(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) Last week, Rep. Justin Everett posted a video in which Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt attacks his SD-12 primary opponent, Rep. Bob Gardner. Dr. Chaps produced the video last year. Everett wrote on Facebook: THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF GORDON KLINGENSCHMITT, but this is too funny not to share. Although I like […]
Today is the deadline to submit petition signatures for access to the 2016 Primary ballot. 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 Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to conservative challenges […]
UPDATE: Tim Neville responds to the Colorado Springs Gazette in more detail: Many of you believe that once the liberal media starts attacking you, it’s a sign you are doing something right. And in this case, I’m inclined to agree with you. Today I was labelled “unelectable” by the Colorado Springs Gazette, a title I […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Constituents of House District 15 in El Paso County have been represented for almost two years by a homophobic, gaffe-prone politician with ethical challenges: Dr. Gordon Klingenschmitt, aka “Dr. Chaps“. Now, unless mass sanity strikes, they will probably be represented by another gay-bashing, hot-tempered, inexperienced politician: David O. Williams. “Chaps” announced […]
FOX 31’s Joe St. George reports on delegate elections from two Colorado congressional districts yesterday, in which GOP Texas Sen. Ted Cruz dominated the voting: The delegates selected from the 1st District one are Scott Gessler, Justin Everett, and Tony Sanchez. The trio won after hours of speeches, voting, and counting. More than 90 people […]
We’ve been doing our best here at Colorado Pols to keep up with the various Republican Senate candidate debates around the state. As much as we love doing our “Debate Diaries” – and we really do – it takes a really, really, really long time to complete these things. So, today we’re trying something different. […]
SUNDAY UPDATE: Denver Post reporting that John Kasich will NOT attend the Colorado GOP state assembly. —– 7NEWS’ Marshall Zelinger reporting, it’s not Greeley you smell: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is expected in Colorado next week. Denver7 political reporter Marshal Zelinger said law enforcement sources have told him they’re preparing for multiple stops by […]
Everything contained in this edition of Get More Smarter is 100% true, as far as we know (no April Fool’s Day jokes here). 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… ► There are […]
A press release moments ago from two-time GOP gubernatorial candidate and former Congressman Bob Beauprez could dramatically shake up the 2016 U.S. Senate race in Colorado: Former Congressman Bob Beauprez announced today that he is turning in petition signatures to place his name on the ballot in the 2016 Republican U.S. Senate primary. Beauprez’s surprise entry […]
Today is the last day of March (already) and it appears that we’re going to “Go Out Like a Lion” where the weather is concerned. 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… ► […]
As released by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) yesterday, calling attention to an obscure but on-record signal of support from Rep. Mike Coffman for embattled Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump: With the acrimony in the Republican presidential primary reaching an all-time high, the remaining candidates have walked away from their respective pledges to support the […]
The Denver Business Journal’s Ed Sealover reports on the death yesterday afternoon of two bills meant to help women in Colorado close the persistent gap in earnings between themselves and their male colleagues in the GOP-controlled Senate State Affairs Committee: Three men voted over the objections of two other men Wednesday to kill the two […]
As the Washington Post (and pretty much every other news outlet in the country) is reporting today: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is under scrutiny for comments he made Wednesday related to abortion rights, in which he stated that women would have to undergo “some form of punishment” for seeking abortions if they were made illegal. The […]
When we discuss the Senate race here at Colorado Pols, we often write that “there are more than a dozen” Republican candidates in 2016. This is, admittedly, a vaguely bizarre statement. But it is difficult to provide a more specific answer to a query that is not as precise as it may seem. How many […]
In the weeks since the sudden death of conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Colorado’s junior U.S. Senator Cory Gardner has had varying responses to the question of whether he would consider a nominee from President Barack Obama in the final year of Obama’s presidency. After an initial statement that appeared to leave an opening […]
No, you were not dreaming — it really did rain last night. 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… ► We all knew it couldn’t last. During a CNN “town hall” event on Tuesday […]
Updating our occasional track of the growing number of proposals and counterproposals for “reform” of the state’s congressional redistricting and legislative reapportionment process that have piled up at the Colorado Secretary of State’s office since last year’s disastrous effort spearheaded by former GOP House Speaker Frank McNulty. As of Friday’s deadline for ballot initiatives there are […]
Yesterday, Democrats in the Colorado House rolled out long-awaited legislation to reclassify the state’s hospital provider fee into a TABOR-exempt enterprise: a technical fix that would allow to the state to avoid painful budget choices: if not this year as revenue forecasts change than in future years. And as the Colorado Independent’s Corey Hutchins reports, there’s […]
An editorial in last Friday’s Colorado Springs Gazette celebrates the “death” of House Bill 16-1004, legislation that would develop measurable goals and deadlines for the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: Colorado Senate Republicans were wise to kill a global warming bill in the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee on Thursday. In doing so, […]
It is Tuesday, once again, though this one isn’t even sorta-super; there are no Presidential primaries or caucuses 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). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► State Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg was taken to the Republican […]
TUESDAY UPDATE: Here are the clips–first, Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg refers to Sen. Kerry Donovan as “eye candy.” A few minutes later, after Sonnenberg was pulled out of committee by persons unknown and presumably read the riot act, came the apology: Apparently Sonnenberg calls everybody “eye candy,” which we suppose might be slightly less creepy. On […]
An email pitch from Democratic CD-6 challenger Morgan Carroll’s campaign today comes from a well-known Democratic member of Congress. And no, it’s not Nancy Pelosi: Morgan stands up for all Coloradans. Meanwhile, her Republican opponent spoke at a national conference for an anti-Muslim advocacy organization. And if that wasn’t enough, Morgan’s opponent refuses to reject […]
The Denver Post’s John Frank posted a short while ago about the unusual predicament GOP U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser finds himself in, trying to appeal to the Republican primary electorate as just one face in a very crowded field: “Democrats have shown time and time again that they have no respect for our Second Amendment rights,” […]
Campaigns for district attorney have been providing plenty of surprises this caucus season. Two weeks ago, Caryn Datz pulled a surprise upset at the Judicial District 17 Assembly, scooping up 74% of the vote from delegates and keeping (for now, at least) incumbent District Attorney Dave Young from even appearing on the June 28 ballot. On Saturday in […]
We wanted to revisit the recent flap between the presidential campaigns of Republican Ted Cruz and Donald Trump employing various Jim Carrey movie themes, as FOX News reported last week: Republican presidential rivals Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are attacking each other… with references to Jim Carrey films. It started when Trump posted a send-up of […]
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