(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%
Is it just us, or was the Supreme Court the only group of partisan political people who chose not to debate today? Monday afternoon featured two debates hosted by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce: Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and Republican challenger Bob Beauprez got first crack at a discussion of the issues before Democratic […]
As we say every Election Year, we don't attempt to list every newspaper endorsement of every major political race in Colorado. Rather, we keep an eye out for particularly notable endorsements and/or obvious trends. After an initial weekend of newspaper endorsements, one trend has glaringly stood out: By and large, editorial boards of Colorado newspapers […]
We didn't want to miss mention of a new poll out this weekend from CBS and the New York Times, showing Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Udall with a three-point lead on Republican Cory Gardner–still well within the poll's +/- 3% margin of error. Here are your toplines: Interestingly, this month's CBS/NYT poll shows the same […]
UPDATE: Colorado Democratic Party chairman Rick Palacio responds: "Congressman Beauprez has picked sides in the Jefferson County education fight. Not surprisingly, he chose the tea party school board members over parents, teachers and students. Asking our students to wait until the next election to be taught America's rich and incredible history is out-of-touch. To best […]
With the U.S. Supreme Court's decision today allowing the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling against same-sex marriage bans to stand, it's a good time to review the position of Colorado candidates in next month's elections on marriage equality. Here's a clip of video of then-Congressman Bob Beauprez speaking in 2006 about his strident opposition to same-sex marriage: BEAUPREZ: […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Politics in Colorado are never boring, but 2014 is shaping up to be one of the craziest elections we’ve ever seen in the Centennial State. We’ve got a strip club owner running for office who just released a campaign ad about marijuana with Wyclef Jean and a candidate running for the […]
POLS UPDATE #4: More reaction, Sen. Mark Udall: "We are a stronger, better state when all couples are able to publically affirm their shared commitment and responsibilities to one another through marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court's move to let the Denver-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in favor of marriage equality stand is a […]
'Tis the season for newspaper editorial board endorsements. As always, we want to make clear that we won't be posting links to every endorsement published by every newspaper in Colorado, despite the perennial requests we get each election cycle to do so. There's far too many, and frankly, most of them are not newsworthy. But we did […]
Photo courtesy Jefferson County Education Association Following this week's adoption of a watered-down version of a highly controversial curriculum review of Jefferson County's AP U.S. History, students, teachers, and other residents turned out during yesterday afternoon's rush hour for a huge protest. Groups of protesters took up positions at intersections along 22 miles of Wadsworth Boulevard, Jefferson County's highest-traffic […]
UPDATE: Colorado Democrats are circulating this video of the exchange: FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports: Hickenlooper’s ire rose throughout his response as he came around to the implied subtext of Beauprez’s comments — the murder last March of Clements, who’d been working to reform the department by limiting the use of solitary confinement, by a […]
The Denver Post is out today with its endorsement in the Colorado Governor's race, and the editorial board is all-in on a second term for Gov. John Hickenlooper: Beauprez is an honorable man who has run a much-improved campaign from his effort in 2006, but he has provided no compelling reason why voters should dismiss […]
UPDATE: In a new ad of his own, Sen. Mark Udall responds vigorously, reminding viewers of his leadership in the U.S. Senate on national security issues: —– 9NEWS' Brandon Rittiman takes a dim view of a new TV spot from the National Republican Senatorial Committee, now playing in Colorado attacking Sen. Mark Udall for his supposed "weakness" […]
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, speaking in Colorado this week, had a few things to say about the constitutional doctrine of separation of church that are raising eyebrows. As the Huffington Post reports: The separation of church and state doesn't mean "the government cannot favor religion over non-religion," Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argued during […]
FRIDAY UPDATE: Cory Gardner earns the dubious honor of Factcheck.org's Whopper of the Week, via Politico: FACTCHECK.ORG WHOPPER OF THE WEEK: Rep. Cory Gardner, the Republican Senate candidate in Colorado, grabs this week’s honor for insisting “there is no federal personhood bill.” Gardner is a co-sponsor of the Life Begins at Conception Act. The bill […]
Why does this get its own Open Thread, you say? From 9News.com: A fight over how United States history is taught is coming to a head in Jefferson County on Thursday with students and teachers expected to pack a school board meeting where the controversial changes could face a vote… …Turnout is expected to be […]
A new poll from (formerly) conservative-leaning pollster Rasmussen Reports has Democratic incumbent Gov. John Hickenlooper leading GOP challenger Bob Beauprez by four points as October heats up: In Colorado’s other contentious election, Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper has pulled slightly ahead of Republican challenger Bob Beauprez in his bid to keep his job. Hickenlooper now picks up […]
(Wrong answer, Bob – promoted by Colorado Pols) In an interview on KOA 850-AM Tuesday, gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez sharply criticized Jeffco students and teachers who've been protesting against a proposed curriculum review, the conflict is really about merit pay for teachers, not the curriculum. Asked what message he has for "students, parents, teachers, and […]
National progressive blog Think Progress picks up GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez's comments about climate change from this week's Denver Post debate–so far overshadowed by the controversy over Beauprez's ill-advised statements on "abortifacient" IUD birth control from the same debate, but remarks we nonetheless expect will further damage Beauprez with moderate voters: In Colorado, a state with a […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: The Jeffco Board of Education is scheduled to meet tonight, and they are expected to use their 3-2 right-wing majority to ram through an initiative to change the curriculum of high school history classes. Community outrage, be damned. —– We've written before in this space that the controversy surrounding the Jefferson County School […]
Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn has been taking withering criticism for his boneheaded revelation that he "and others" have been urging military leaders to resign in protest over President Obama's foreign policy. As the editorial board of the Denver Post notes today as it begins to roll out candidate endorsements, it's time for Lamborn to follow […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) In the September 23 Denver Post Congressional debate, Mike Coffman was asked if he believed humans contributed to climate change. He said No. The audience laughed. There’s a reason for that. Even though most Coloradans accept and understand climate change – we all remember the terrible wildfires of 2012, and our […]
Last Monday, as Democrats were gleefully circulating video of GOP U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner's rough interview with FOX 31's Eli Stokols, Republican surrogates for Gardner were looking for something–anything–with which to change the subject. As Talking Points Memo reports, they chose poorly: On Monday, Republican operatives seemed to think they had a bonafide gamechanging gaffe […]
(Everyone agrees but Cory – promoted by Colorado Pols) Fox 31 Denver's Eli Stokols repeatedly tried to convince senatorial candidate Cory Gardner last week that there is such a thing as a federal personhood bill, and Gardner is a co-sponsor of it. In so doing, Stokols cited Factcheck.org, which reported not only that the bill […]
UPDATE: The Denver Post's John Frank has a new story up as the Beauprez's IUD controversy grows: Beauprez drew a rebuke from experts in the medical community who called his assertion false, while Democrats and like-minded women's rights organizations suggested it showed the candidate is out of touch. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and […]
It has become something of a tradition here at Colorado Pols for us to give you, our loyal readers, a live blog, play-by-play of political debates in Colorado, and we're back at it again. Tonight we'll be at the auditorium in the Denver Post building once more, this time for a debate between Gov. John […]
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