(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%
UPDATE: Sources say unequivocally that the amendment yesterday to remove the referred measure component of the bill has the full support of proponents, and Rep. Lois Court is now a “yes” vote on payday lending reform. More to come. — We’re a little less jubilant this morning about yesterday’s passage by the House Judiciary Committee […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) As Colorado gets ready for what will likely be a contentious political battle over Rep. Tom Massey‘s HB10-1284, Massey and three of his colleagues in the legislature (Sens. Romer and Spence, and Rep. McCann) are signing a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking him to place a temporary […]
(Memo here – promoted by Colorado Pols) The sample and breakdown are much more thorough in sample size, and in analysis of voting groups. March 1, 2010 Michael Bennet and Jane Norton are running neck and neck, 41% Bennet to 40% Norton in combined results from two surveys conducted in January and February among a […]
What is it with Colorado’s local municipalities and chickens? The Littleton City Council is considering “rules for urban chicken enthusiasts” after a neighbor’s complaint led to an investigation by the city. Last month, the Greeley City Council voted nay on a backyard chicken ordinance. The Greeley Tribune reported on the decision in one of the […]
UPDATE #3: HB10-1351 passes Judiciary Committee 7-4. UPDATE #2:: Check out this list of likely NO votes. From what we hear, you can add Democrat Independent Rep. Kathleen Curry — a former co-sponsor of Payday Lending Reform — to the list of likely “NO” votes (Curry is not on the Judiciary Committee, but we’re keeping […]
We know a lot of you have grown impatient lately with what many consider to be inadequate local political coverage, particularly from Denver’s only remaining newspaper of record, the Denver Post. Well, folks, the reason we defend our few remaining local political beat reporters, like the Denver Post’s irreplaceable Lynn Bartels, even as we too […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Yesterday’s Candidate Search 2010 event hosted by the South Denver 912 Project, and live streamed by the People’s Press Collective, was a showcase of GOP candidates for nearly all levels of elected office. Candidates for Governor, CD2, CD6, CD7, US Senate, State Treasurer, Secretary of State, state House and […]
Democrats putting together their opposition research file on CD-4 frontrunner Cory Gardner haven’t been disappointed by his votes in the Colorado legislature this session. We talked last weekend about Gardner’s politically ill-advised vote to cut the Agriculture Department, despite Minority Leader Mike May’s near-pleading on the House floor not to do so. And then there […]
Please take a moment to visit the website of our newest advertiser, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s 1st Annual Elephant Awards, by clicking their ad to the right. Show your ad at the often-imitated, never duplicated watercooler of Colorado politics: email us.
After all the back and forth here in Colorado over secret strategy memos in the last couple of years, we can’t go into the weekend without a mention of Politico’s big report for the week: The Republican National Committee plans to raise money this election cycle through an aggressive campaign capitalizing on “fear” of President […]
Rasmussen Reports is out with new poll numbers on Colorado’s U.S. Senate race. As we’ve said over and over, head-to-head polling (of general election voters) matching up candidates from different parties is virtually meaningless at this point in the race. Probably 95% of voters aren’t paying any attention whatsoever right now, so polling today is […]
Sen. Shawn Mitchell is reliable about casting Republican image and message problems in embarrassingly sharp relief, often with a Beavis and Butthead flair that nobody else can quite match. Yesterday, he served up another fine object lesson–the Denver Post reports: Democrats ripped state Sen. Shawn Mitchell on Thursday after he referred to a colleague as […]
(Mr. Hyde (R) strikes again!-ColPols–I just updated with Jared’s response – promoted by Danny the Red (hair)) Update with Jared’s response I voted against the HIRE Act along with 35 members of the Congressional Black Caucus and Progressive Caucus on grounds that it was simply too little, too late: its tax cuts will not bring […]
Another stump speech joint appearance for gubernatorial candidates John Hickenlooper and Scott McInnis, this time before the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce–the Gazette reports: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper made his first pitch to the Colorado Springs business community Wednesday during a session of dueling stump speeches that included Scott McInnis, the GOP frontrunner in the […]
After yesterday’s US Senate primary diary, which just a blast if I might say so myself, I thought I might direct your attention to a little humor from Andrew Romanoff: Romanoff’s self-deprecation was enough to give me a chuckle this morning. If his campaign e-mails could inject this kind of humor once in a while, […]
We wrote last week that the U.S. Senate campaign of Democrat Andrew Romanoff had officially jumped the shark when he used the name of 2004 Senate hopeful Mike Miles in a fundraising email. Our point at the time was not that Miles is a bad messenger in and of himself, but that it was disastrous […]
Bad news for Democrats from the Secretary of State, reports the Grand Junction Sentinel: A proposed initiative for the 2010 ballot to define a person at the moment of conception failed to turn in enough signatures, Colorado Secretary of State Bernie Buescher announced Wednesday. Buescher said the petitions, which were turned into his office Feb. […]
Well we’re making progress on this, but still have a ways to go in terms of getting answers. The biggest shocker was the large number of legislators who do not order online. One or two makes sense as they represent the small segment of our population that does not shop online. But we have a […]
You may have noticed that I’ve taken to “spamming” the payday lending reform-related posts. I use actual payday loan shark spam that I find through Google. They do it on purpose to enhance their Google mojo. But I take their links and turn them into links to ProgressNow Colorado’s page to contact the Colorado State […]
Clarifying a post from Colorado Pols user sxp151, though the error certainly isn’t his/her fault. From The Spot: In introducing a segment on the possibility that the public option may be revived through the reconciliation process in the Senate, Rachel Maddow announced last night that Sen. Mark Udall was the latest lawmaker to sign a […]
There’s been a bit of intrigue over the last 24 hours surrounding Sen. Mark Udall’s (D-CO) position on the public option. There were reports from DailyKos, the American Prospect, the Rachel Maddow Show and ColoradoPols saying that he had, in fact, signed the letter authored by Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) that endorses the use of […]
(And stop spamming us – promoted by Colorado Pols) A new report from the Colorado Attorney General released Tuesday shows that payday loans are expensive products that trap borrowers in debt. Almost two-thirds of all loans are taken out to refinance a previous loan. While borrowers may intend to use loans to cover an emergency, […]
(Really, really shouldn’t have spammed us, folks – promoted by Colorado Pols) Last week, Pols took note of an editorial in the Daily Camera that came out against legislation aimed at reforming payday lending in Colorado. The bill asks lawmakers to allow voters to decide if payday lenders should be allowed to operate far above […]
Not a wealth of coverage of yesterday’s appearances by gubernatorial candidates John Hickenlooper and Scott McInnis at the annual meeting of the Colorado Rural Electric Association, but the Durango Herald has a good story up today: Republican Scott McInnis took swipes at Democrat John Hickenlooper on Monday over taxes and climate change in their first […]
Last Tuesday, we recapped some drama on the floor of the Colorado House the prior week, related to CD-4 candidate Cory Gardner and a vote to cut the state Agriculture Department. To briefly summarize, Republicans proposed a series of large cuts to most state departments instead of the specific priority-based cuts proposed by Democrats. All […]
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