(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%
Back during the legislative session, a mail piece attacking Republican county clerks for their support of House Bill 1303, this year's election modernization bills, drew nationwide condemnation after it photos in the piece were determined to have been altered to remove African-American faces from a line of people waiting to vote. Among those who called out […]
In a column for famously hard-right World Net Daily, GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo writes: Genuine border security will not be a part of the bill. Sadly, this kabuki dance around fake amendments is what passes these days for high-level debate in the United States Congress. And, of course, the outcome is tightly scripted and […]
(A state where he could actually be Senator! – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) is reportedly sympathetic to a move by county leaders in northern Colorado to secede from the state. It doesn’t appear that he’s been asked directly if he supports slicing a new state out of Colorado, but based on his […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) This article originally appeared in RhRealityCheck, a national blog focusing on "reproductive & sexual health and justice." After last year’s election, the communications director of the anti-abortion group Personhood USA held up U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) as a candidate who “maintained his 100% pro-life position (without compromising or denying the […]
Politico follows up with Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona, whose Todd Akin-like comments about the likelihood of pregnancy resulting from the crime of rape resurrected the "War on Women" meme this past week during debate over the GOP's latest abortion restriction bill in the House. Rep. Trent Franks’s (R-Ariz.) bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks […]
Governor John Hickenlooper has selected Rick Raemisch as the new Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections. Roger Werholtz has served as the interim Executive Director since the March murder of former Corrections head Tom Clements, and has been doing his best in the wake of that stunning tragedy. Werholtz announced yesterday, in fact, […]
The second half of Quinnipiac University's polling of Colorado out today, via National Journal: In a new Quinnipiac University poll filled with bad trends for Gov. John Hickenlooper, poor ratings for President Obama, and lackluster early numbers for 2016 Democratic presidential contenders, Sen. Mark Udall's, D-Colo., approval ratings stand out as a possible bright spot for […]
Image via RushLimbaugh.com
UPDATE: IEC reportedly levies the maximum fine, roughly $2800 all told–less the amount he had already repaid. —– AP via 7NEWS, too bad for the "Honey Badger." Colorado Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler has been admonished by an ethics panel over spending office funds to attend a GOP conference during the party's national convention […]
When Weld County and friends started publicly talking about seceding from Colorado a week ago, it brought up (again) an important point about Colorado statewide politics: The electoral power in Colorado is concentrated in the Denver Metro area, and that's not changing anytime soon. Some rural Coloradans voiced concern that their opinions were not being […]
UPDATE #2: With a deeper look at the poll, we find an interesting takeaway. —– UPDATE: A reader points out, for what it's worth, the partisan breakdown of this poll's respondents: Democrats 24%, Republicans 27%, unaffiliated 42%, other 7%–certainly a debatable "cross-section" of Colorado voters. Kevin Ingham of Strategies 360, a pollster we've turned to frequently in […]
Republican Cynthia Coffman has formally entered the race for Attorney General, joining Democrat Don Quick as only the second official candidate for 2014. From The Denver Post: In her announcement, Coffman said she would campaign on protecting water rights; fighting the “federal government oversteps” on states rights protected by the 10th Amendment; and maintainin “the […]
A fresh report from the Christian right-wing American Family Association's One News Now: Bob Beauprez, the former 7th District representative, spoke to OneNewsNow about Tom Tancredo, the former congressman who announced in May he is running for governor. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, is currently serving his first term as Colorado governor. Beauprez recalls that Tancredo performed […]
When the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) announced an early list of endorsed candidates for Denver School Board in late May, notably absent was controversial incumbent Andrea Merida. At the time, Ed News Colorado noted that DCTA might be waiting to see if other candidates emerged before backing Merida again. The rumored candidacy of Rosario […]
(Excerpt added – promoted by Colorado Pols) Today, in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Franks (R-AZ) stated in committee the chances a woman will become pregnant from a rape is rare and therefore his bill banning all abortions after 20 weeks doesn't need a rape exception. He went on to say that rapes must […]
UPDATE: The Denver Post weighs in with a blistering editorial today, slamming Sens. Greg Brophy and Kevin Grantham for playing politics while the Black Forest burns: With several uncontrolled wildfires burning up and down the Front Range, you'd think elected officials would find a better time to play politics — particularly when their arguments are easily […]
Head on over and take a look at the updated version of The Big Line. There aren't a lot of changes at the top, but the races for Attorney General and Secretary of State look plenty different.
(Like we said – promoted by Colorado Pols) On Greeley’s KFKA radio June 7, gun activist Laura Carno asked: Does [Senate President John Morse] stand by the Colorado Senate Democrats’ tweet that sheriffs, including the Democrats, are standing with criminals for challenging these gun control measures in court? Host Amy Oliver, who doubles as a […]
Yesterday, apparently under the radar of most local media, Gov. John Hickenlooper filed a motion in federal District Court requesting an injunction legally binding the enforcement of House Bill 1224, the bill restricting ammunition capacity to 15 rounds, to the technical guidance on the new law issued by the Attorney General a few weeks ago. Here's […]
AP reports via 7NEWS: Colorado wildlife officials say despite threats that hunters planned to boycott Colorado because of new gun control laws, big game applications are up. So far this year, big game applications have increased by 18,000 over the number in 2012. Colorado Parks and Wildlife processed 469,000 applications this spring, compared with 451,000 […]
9NEWS' Brandon Rittiman: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched a radio ad campaign on Spanish-language stations Monday targeting Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colorado) for voting with most other most Republicans to effectively undo the deferred-deportation program, which has been criticized as a form of executive-branch amnesty. "Congressman Coffman wants to restart the deportations of 800,000 young […]
A truly fascinating letter to the editor published in the Hartford Courant late last week, attributed to a federal inmate in the federal Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) "Supermax" prison near Florence, Colorado. As a lifelong career criminal, although I no longer enjoy the right to keep and bear arms, I'd like to take a moment to […]
MONDAY UPDATE: As the Colorado Springs Gazette's Megan Schrader reports, organizers of the recall election against Sen. Angela Giron will turn in roughly 13,500 signatures today–a much smaller margin than in Sen. John Morse's race, and less likely to survive validity checks by the Secretary of State's office. To put the ouster attempt on the ballot […]
AP's Ivan Moreno reports from the scene late Friday: Republican Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler testified Friday to defend himself against an ethics complaint alleging misuse of state funds for political events, insisting he used his discretionary office funds appropriately. At issue is Gessler’s travel last summer to a Republican conference on elections law […]
(A worthy read once past the title – promoted by Colorado Pols) I promised myself yesterday when I first received a call from a Republican friend who called to say, "OK, this was 'the straw" – the one that broke the camels back – that I wasn't going to divert any of my weekend time […]
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to stay in the loop with regular updates!