(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%
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UPDATE: The unintended money quote today from frosh Rep. Ken DeGraaf of Colorado Springs: It’s all too true. —– The Colorado legislature kicked off its 2023 session with many new names and faces…and some oddly-familiar rhetoric. After the 2022 “Bluenami” in Colorado that saw Republicans get hammered across the state, we wondered if the GOP […]
As the Denver Post’s Saja Hindi reports, and it wouldn’t be a session of the Colorado General Assembly without at least one of these so hopefully our statistical wad is now shot: Two guns were stolen from Colorado Representative-elect Ron Weinberg’s vehicle while it was parked overnight at the Colorado Capitol. Weinberg, the Loveland Republican chosen […]
UPDATE #9: After 15 rounds of voting, Kevin McCarthy will barely become the next Speaker of the House with the final six “Never Kevins” including Rep. Lauren Boebert voting “present.” —– UPDATE #8: The U.S. House floor erupts in chaos as the 14th vote for Speaker comes down to two intransigent members, one of which […]
UPDATE #10: McCarthy failed yet again in an 11th round of voting. House members then agreed to recess until Noon EST on Friday. —– UPDATE #9: Kevin McCarthy finished the 10th round of voting in pretty much the same position as he started. Republicans are talking about trying to recess until Tuesday, though Democrats are pushing […]
Believe it or not, there are other political stories not related to the GOP’s persistent inability to select a House Speaker. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get More […]
Throughout the stalemate in the U.S. House over the selection of the next Speaker of the House that has dominated national political news all week, Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado has become increasingly vocal about the dilemma faced by would-be Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Although Rep. Buck has voted for McCarthy in each of the six […]
UPDATE #13: After a brief gavel-in, the leaderless U.S. House is in recess until noon Eastern tomorrow. —– UPDATE #12: The GOP circus is officially in recess until 8:00 pm EST. —– UPDATE #11: Kevin McCarthy fails on Ballot #6 with the same number of Republicans (21) refusing to support his candidacy. House Republicans reportedly […]
UPDATE #9: Rep. Ken Buck, who was good enough to show up to work today, warns after three failed ballots that Kevin McCarthy is more likely to lose support in successive rounds of voting than turn things around: A warning sign for Kevin McCarthy: Conservative supporter Rep. Ken Buck told us he believes that it […]
As The Colorado Sun reports in its “Unaffiliated” newsletter, a potential top candidate for State Republican Party Chairperson has decided to remove his name from consideration: Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams says he has decided not to make a bid to chair the Colorado GOP. “I have some family milestones that I want to focus […]
Yes, we know it’s now 2023, but this week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, your hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii discuss the last of the big political stories of the year that was. We talk about the new Congress and whether Republicans will ever settle on a new House Speaker — a mess […]
Just one of several convergent storylines around the issue of abortion rights that we’ll be discussing in our ongoing recap of the top stories in Colorado politics for 2022 is the legislation passed this year by the Colorado General Assembly expressly codifying abortion rights into statute. This legislation was forced by the widely-expected and since-fulfilled […]
Barely re-elected Rep. Lauren Boebert received the usual headline-making scorn she cannot distinguish from praise last week after publicly dissing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during Zelensky’s address to Congress. Joining with Rep. Matt Gaetz to ostentatiously sit out repeated standing ovations for Zelensky while scrolling on their phones, Boebert announced afterward that she would […]
In order to understand the historic disaster that unfolded for Colorado Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections, a good place to begin is the results of the Republican Party state assembly in April. Historically, winning the state assembly is not a reliable predictor of success in the primary election, but it is a reliable indicator […]
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THURSDAY UPDATE: Steve Sundberg finally got around to commenting on his racist videos with one of those “sorry if you were offended” type of “apologies.” From The Denver Post: “In a dark Covid shut down, when businesses were fighting to survive, with people experiencing mental health issues, uncertainty, suicide, substance abuse, domestic violence and fear, […]
As the Colorado Springs Gazette’s Nick Sullivan reports, while the rest of the state was still digesting the results of last month’s landslide victories for Democratic candidates up and down the ballot, a once-discredited Republican school board president, recalled from office seven years ago in Jefferson County, was making the unlikeliest of comeback plays an […]
To paraphrase the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: The only thing that Lauren Boebert has learned from history is that Lauren Boebert has learned nothing from history. Earlier this month we considered whether Republican Rep. Lauren “Q*Bert” Boebert might have actually learned a lesson in self-preservation after her near-defeat in 2022. Despite representing what should […]
Hannah Metzger of the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog reports on a changing of the guard in Adams County, as Democratic stalwart Rep. Adrienne Benavidez resigns from her House District 35 seat: Though she didn’t mention her reason for resigning in the letter, Benavidez spoke on the increasing number of Latino lawmakers in the legislature. […]
Turning once again to the unlikely conservative stronghold on Denver’s eastern flank, the state’s most ethnically and economically diverse suburb–where as the Aurora Sentinel’s Max Levy reports, yet another head-shaking disgrace is unfolding for Mayor Mike Coffman’s hand-picked crypto-Republican majority City Council: An Aurora City Council member filmed himself imitating Mexicans, Arab Muslims, South Asians […]
It’s about to get really freaking cold in Colorado. Like, dangerously cold. Bundle up, people! Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t forget to […]
UPDATE: The Colorado Sun’s Jesse Paul: Burton Brown, a lawyer who got her start in politics as an anti-abortion advocate, took the helm at the Colorado Republican Party in March 2021 when the state GOP was at its lowest point since 1936. She sought to reverse the party’s losses in 2018 and 2020 through a […]
UPDATE: Shots metaphorically fired as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bodyslams Rep. Lauren Boebert for her lack of fealty to Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy: Perhaps in the end there really can be only one. —– There will be a vote on January 3, 2023 to elect the next Speaker of the U.S. House. But as […]
As The New York Times reports: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol accused former President Donald J. Trump on Monday of inciting insurrection, conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of an act of Congress and one more federal crime as it referred him to the Justice Department for […]
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