(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%
We keep telling Republicans flocking to the standard of American Constitutional Party candidate Tom Tancredo that they are going to dearly regret it, but they’re evidently too busy running away from Dan Maes to care. Meanwhile, the Pueblo Chieftain’s Patrick Malone reports: Speaking to a crowd of about 500 at the Denver Sheraton Downtown during […]
The Denver newspaper published their interview today with the victim of an alleged rape committed in 2005, a crime that now-GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck dismissively refused to prosecute, telling newspapers at the time that that a jury might conclude it was a case of “buyer’s remorse.” Today’s story by reporter Allison Sherry is just […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) First Lady Michelle Obama appeared in Colorado today, helping to get the base that swept President Barack Obama to victory two years ago back to the polls. Michelle is one of the most inspiring figures you’ll ever get to see in person, and it was a brilliant choice to […]
Conservative Denver radio host and Denver Post columnist Mike Rosen had a rough week of bad press (or perhaps good press, since we still think he did this on purpose) for suggesting that someone should hijack an Iranian plane and fly it into a mosque in New York. So what’s his excuse? Apparently it’s David […]
Quite the high-profile honor for a Colorado state senator: A former high school principal who advised Barack Obama on education policy, Johnston, 35, of Colorado, sees poor test scores and dropout rates as nothing short of a civil rights issue. Who is your political hero/inspiration? Dr. King What’s your go-to political blog? coloradopols.com… Alright, so […]
(First thought: “Truth Test” is going to rip Stapleton’s ad to pieces. Second thought: why is Stapleton so sweaty at the end? For more on Kennedy’s ad–after the jump–see our post from earlier in the week. – promoted by Colorado Pols) Just passing them both along to compare – Stapleton’s Ad Kennedy’s Ad
UPDATE: Scot Kersgaard of the Independent responds directly to partisan attacks on his reporting. —– So the campaign of GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck has chosen its response to the emerging scandal surrounding his refusal to prosecute an alleged case of rape in 2005–a case he refused even though the alleged perpetrator was recorded admitting […]
As we’ve said a few times discussing all of the various issues that GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck has reversed himself on since winning the primary election in August, one of the biggest dangers of doing this is not the individual constituencies one upsets when switching sides on their pet issue. A larger problem, especially […]
Subtitle: You’re not an activist in the tea party wing of the Republican Party. You are a pawn of the Kochtopus! Or: “This is a grassroots citizens’ movement brought to you by a bunch of oil billionaires.” * Or even: Looks like somebody needs a refresher. What is the Kochtopus? Defined and coined and even […]
Don’t blame us, it’s in the news across the country for some reason: There it is. Apparently it’s Barack Obama as, left to right, a terrorist, a mobster, an illegal immigrant, and gay. It’s in Junction if you want to see it. Read about it at the Grand Junction Sentinel. To be honest, we don’t […]
We couldn’t make this up, folks. From the always-entertaining blog of lame-duck state Sen. Dave Schultheis, writing in favor of Amendments 60, 61 and Proposition 101–spot the punchline? Having served as what many consider one of the most conservative members of the Colorado State Legislature for the past ten years and having served on the […]
We regularly post a variety of different polls where we ask Colorado Pols readers to vote on their best guess of how a race might turn out. We do this for a couple of reasons. For one thing, polling on “who you support for X office” is little more than a popularity contest on a […]
Now that they’ve got the badge of honor that is Keith Olberman’s Worst Person in the World in common, they should really get together and swap one-liners or something. You’ll recall that last year, GOP state Sen. Dave Schultheis earned this dubious honor after his Tweet that Obama was “flying the US plane into the […]
Here’s the new ad from “21st Century Colorado,” targeting state Sen. Kevin Lundberg with an undetermined buy; but we’re told it’s in relatively good circulation for a legislative race. Here’s the backup sheet for the claims made in this ad. Pretty blistering stuff. If we understand the thinking behind this ad correctly, it’s not being […]
“Right now the only person talking about social issues in this campaign is Betsy Markey.” That’s what Cory Gardner told Al Malmbert Oct. 5 on KCOL Fox News Radio AM 600 in Loveland. You’d think Malmberg might have pointed out to Gardner that, hey, Malmberg himself had just asked Gardner about social issues, so it’s […]
UPDATE: as seen on MSNBC this evening: UPDATE #2: We’ve been told by competent attorneys, including attorneys with prosecutorial experience, that the recording transcribed below might well have been admissible under Colorado law. This needs to be followed up on urgently by the press–was Buck the one who represented this evidence as inadmissible? Much discussion […]
Thirty seconds from 9NEWS’ U.S. Senate debate yesterday evening: As with pre-existing conditions, the so-called Medicare “donut hole” is one of the major problems addressed by recently-passed health care reform legislation–which Ken Buck wants to repeal. It’s estimated that as many as 25% of Medicare Part D patients stop following their prescribed course when they […]
Here’s another reason why we think some national prognosticators are really off on their assessment of CD-4. From a press release from the campaign of Democratic Rep. Betsy Markey: Betsy Markey raised $858,000 in the third fundraising quarter of 2010, bringing her total raised to more than $3.1 million, the most ever raised cycle to […]
As “The Fix” reports yesterday, Democrats across the country are suffering the fallout from a weak top-of-the-ticket showing: Rick Snyder may be House Democrats’ biggest nightmare. The Michigan Republican, a former head of the Gateway computer company, is running way ahead of Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero (D) in the Wolverine State’s gubernatorial race. (A poll […]
Election day is 22 days away. And Michael Booth, recently discussed reporter for the newspaper of record in Denver, reports that there is another issue that Ken Buck has “clarified” or reversed position since the primary. Ag subsidies to farmers. Federally funded, taxpayer funded payments to farmers; wealth transfer to farmers to stabilize agriculture prices. […]
UPDATE #2: The legs on this story are growing longer by the day. Full reports now from ABC News, Fox 31, and The Huffington Post, the latter of which includes the full audio. —– UPDATE: Politico’s David Catanese reports to a national audience: Buck seemed skeptical about the ability to prosecute the case from the […]
Colorado Treasurer Cary Kennedy’s new ad, announced yesterday, is quite good–basic resonant issues (education), a solid positive message on fiscal responsibility, and–every political spectator’s favorite part–a nice, hard shot on GOP opponent Walker Stapleton. When we saw reports last February that Stapleton had actually said “it’s time education ‘competes’ for funds” against prisons, our first […]
I am very curious about this rumor that has been floating around in the comments sections etc. of some of our local papers about Buck’s record of harassment or discrimination. Normally, I’d dismiss a rumor cluttering the comments section, but after the same rumors about his DoJ record proved to be true, I think we […]
The topic du jour in state legislative races around Colorado this week has the U.S. Postal Service jumping for joy, but that’s about it–as the Colorado Independent’s Troy Hooper reported Friday: Colorado’s political landscape is rife with mailers espousing “believe-it-or-not gems,” as the Denver Post put it Wednesday. The newspaper focused on Kathleen Curry, the […]
One of the biggest reasons why, despite what should be a national wave sweeping GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck to victory in a few weeks, the Colorado Senate race remains one of the most hotly contested in the nation, is the gap between Buck’s relative popularity among men and unpopularity with women. Recent polling illustrates […]
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