(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Janak Joshi
80%
20%
10%
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Hetal Doshi
40%↓
30%
30%
(D) Jeff Bridges
(R) Kevin Grantham
80%↑
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(D) Milat Kiros
(D) Wanda James
70%↓
20%↑
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Alex Kelloff
(R) H. Scheppelman
60%↓
30%↓
20%↑
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) E. Laubacher
80%
20%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
53%↓
48%↑
(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 in 2005 and 2006, we wrote a couple of times about alleged violations of the federal Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity, involving then-CD-7 GOP candidate Rick O’Donnell and cabinet-level officials under President George W. Bush who headlined attended O’Donnell campaign events. At the time, there was lots […]
Things are a little different now. UPDATE: According to our friends at the Washington Post, Colorado’s own Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has been designated to lead the United States government, and depending on which movie scenario you’re playing out (geopolitical thriller, biblical apocalypse), maybe the surviving population of the world in the event of a […]
Sandra Fish writes for Politics Daily: Republican State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, elected this fall, is the second Colorado elected official to continue consulting with a former employer… “As state treasurer, they’re supposed to be investing for the state of Colorado. What if there are state funds that are invested in this company?” asked Luis Toro, […]
In a Denver newspaper story today by reporter Tim Hoover, embattled Secretary of State Scott Gessler appears to be giving in to the firestorm of criticism that erupted late last week, following his announcement that he intended to continue working part-time at his former law firm. Gessler’s firm, the Hackstaff Law Group (previously Hackstaff Gessler) […]
As the Durango Herald’s Joe Hanel reports, it’s as bad as you thought: Colorado Republicans have imported more of the Arizona immigration law into the Legislature, including parts that a federal judge has already struck down in Arizona… House Bill 1170 would direct local police to try to determine whether a person entered the country […]
We’ve been hard on new Colorado House Speaker Frank McNulty for some controversial decisions he’s made since (barely) winning the chamber last November. But as the Durango Herald’s Joe Hanel reports, McNulty is the sponsor of at least one very good bill our readers should be aware of–and deserves credit: House Bill 1072 would require […]
The Hill reports today, sure to provoke a lively debate: President Obama hit his highest approval rating since fall of 2009, in a CNN/Opinion Research poll released Monday. Fifty-five percent of Americans said they approve of the way Obama is handling his job, according to a poll conducted over the weekend, the first time he’s […]
Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler has been under fire for the last few days for complaining that his $68,500 annual salary (which pays about 33% more than the average $46,000 salary in Colorado, according to the Colorado Department of Labor) just isn’t enough and that he needs to work a second job with his […]
UPDATE #4: FOX 31’s Eli Stokols reports: On Monday, a large group of Democratic lawmakers held a press conference at Dora Moore Elementary school vowing to introduce a bill to restore funding for the Smart Start program, which may need an additional $124,000 to operate through the end of the current school year… “We believe […]
A report from KRDO-TV on the scandal over Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s decision to work part time for his politically radioactive law firm, somehow free of conflicts of interest: To be clear, we have no interest in defending Secretary Gessler’s decision to “moonlight” for his old firm, which is in turn connected to some […]
Audio courtesy ColoradoNewser As the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby reports: Mesa State College workers sparred over a bill Thursday that would allow them to opt out of the state’s personnel system. The measure, which narrowly passed the House Economic & Business Development Committee, would allow the 120 college workers who are in the system […]
(Ouch–read the original story on this vote here – promoted by Colorado Pols) Dave Perry, the editor of the Aurora Sentinel, has a piece worth reading on the GOP’s new priorities for Colorado. No doubt that this year’s Legislative Ebenezer Scrooge Award will go to the Republican members of the Joint Budget Committee for refusing […]
As the Colorado Independent’s Joseph Boven reports, the much-anticipated Colorado copy of Arizona’s embattled anti-immigration law was introduced yesterday by Sen. Kent Lambert–furthering the Colorado GOP’s evident goal of driving any lingering Hispanics out of the tent. The long expected immigration bill by Sen. Kent Lambert, R-Colorado Springs, sparked a firestorm of condemnation from local […]
It’s not related to politics, but we are obligated to relay, from our friends at 9NEWS, what might be the most awesome news headline of all time. We wouldn’t have missed the chance either. Accused wife-beater Joseph Moron’s alleged crimes are no laughing matter, of course. But if it’s any consolation, every time his name […]
Dean Singleton is stepping down as CEO of MediaNews Group (which owns that big Denver newspaper, among others), though he’ll remain as Chairman as well as publisher of the Denver paper. In a Westword interview, he discussed the move along with online media: “We’re experimenting with pay walls, but there’s no certainty pay walls are […]
As the Denver Business Journal’s Ed Sealover reports: The five-point legislative agenda, nicknamed “Reinvest in Colorado,” includes a push to give public bidding preferences to companies whose workforce comes from within Colorado and who use products made in America. More broadly, it also seeks to protect the jobs and salaries of state workers in the […]
(We’ll take questions until the end of the day Friday, and run the mailbag next week. – promoted by Colorado Pols) It’s been several months since we last did our Colorado Pols mailbag, otherwise known as “Ask Alva.” We have a couple of questions in the hopper, but before we do a full “mailbag,” we […]
As the Durango Herald’s Patrick Young reports, along with Rep. Scott Tipton’s minute and ten seconds of boilerplate glory on the House floor yesterday (right): House Republicans today will vote on House Resolution 2, a measure that would undo the health-care bill passed by the previous Democratic-controlled Congress. Most of the constituents who spoke during […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: Reporter Tim Hoover of the Denver newspaper circled back with the Republican members of the Joint Budget Committee about this vote in an excellent blog post today–big follow-through ups for Mr. Hoover, but we don’t think the answers from Rep. Cheri Gerou and Sen. Kent Lambert about this vote are going to go […]
As the Colorado Statesman’s Ernest Luning reports: “I want to serve as state chairman during the 2012 election cycle because of the extraordinary opportunities Colorado Republicans have to dramatically impact our state and nation,” Wadhams said in a lengthy e-mail to state Republicans. Republicans will pick a party chair in March, but lingering discontent among […]
From a press release from Attorney General John Suthers this morning–former Secretary of State Bernie Buescher is taking a job in Suthers’ office, filling the post of Deputy Attorney General for the State Services Section. Suthers’ appointment of Buescher is yet another case of those who know the longtime civil servant seeing a value in […]
State Bill Colorado, so everybody’s clear: House Speaker Frank McNulty, newly engaged to a Capitol lobbyist, intends to be mindful when casting votes on bills on which his fiance may be lobbying. Shannon Csotty works for the Kenney Group. “I am sure he will not put himself in a situation where there is a conflict […]
As the AP reports, and we’ve been confidently predicting for…best not to gloat: Strong opposition stands at 30%, close to the lowest level registered in Associated Press-GfK surveys dating to September 2009… Opposition to the law remains strongest among Republicans: 71% say they are against it, compared with 35% of independents and 19% of Democrats. […]
Reporter Marianne Goodland, who we normally refer to when she writes for the Colorado Statesman, has a very interesting story this weekend in the Sterling Journal Advocate–unfortunately, a MediaNews property that we can’t quote directly. But the story, about proceedings in the Joint Budget Committee last week as they begin the daunting process of closing […]
A fascinating post this week from former GOP Senate President John Andrews, writing for his Backbone America blog–remember all that talk after the election about bipartisan cooperation in the legislature, common-ground solutions, and working together? According to a group of key GOP legislators, screw that. The following report came to me [January 6th] from a […]
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