(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 9NEWS' Brandon Rittiman reports, the non-troversy over President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to Colorado this week goes on–at least in the minds of Republicans, desperate to extract larger meaning from, well, any silly little thing they can: When Air Force One touches down in Denver on Tuesday night, Sen. Mark Udall won't be on […]
Chicago Sun Times: "A final note: For all those outraged with the (Illinois) Supreme Court Justices, save your fire. Their job is to interpret the law and the Constitution." An Illinois' teacher's response to this Chicago Sun Times editorial: "The Court made clear that our Constitution still functions as a guide to civic behavior; that […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The day before the Republican primary, in which Republican Laura Woods triumphed over Lang Sias for the right to take on Democratic State Senator Rachel Zenzinger, Woods made the following comment on the KLZ’s Grassroots Radio Colorado: WOODS: “…tomorrow, if you’re an unaffiliated voter, and you don’t want more of the […]
As the Durango Herald's Brandon Mathis reports, GOP U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner has got his talking points on energy down pat. It's total BS, of course, but he's got great delivery: U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, seeking to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, defended hydraulic fracturing as a job creator and said bans of […]
Rep. Jared Polis and partner Marlon Reis welcome the latest member of their family this holiday weekend, Cora Barucha, via Facebook (photo right). The Denver Post’s Lynn Bartels reports: The couple already has a son, Caspian Julius, who is 2½ years old and is nicknamed “CJ.” As with CJ’s birth, Polis is revealing few details, […]
Comments of an Illinois state retiree and former Marine on Illinois' pension contract breach: "As I did when I volunteered as a United States Marine Corps service member, when I volunteered for state service, I relied on citizens to have my back. While they seem to support my service in the U.S. Armed Forces, I’m […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) CORRECTION: This post incorrectly states that most journalists consider themselves Democrats. Over half of journalists in a recent survey self-identify as having no party affiliation. About 7 percent said they were Republicans, and 28 percent Democrats. My point about Rosen is unchanged. —– From: Jason Salzman To: [KOA Radio Host] Mike […]
A press release this afternoon from the Colorado Attorney General’s office announces “regretful” legal action to stop Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples: This action comes after attempts over the past several days to resolve this issue directly with the Boulder County Attorney and Clerk and Recorder were rejected. […]
The Centennial Institute, which bills itself as Colorado Christian University’s “think tank,” is hosting a veritable who’s who of the conservative glitterati at this year’s Western Conservative Summit. In the past, the WCS has featured such luminaries as Dutch anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders and conspiracy theorizing right wing uberpundit Glenn Beck. The WCS is reliably […]
Several years ago, we posted a bunch of yard signs from around the state that were emailed to us by Pols readers. It was fun to compare and contrast various yard signs and to attempt to rank them in order of effectiveness…but it got to be a little too time-consuming. Thanks to the Internet Tubes […]
(This is pretty gross. – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Undocumented children are literally dying along the U.S. border, in the desert, and radio-host Mike Rosen and gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez are accusing Obama of dumping undocumented kids in Arizona, as a form of political revenge against Arizona governor Jan Brewer: ROSEN: You suppose that there […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: The Washington Post's Paul Waldman writes this morning, as this story catches on nationally with a swiftness that can only be explained by the prophetic similarity to Mitt Romney's subsequent and ill-fated 47% speech: The Beauprez video was taken in 2010, in an appearance before a Rotary Club, and it’s familiar by now — the 47 […]
We've discussed before in this space the efforts in Jefferson County to increase the number of county commissioners to 5 (from its current 3-member board) — a much more reasonable and representative number for a county that is larger in population than the entire state of Wyoming. A citizen's group called "Jeffco 5" had spent […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols. This is baffling. Beauprez isn't just saying that he has never wavered on issues — he's saying that nobody has ever even accused him of wavering on issues.) Last month, The Denver Post ran a strange quote from GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez: "I've never been accused of switching positions on […]
So-called "web ads" running longer than the usual 30 seconds are often released by candidates with no paid exposure, in the hope that they'll be picked up by blogs and spread by individuals on social media. "Viral" spread of compelling content is a frequent goal of online campaign organizers, but rarely achieved. Qualitatively, this web […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: Round and round we go. We can confirm that Deidre Garcia was indeed offered the job of Beauprez's running mate, but declined. —– UPDATE #2: Beauprez's campaign says it never offered Lt. Governor to Garcia, and that Repella was their first choice. —– UPDATE: Looks like Beauprez's campaign did have a bit of […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) I posted two weeks ago about the next step in the fight over municipalization in Boulder, as Xcel sought to sue and forcibly keep customers who just wanted to be rid of them. I just read this article about another element of the battle, and it got me thinking: After failing to […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Sheriff Terry Maketa is in trouble. Accused of sexual harassment and misusing his department's funds, he is now facing an energetic effort to recall him from his elected office. Volunteers must gather 45,000 valid signatures by July 12, in order to initiate a recall election. Many of his staff have resigned […]
The National Journal has picked up on a storyline we have been following closely for months here at Colorado Pols — how the combination of Tea Party vs. establishment fights, amplified in bellwether Jefferson County, may make it impossible for Republicans on the top of the ticket to win statewide races: Even as Republicans nominated […]
(Maybe it would prevent civil war? – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez doubled down on his total and complete opposition to Obamacare last week, saying the law's core plan to expand healthcare coverage under Medicaid is a path to "ruin." But on KOA's Mike Rosen Show June 26, Beauprez didn't answer a […]
TUESDAY UPDATE #3: Buzzfeed now reporting that the Attorney General will go to court tomorrow: Colorado Attorney General John Suthers’s office has told Boulder County officials that they plan to go to court Wednesday if Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall does not stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Suthers’s office responded Tuesday to county officials’ […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports, Sen. Mark Udall's sordid dealings with the Obamanation continue: Colorado Sen. Mark Udall, the vulnerable Democrat who couldn’t answer a reporter’s question back in January as to whether he’d want to campaign with President Obama, is now raffling off a ticket to his fundraiser here with the president next month. […]
ProgressNow Colorado, the state’s largest online progressive advocacy organization, today called on Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez to stop trying to have it both ways on the issue of an individual mandate to buy health insurance. This comes after a surrogate for Beauprez, former Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve House, claimed Friday that Beauprez “admits that […]
UPDATE: 9NEWS' Kyle Clark follows up, as this story finally stretches its legs: Republican Bob Beauprez, who will face Governor John Hickenlooper in November, distinguished between the civil war he said Obama is risking and a peaceful civil war through the ballot box that Beauprez championed… On Focus Today, Beauprez went on to distinguish between the […]
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