(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%
(Bumped up for the holiday weekend by popular demand – Pols) 7NEWS reports: Ammunition magazine limits and universal background check requirements are set to take effect in Colorado on Monday, even as county sheriffs fight to overturn the new laws in court. But after months of tense debate among state officials, the signature pieces of […]
Governor John Hickenlooper has appointed Tracee Bentley as his new Legislative Director. Bentley has served as the Deputy Director of the Colorado Energy Office since 2011. Hickenlooper's former Legislative Director, Christine Scanlan, resigned her post following the 2013 legislative session in order to take a job as president and CEO of The Keystone Center in […]
You may recall the case of Republican Brian Watson, whose apparent failure to pay his taxes led to his defeat in a bid for the state legislature (HD-3) in 2012 and is now dragging on Rep. Mike Coffman's re-election bid in CD-6. Watson lives in Greenwood Village, which is in Arapahoe County, but has apparently […]
As The Denver Post's Lynn Bartels reported yesterday, Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler (B-R-A-U…yep, we spelled it right) is "seriously" considering running for Governor in 2014: "It's fair to say that I have been approached by a lot of different credible and influential people in the party about pursuing a run for governor, and I […]
That's the word from Lynn Bartels of the Denver Post, Colorado House Minority Leader Mark Waller is making a "big announcement" next Monday: The Colorado Springs Republican has long been mentioned as a possible candidate for attorney general in 2014, when Republican John Suthers is term limited. So far, one Republican already has announced for […]
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Hey, it's a win-win for everybody, right! The county pays the salary and benefits, and somebody else gets to use the employee! From The Columbine Courier: The Jeffco Economic Development Corp. has officially launched its $3.9 million Forward Jeffco initiative to bring more businesses to the county — and with it came another new pitch […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols updates on Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado's campaign to hold the National Security Agency accountable following contractor Edward Snowden's disclosures of ongoing large-scale collection of American domestic telephone records: Colorado Sen. Mark Udall called on the National Security Agency to correct inaccurate and misleading information provided by the agency in a fact sheet […]
Unexpected news out of Pueblo, as a press release from Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced today: Today Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced the petition to recall Senator Angela Giron (SD-3) was found sufficient. On June 10, 2013, the proponents of the recall effort submitted 13,466 petition signatures to the Secretary of State. The […]
Former Congresswoman Betsy Markey announced her candidacy for State Treasurer this morning (full release after the jump), as we noted earlier. Her entry into the race to defeat Republican incumbent Walker Stapleton had been rumored for months, and until today there were no other potential Democrats considering the office. And then there was Pat Quinn. […]
UPDATE: Fox 31's Eli Stokols interviewed Markey on Sunday, and the official announcement is Monday morning: On Sunday, Markey told FOX31 Denver she believes her experience in the private and public sectors will make her a better fit for the job than Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a Republican. “As a small business owner, I have managed […]
The Fort Collins Coloradoan's Patrick Malone put out an excellent, in-depth look at the state of Colorado politics looking ahead to 2014 this weekend, as well as a summary of Democratic gains made in this state since 2004–and prospects for continued success in a state whose demographics have permanently changed in the last two decades. A […]
The Grand Junction Sentinel's Duffy Hayes updates on the story of Grand Junction City Councilor Rick Brainard, who has resisted all attempts to get him to resign following an arrest and subsequent guilty plea for a domestic violence incident that occurred just after his election: A promise by the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce […]
It's a Friday in June. In 2013. What better time to start a regular feature on the 2016 Presidential Campaign? For now, we're calling it "Presidential Ponderation," mostly because we like alliteration. Is "ponderation" a real word? Who cares! We begin our random look at the 2016 Presidential race with an interesting story from The […]
FRIDAY UPDATE: The Hill's Alexandra Jaffe reports on our scoop: According to local news site ColoradoPols.com, Republican strategists in the state are urging [Stephens] to run in a race that currently lacks any likely GOP contenders… The purple tint of Colorado has given some Republicans hope they'd be able to mount a challenge against Udall […]
We don't typically pay much attention to local conservative blogs, generally for qualitative reasons. But earlier this week, a local conservative blog wrote up the story that Colorado is opening a one-person office in Washington, D.C. to advocate on behalf of the state. As the Denver Post's Allison Sherry reported: The state is now among 32 other states […]
A sidenote to this week's passage in the U.S. House of H.R. 1797, a GOP-sponsored bill to restrict abortion rights, helpfully brought to our attention by a reader. Following the vote on H.R. 1797 Tuesday, Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado put out a statement attempting to explain his vote in favor of this abortion ban […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports on the conclusion by a grand jury in Denver that no criminal charges will be filed against Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler over his misuse of office funds to attend Republican political events during the 2012 election season. This comes after Gessler was found by the state's Independent Ethics Commission […]
(Oh for pity's sake, this again? – promoted by Colorado Pols) State Sen. Greg Brophy said yesterday on conservative radio that recent wildfires may have been started by terrorists and that "the Governor and Democrats" have left Colorado vulnerable to terrorist attacks due to their failure to spend millions of dollars on air tankers to […]
Politico: The House Tuesday passed a bill that would ban most abortions nationwide after 20 weeks. The most far-reaching abortion legislation in the House in a decade, it was passed 228-196, mostly along party lines. The vote is largely symbolic: The bill will be dead on arrival in the Senate. And the White House has […]
The Colorado Secretary of State's office announced today that organizers seeking to recall Senate President John Morse submitted 10,137 valid signatures, easily surpassing the 7,178 signatures needed to initiate what would be the first recall election in state history. Or maybe not. While it appears that Kennedy Enterprises directed its hired troops to collect enough […]
The Black Forest Fire, now the worst wildfire in the history of Colorado in terms of the number of homes destroyed, reached 75% containment yesterday afternoon. On Sunday, El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa posted on his Facebook wall that, although he's been very busy, he hasn't forgotten about that lawsuit seeking to overturn gun safety […]
We caught this story in Our Colorado News about a new candidate for city council in Lakewood, and it confused the crap out of us. The story is written by a reporter, not the candidate herself, so you can probably understand our confusion. Here's how the story leads off: Shakti announced she will be a […]
Really big news in the Southwest Denver School Board race – Rosemary Rodriguez will be running for the District 2 seat currently occupied by that disgrace of a board member, Andrea Merida. She's formerly president of the Denver City Council, and is Senator Bennet's State Director. This is according to this Ed News Colorado story. Rodriguez will definitely enter […]
From NBC News: The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law that requires people to submit proof of citizenship when they register to vote. The vote was 7-2. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority, said that a 1993 federal law known as the Motor Voter Act takes precedence over the Arizona law […]
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