentinel reports, following up the story of fundraising in the SD-27 race between Democratic challenger Tom Sullivan and appointed Republican Jack Tate–we had last reported on a big fundraising quarter for “Sully,” contrasted against a campaign finance complaint against Tate for transferring too much money to his Senate campaign: The Democratic Senate […]
“Sine Die” sounds a lot more foreboding than it should. 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… ► The race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Colorado continues to get weirder. On […]
If you haven’t been following one of the biggest political stories in recent Colorado history, click here to get caught up. We’re talking, of course, about allegations of ballot fraud and forgery connected to the Jon Keyser for Senate campaign revealed in an an absolutely devastating series of reports from Marshall Zelinger of Denver7. There are plenty […]
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