(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%
(It must be that time of year again – when Dan Caplis pretends to be thinking about running for an office that no other Republicans are remotely interested in supporting him for. http://www.coloradopols.com/sh… – promoted by Colorado Pols) 5280 reports: Talk-radio hosts might be well-known political figures, but can they turn their popularity among listeners […]
It wasn’t long ago that new RNC Chair Michael Steele was forced to apologize to Rush Limbaugh for not being nice to him. Now Steele has made another boo-boo, as The Washington Post reports: Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele was on the receiving end of a fresh round of criticism from prominent party […]
Concluding yesterday’s discussion of certain extremely ill-timed statements by certain Democratic congressional leaders, indicating they were “starting work” on a second stimulus package: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a second U.S. economic stimulus plan isn’t “in the cards” for now and that she would first like to see the $787-billion package signed into law by […]
You made your nominations and cast your votes, so now it’s time for the final runoff voting for Colorado Polster of the Months. Just three candidates broke the 10% barrier in the early voting, so just three candidates are included in the final vote below. We’ll declare the winner on Monday morning.
It seems Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry has taken his case for “compromise”–as we’ve been discussing for several days now, the blanket stonewalling hasn’t been working out too well–to the Denver Post editorial board. Whether to remove a 6 percent limit on the growth of state government’s general-fund spending has become one of the most […]
We interrupt our normal coverage of Colorado politics to bring you an example of absolutely mind-blowing political stupidity too instructive to not point out. As Politico reports: Nancy Pelosi said this week that she’s keeping the door open for a second stimulus bill. She may be the only one…reaction on Capitol Hill has been almost […]
As the Vail Daily reports: Former Eagle County commissioner Tom Stone was not messing around when he decided to make a run at upending Dick Wadhams for the Colorado Republican Party Chair. Since the former Eagle County Commissioner announced late last month that he was running, he’s stayed busy stumping for votes, which will be […]
(You missed her, cop to it – promoted by Colorado Pols) An update to the “Marilyn Musgrave: Wackadoo for Hire!” story from December. The morbidly-fascinated-with-Musgrave editor of the Coloradoan (we understand) reports the old girl has got a new job after getting fired last November: Former Rep. Marilyn Musgrave has been hired by a national […]
The Denver Post reported this morning: The Senate on Tuesday postponed debating a bill to repeal a growth limit on the state budget as Democrats and Republicans discussed alternate approaches that might preserve funding for road construction… The debate over the Arveschoug-Bird provision, which limits growth in the state’s general fund to 6 percent a […]
The Employee Free Choice Act was introduced in Congress yesterday with much hyperbole. As The New York Times reports: Business and organized labor unleashed what each called its biggest lobbying effort in history on Tuesday as Democrats in the House and Senate introduced legislation that would make it far easier for workers to unionize. Their […]
As the Denver Post reports: Republican operative Scott Shires is accused of helping the head of an illegal-gambling ring hide the nature of his business, according to a state indictment. Shires is alleged to have advised Jeffrey Castardi on how to disguise money laundering at Mario N Wongs, a restaurant Castardi owned. Castardi and six […]
Republican Weld County D.A. Ken Buck, who stepped into the spotlight last week by expressing interest in a run for U.S. Senate in 2010, is in the middle of a high-profile investigation of over 1,300 alleged illegal immigrant workers who are accused of using false Social Security numbers to seek employment, while using federal “ITIN” […]
(Today is the final day for voting before the runoff election on Friday. – promoted by Colorado Pols) UPDATE: This round of voting is over – go vote in the runoff election It’s been a long time since we did one of these elections, and since we no longer seem able to do it on […]
Without even knowing it, as the Greeley Tribune reports: State Democratic legislative leaders said Monday that they’re working under the premise that removing a cap on state general fund spending through legislation is constitutional despite Republican cries that it is not. Senate President Peter Groff said if other branches of government decide to challenge a […]
A few weeks late for Valentines day, but last Tuesday 5280 sent the literary equivalent of hand-delivered red carnations to four of its favorite freshman legislative crushes. From the State Senate, the magazine noted Democrat Senator Rollie Heath’s involvement with the repeal of Arveschoug-Bird – otherwise known as the ratchet effect. Senator Joyce Foster felt […]
Who’s leading the Republican Party? In Colorado, we know who isn’t leading things, but around the country, nobody seems to know, either. According to Rasmussen Reports: Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Republican voters say their party has no clear leader, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Another 17% are undecided. Just five percent […]
The Colorado Statesman reports on last week’s El Paso County GOP Lincoln Day dinner, laying the scene for a rare treat: press coverage of Dick Wadhams’ opponent for Chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. More than 300 Republicans attended the $80-a-plate dinner at the Antlers Hilton, where they dined on chicken breasts in Marsala wine […]
As the Fort Collins Coloradoan reports: Rep. Betsy Markey broke with the Democratic leadership in opposing a bill that would give bankruptcy judges the ability to lower mortgage payments for troubled homeowners. Markey, a Fort Collins Democrat, said the bill passed by the House Thursday night “had the right intentions, but the wrong approach.” “This […]
UPDATE: Politics West confirming, it wasn’t a misprint: Buck isn’t ready to make any announcements – he’s still talking to his fellow GOP types – but he’s considering challenging the newly appointed Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet for U.S. Senate come 2010. “It’s fair to say I’m considering a run for one of them, but I’m […]
Many of you will recall the scandal two years ago that resulted from Senate Republicans’ misuse of the Seal of the State of Colorado (usage of which is only allowable by the Secretary of State for official purposes, violation is a felony) on their decidedly unofficial partisan brochure website. The Rocky Mountain News reported at […]
In a scene eerily like Black Sunday–the seismic day of the oil shale bust when Exxon laid off 2,000+ workers in a single day, today’s announcement by Halliburton that it is laying off dozens of workers was made as numerous armed guards stood by. The Daily Sentinel is reporting: But as workers arrived at Halliburton’s […]
A subtle demarcation, but we begin to see it–in ways like Denver Post reporter Jessica Fender’s (not generally considered unfriendly to the GOP in her coverage) Politics West summary of Josh Penry’s press conference yesterday. The clock ticking down to the 2010 gubernatorial race may ever-present for political buffs, but rumored candidate and Senate Minority […]
As the Steamboat Pilot & Today reports: State Sen. Al White, R-Hayden, was the only Republican in either house of the state Legislature to support a transportation bill signed Monday that will generate $250 million a year for transportation projects through increased vehicle registration fees. Senate Bill 108, dubbed FASTER, takes effect July 1 and […]
We’ve had a lot of fun over the past year or so with former Republican statehouse candidate Muhammad Ali Hasan, who well and truly earned the title we bestowed on him of “Master of the Terrible Press.” Having been the punchline of so many jokes, it would be unfair of us to ignore what Hasan […]
There’s no way we could make up what Politics West just reported: Sometimes at the state Capitol, the debates fly less like arrows and more like boomerangs that come around and smack you in the back of the head. Such was the case today, when Republicans stood up to voice concerns over a bill authorizing […]
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