(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%
George Washington would be 284 years old today if he were, you know, not dead. 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 Presidential nomination moves to Nevada on […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) POLS UPDATE: The press release below asks Rep. Mike Coffman to take a stand one way or the other on Donald Trump, but at the very bottom of an obscure paywalled story in the Colorado Statesman right after the Iowa caucuses, it does appear that Coffman was already on the record–at least […]
(Makes you wonder, doesn’t it? – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Much has been written about the Democrats’ proposal to remove a hospital fee from TABOR restrictions, freeing up about $370 million for highways, schools, and other government projects that lack funding. But one question that hasn’t been explained fully is, why the near unanimous opposition […]
UPDATE #2: Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio remain in a close battle for second place in South Carolina. Meanwhile, Jeb! Bush has thrown in the towel after performing poorly in S.C.; Bush announced this evening that he is ending his campaign for President. No more Jeb! From now on, just Jeb:( —– UPDATE: The Associated Press and CNN are among […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Hoo Boy. Dan Haley, former Denver Post editorial page editor spun through the oil and gas lobbyist revolving door into president of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, is “disappointed” that a conservation group is making oil and gas issues “political and partisan.” Sorry if you spit out your coffee. Take a minute to […]
As the Colorado Independent’s Marianne Goodland reports, a redistricting ballot measure that a “bipartisan coalition” of lawmakers and officials (more on that in a moment) have been threatening to introduce, only to be beaten back by intense criticism, is on the table once again: Initiative 107 was filed this morning by former Speaker of the House […]
State Sen. Tim Neville (R-Jefferson County) remains the favorite to win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, and the list of endorsements he rolled out today does nothing to indicate otherwise. From a press release: U.S. Congressman Thomas Massie (KY-4) Sen. Chris Holbert (SD 30) Sen. Vicki Marble (SD 23) Sen. Kevin Grantham (SD 2) Sen. Kent […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Colorado Springs’ Republican Mayor John Suthers told the Colorado Springs Gazette Tuesday that turning the hospital provider fee into a TABOR-defined enterprise would be “by far the easiest, least painful solution for the taxpayers” to address Colorado’s budget woes. But in his interview with Schrader, Suthers repeats the misinformation that Obamacare’s expansion […]
The Hill reports on a new poll from the right-wing “news” site Washington Free Beacon, showing Sen. Bernie Sanders pulling ahead of Hillary Clinton among likely Democratic caucusgoers in Colorado: Bernie Sanders has erased a double-digit deficit and pulled ahead of Hillary Clinton in Colorado, according to a Washington Free Beacon poll of voters released […]
The NBA trade deadline came and went yesterday; the Denver Nuggets are still sadly mediocre. 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… ► Carnival barker U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-Yuma) continues to make an absolute […]
KDVR FOX 31 reported last night on the death in the Republican-controlled Senate State Affairs committee yesterday of Senate Bill 16-043, a bill to increase disclosure of terms for private student loans: The facts haven’t changed: The average college student now graduates with nearly $30,000 in debt. In Colorado, residents collectively account for more than […]
Wear sunscreen out there — and a giant windbreaker. 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’s U.S. Senators — Democrat Michael Bennet and Republican Cory Gardner — are weighing in on the process for […]
Rep. Mike Coffman spoke last night at the Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL) in downtown Denver, a personal propaganda vehicle “training initiative” of wealthy Denver Republican funder Larry Mizel. In the course of which this unfortunate photo of Coffman escaped into the wild: This is why you 1. have podiums or 2. make sure all photos are […]
The Denver Post has an odd story up today about the latest index of hate groups compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center–a list that includes, as it does every year, an unfortunate number of organizations based in Colorado: Sixteen hate groups, including neo-Nazis, anti-gay churches and even a music label, operated in Colorado last year, […]
(Don’t laugh. – Promoted by Colorado Pols) In a Feb. 2 radio interview with KNUS 710-AM host Peter Boyles, former Rep. Tom Tancredo said GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz never took him up an his offer to start an organization backing Cruz. It was last year, after Tancredo had just penned a Breitbart column announcing […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Republicans have been blaming Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for the poor, for Colorado’s budget woes—even though the Obamacare expansion of Medicaid didn’t cost Colorado anything. Republicans have been blaming Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for the poor, for Colorado’s budget woes—even though […]
UPDATE #2: Sen. Cory Gardner’s comms director Alex Siciliano responds: CONFIRMED: @ColoradoMatters received exact same statement sent to @denverpost two days ago. #nicetry #copolitics https://t.co/HLx4biZe3i — Alex Siciliano (@jasiciliano) February 18, 2016 Apparently they missed this statement as you can see below. But to the larger point, we think we’ve figured out the trouble here, folks, and […]
We celebrated the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington this month. Here’s another birthday of (slightly less) note: Basketball great Michael Jordan is 53 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… ► […]
Yesterday, GOP Colorado Senate President Bill Cadman shocked local political reporters by appearing to break with the national Republican party line of opposition to any Supreme Court nominee before President Barack Obama leaves office. Recapping the Denver Post’s John Frank’s blog post yesterday that kicked off much of the controversy: Colorado’s top GOP state lawmaker has a message […]
On Thursday (Feb. 11), the University of Denver (DU) College Republicans wrangled 7 of the 13(?) candidates for the first Republican Senate debate of the cycle. This first debate was covered by a few media outlets, but the stories largely just focused on the fact that 7 GOP candidates were in the same room together. […]
We’re counting down to the next three day weekend! 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… ► With Colorado’s Democratic presidential caucuses fast approaching, campaign hands for both Hillary Clinton […]
A Facebook post yesterday from GOP Sen. Kevin Lundberg of Loveland warns of a bill, House Bill 16-1164, that he says should be “of concern” to Coloradans who believe the various discredited theories about childhood immunizations being linked to autism and other medical conditions: There is a bill in the House which should be of concern to […]
UPDATE: An astute on-background source corrects us: Gardner isn’t hedging: he’s rationalizing. And it’s not Teflon Cory: it’s Con Man Cory. —– UPDATE: Sen. Cory Gardner jumps on the obstruction bandwagon: NOW: @SenCoryGardner tells #9NEWS he supports McConnell on #SCOTUS, voters should "play a role" in selecting next justice in Nov. #COsen — Brandon Rittiman […]
Like candy hearts on Valentine’s Day or Jack-o-lanterns on Halloween, for Tea Party Republicans, nothing says “Election Year” like an AR-15 assault rifle! Here’s the details from a fundraising email sent out yesterday from the U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Tim Neville: Because a strong turnout at the March 1st precinct caucuses are so important, to help […]
UPDATE #4: President Obama makes simple, clear, impossible-to-argue statement on Scalia vacancy: Obama: I plan to fulfill my constitutional duties to name a successor. — NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) February 14, 2016 —– UPDATE #3: As the Washington Post reports, Scalia’s death may strengthen the conservative ideological case for Ted Cruz as the GOP nominee for President. —– UPDATE #2: The passing […]
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