(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%
Politico reports on GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s remarks at a rally in Salt Lake City Friday night: “Are you sure he’s a Mormon? Are we sure?” he asked a supportive crowd. Romney, just hours earlier, had indicated he’d be casting a vote for Ted Cruz in Utah’s caucuses Tuesday. [Pols emphasis] Trump’s broadside was the […]
It wouldn’t be nearing Spring Break in Colorado if there wasn’t a little snow first. 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 Democrats began rolling out their “equal pay” agenda in the […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) By Bob Seay On the surface, Ken Buck’s “Blue Lives Matter” proposal looks good. (“Rep. Ken Buck introduces ‘Blue Lives Matter’ bill to make targeted killing of a police officer a hate crime”, March 17) Like Mr. Buck said, “I can’t imagine anyone would be opposed to protecting police officers.” I […]
A press release from Coloradans for Freedom yesterday celebrates the death of House Bill 16-1180, a bill to allow individuals to claim an exemption from nondiscrimination and other laws due to “religious convictions.” During the committee hearing, opponents of the bill testified that religious freedom is already protected in the First Amendment of the Constitution […]
Green beer is okay, but we’d stay away from any green foods that aren’t vegetables. 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… ► Senate Republicans continue to insist that they will refuse to […]
Rep. Mike Coffman is another year older, and it’s party time in la oficina: As always, thank Providence for the swift and merciless Twitters:
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Woods, who has said Trump is her second favorite presidential candidate, “liked” a Facebok post, sponsored by Numbers USA, which read: LIKE if you agree with Trump. Illegal aliens should not be awarded birthright citizenship! A graphic shows a photo of Trump with the text, “End Birthright Citizenship.” Trump’s immigration platform […]
One Colorado, the state’s leading LGBT advocacy group, is circulating the video you can see above highlighting the, um, the lowlights from the recent debate in the Colorado House over House Bill 16-1210–legislation that would ban the widely-discredited practice of so-called “conversion therapy” by licensed mental health professionals seeking to “cure” LGBT Coloradans of, you […]
A reader forwarded us this rather alarming story from KRDO-13 out of Pueblo County yesterday, about a course offered to middle school students in Colorado City: “It’s a lot of guns to have in a school, especially because you don’t have this many just at your house or something,” 8th grade student Courtney Proctor said. [Jim] Heath, a […]
Don’t forget to finish up those NCAA Tournament Brackets before Thursday morning. 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… ► President Obama has nominated Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Garland is […]
UPDATE #3: Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper adds his support: “Today, President Obama nominated Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Judge Garland has had a distinguished career as a judge and prosecutor, and has more federal judicial experience than any other Supreme Court nominee in history. He earned strong bipartisan support for his appointment […]
UPDATE 7:55PM: Donald Trump wins North Carolina, Illinois GOP contests. —– UPDATE 6:48PM: The State of Ohio goes to…John Kasich! —– UPDATE 6:35PM: Second big story of the night appears to be Hillary Clinton’s dominance–races in Florida and North Carolina already called for Clinton, and she is way ahead in the key Rust Belt state of […]
UPDATE: A slew of Colorado GOP legislators join hands at Franklin Graham’s rally today: From left: Sen. Kevin Lundberg, Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, Rep. Patrick Neville, Rep. Dan Nordberg, Rep. Clarice Navarro, Sen. Larry Crowder, (we think) Rep. Kim Ransom, Sen. Laura Waters Woods, a dude in sunglasses, Rep. Justin Everett, and Sen. Vicki Marble. We’re […]
Is it really that hard to come up with another name for today’s big Primary votes? The words “Super” and “Tuesday” don’t always have to go together. 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 […]
A debate here in Colorado over legislation that would ban the practice of so-called “conversion therapy” to “cure” individuals of their homosexuality made international news yesterday, as the UK Guardian’s Sam Levin reports: Colorado Republicans and conservative religious groups have mobilized against the proposed ban, even though the practice of trying to change someone’s sexual […]
UPDATE: conservative mediasphere in no way united on the question of Donald Trump rally violence, as The Hill reports: Conservative commentator Ann Coulter late Sunday weighed into the debate over Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s increasingly physical campaign events, calling for “a little more violence.” She suggested in another tweet that some Trump supporters are […]
Roll Call’s Nathan Gonzales looks at a fascinating convergence of swing congressional races and hotly competitive presidential general election battlegrounds setting up this year: It’s going to be hard for most House races to get any attention this year, with a competitive presidential race and the fight for control of the Senate. But a handful of […]
Need some advice on your NCAA Tournament Bracket? Don’t pick Kansas. 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 field for President could get 50% smaller after big votes in Florida […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) POLS UPDATE: As the Denver Post’s Mark Matthews reports, Tom Tancredo isn’t the only endorsement Jon Keyser announced today, but it’s the one everybody is talking about: [T]he most intriguing of the bunch is the thumbs-up from Tancredo, the on-again, off-again Republican who ran an insurgent race for president long before Donald […]
Boulder County Deputy District Attorney Caryn Datz pulled off one of the bigger surprises of the Colorado caucus/assembly season on Saturday when she absolutely crushed incumbent Democratic District Attorney Dave Young at the JD-17 (Judicial District 17) Democratic Party Assembly. By earning 74% of the support of assembly-goers, Datz earned topline on the June Primary ballot and […]
Remember, former Sen. Greg Brophy wants to end this madness.
As the Colorado Springs Gazette’s Maria St. Louis-Sanchez reports, it’s back to jail scrubs for the author of the notorious 1992 Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR), former GOP Rep. Doug Bruce: Former state Rep. Douglas Bruce was taken from a courtroom in handcuffs after he was sentenced to at least two years in prison Friday. Bruce, 66, […]
7NEWS Marshall Zelinger reports, Colorado’s most well-intentioned gaffe machine, Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, is at it again: At a conference in Dallas on Tuesday, on public-private partnerships — like the U.S 36 expansion and toll lanes — Gov. John Hickenlooper warned the decision makers about legalizing marijuana. While showing a slide that said millennials will […]
The Pueblo Chieftain’s Peter Strescino reports on passage yesterday in the Colorado Senate of a resolution opposing the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Colorado prisons: The Colorado Senate voted Thursday to back a resolution to keep Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees out of Colorado. The vote was 28-7. The resolution calls for “discouraging […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The latest Republican to stand in front of a camera and complain about state spending on health care for the elderly, disabled, and other poor people, without offering any alternatives, is former state Sen. Greg Brophy, who’s freshly back from a job with Rep. Ken Buck in Washington DC. Brophy appeared on […]
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