(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%
As the Colorado Springs Gazette’s Megan Schrader reports, Darryl Glenn’s stunning victory at the Republican state assembly in Colorado Springs this past weekend wasn’t the only surprise–last Thursday, Rep. Doug Lamborn found himself surprisingly and suddenly within a hair’s breadth being out of a job: A relatively unknown state legislative aide came 18 votes shy of becoming […]
That’s “Darryl Glenn” — two “Rs” and two “Ns.” 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 Republican race for the U.S. Senate nomination turned completely upside down on Saturday when El Paso […]
El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn pulled off one of the biggest political upsets in recent memory at the Republican State Convention on Saturday. Glenn absolutely dominated the voting for the GOP Senate race, capturing 70% of the vote in a four-way race to earn the top spot on the June 28th Primary ballot. More importantly, […]
(There will be metaphorical blood – Promoted by Colorado Pols) POLS UPDATE: CNN via FOX 31: By Sunday, the Trump campaign had voiced a litany of complaints about Colorado’s complex process, even though it was obvious on the ground that it had not done the aggressive leg work to court Colorado delegates that the Cruz […]
Our friend Eli Stokols at Politico reports on the hotly controversial Tweet you can read above posted by the Colorado Republican Party’s Twitter account, then quickly deleted last night after Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz completed his sweep of the state’s national GOP convention delegates: Steve House, the Colorado GOP chairman, insisted his staff had nothing to […]
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and his strong ground game ended up capturing 34 of 37 delegates at the Republican State Convention in Colorado Springs on Saturday, but that wasn’t the biggest news of the day… El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn captured the top only ballot spot in the race for U.S. Senate after delivering one […]
A guest opinion piece in the Colorado Statesman today from Republican Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs attempts something novel: to make an affirmative moral case for cutting back on eligibility for Medicaid health coverage. Other Republican Colorado lawmakers like Senate President Bill Cadman and Sen. Laura Woods have called for rescinding eligibility for Medicaid, but Hill […]
Today is the home opener for the Colorado Rockies. 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… ► Colorado will indeed get through the week without a visit from Republican Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, which […]
Colorado Springs Rep. Gordon “Dr. Chaps” Klingenschmitt made quite the silly appearance during a segment on “The Daily Show” on April 6. While Dr. Chaps did not well represent Colorado with his unbridled fear of Transgendered people, the interview was not a total loss. For your viewing and GIFing pleasure, we are pleased to unveil…The KlingenschGIF! via […]
The list of candidates seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate was, at one time, as many as 13-names deep. This is a completely absurd number, of course, but the odds of 13 names making it onto a Primary ballot are about as likely as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio showing up for work on the Senate floor. Monday […]
We’ve noted several times in the last few years the sad story of Lonnie and Sandy Phillips, whose daughter Jessica Ghawi was murdered in the July 20, 2012 mass shooting at the Century Theater in Aurora. After the Aurora theater massacre, the Phillipses sued online sellers of ammunition and body armor that the killer used to obtain […]
UPDATE: Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman agrees, Colorado’s CD-3 is now on radar: Race alert: tomorrow, @CookPolitical will be moving #CO03 Tipton (R) from Solid Republican to Lean Republican. https://t.co/26G9f6Epmf — Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) April 7, 2016 —– As noted by local freelance reporter Sandra Fish: Dem Sen. Gail Schwartz gets in the 3rd CD […]
(As bad as it sounds – Promoted by Colorado Pols) On a voice vote late yesterday, the Colorado Senate rejected an amendment, sponsored by Sen. Tim Neville (R-Littleton) and Laura Woods (R-Westminster) that would have deleted funding for a state-run program credited with decreasing the teen pregnancies and abortions by over 35 percent. It was […]
Well-known political pundit Larry J. Sabato has updated his regular “Crystal Ball” forecast of U.S. Senate and Gubernatorial races throughout the country, and there’s a significant change in Colorado. From the Center for Politics: Colorado: Coming into the 2016 cycle, it was pretty clear that the Republicans would largely be on the defensive. Only two Democratic-held seats stood […]
UPDATE: Washington Post now reporting Donald Trump will not attend the Colorado GOP state convention this weekend. A rally in Colorado Springs also cancelled. —– That’s the word from CBS4; we know how many of our readers will be terribly disappointed at the news: Denver police say a tentative appearance by Republican presidential candidate Donald […]
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won a big victory on Tuesday night in Wisconsin in a turn of events that Donald Trump haters hope marks the beginning of the end for His Hairness. But as Amber Phillips writes for the Washington Post, nobody really likes Cruz, either: It’s hard to imagine a more far-right presidential candidate than Cruz, who has shown little […]
Over the past week or so the Colorado Senate GOP Majority Office has loudly promoted Senate Bill 16-148, legislation that would have required high school students to pass an exam on civics patterned on the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Naturalization Test. This bill had bipartisan co-sponsors in the House and Senate, but was […]
‘Tis a mighty blustery day outside, Pooh Bear. 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 Wisconsin Primary concluded on Tuesday evening in a manner that was largely expected, with Ted Cruz winning […]
Monday was the deadline to submit petitions to the Secretary of State’s office in order to gain access to the June 28th Primary ballot. On Tuesday the SOS released the names of all candidates who had submitted petition signatures before the deadline, most of whom must now wait to see if they have collected enough valid […]
Eight of the leading Republican candidates for U.S. Senate participated in the first televised debate of the campaign on 9News on Tuesday evening. We watched the entire debate and graded the candidates on stage, much like we did last week following a debate in Weld County. There are around 13 candidates seeking the Republican nomination […]
(Gardner not so eager to join the #CruzCrew? – Promoted by Colorado Pols) As Colorado Republicans appear to be lining up behind Sen. Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator Cory Gardner is saying he may not support Cuz–or billionaire Donald Trump–if one of them becomes the Republican nominee. “Look, any of these nominees are going to have to […]
(“Squeaky” Craig Silverman makes good? – Promoted by Colorado Pols) KNUS 710-AM’s Craig Silverman has been doing us all a favor by interviewing Colorado’s Republican U.S. Senate candidates, but his interview with El Paso Country Commissioner Peggy Littleton Saturday stood out, because he dug in with follow-up questions. Silverman: If Roe vs. Wade is overturned then […]
Enjoy your day, Wisconsin; tomorrow we’ll go back to not caring about you. 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… ► Voters in Wisconsin take center stage today as they make their choices […]
A story at Real Clear Politics today on the crowded Colorado GOP U.S. Senate primary field is stoking what we can only describe as an inordinate amount of controversy between in-the-pack candidates Robert Blaha and Jon Keyser: Most refrained from attacking their opponents, setting their sights instead on Bennet. Others, however, were less reserved. Blaha […]
As the perennial battle over tighter regulation of the oil and gas industry in Colorado heats up again this election year, three news stories from the weekend help illustrate the trouble Gov. John Hickenlooper finds himself trying to thread the needle between longtime support for the industry versus the substantial segment of Hickenlooper’s Democratic base increasingly […]
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