(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%
At the desperate end of Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate Hiedi Heidi Ganahl’s campaign, she returned once again to election conspiracy theorist and 2020 coup plotter Steve Bannon for a last-minute infusion of goodwill ahead of losing the race by somewhere close to 20 points one week ago. Bannon claimed based on what we now know were […]
It’s been a few months since we posted one of these news roundups. Now that the election season is over, 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 […]
Despite the unexpectedly poor showing for Republicans across the nation in last week’s midterm elections, especially but not limited to Republicans loyal to and boosted by ex-President Donald Trump, all news reports as of this writing indicate that Trump plans to proceed with his “very big announcement” tomorrow at Mar-a-Lago that he’ll be running for […]
Going into last Tuesday’s elections, Colorado Republicans thought they had hit the bottom of their years-long slide into the political abyss–a process that began in 2004 when Democrats retook the state legislature after years of Republican dominance, and then continued with only a few exceptions for over a decade before accelerating in backlash against Donald […]
The internets are lighting up this morning after a chyron displayed on Denver’s KWGN Channel 2 morning news made a rather unambiguous editorial statement: As clipped from the live broadcast. Who knew we had a local version of Fox and Friends? That, or a staffer has some ‘splaining to do.
FRIDAY UPDATE: House Democrats have selected Rep. Julie McCluskie of Dillon to be the next Speaker of the House. Here are the rest of the leadership positions: House Majority Leader: Monica Duran Assistant House Majority Leader: Jennifer Bacon Co-Whips: Iman Jodeh & Andrew Boesenecker Caucus Chairs: Brianna Titone & Mandy Lindsay Joint Budget Committee: Emily […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, your hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii talk once again with Seth Masket, Director of the Center on American Politics at the University of Denver, to break down the massive Bluenami that overtook Colorado on Election Day. And, no, we still don’t know who won the race in […]
UPDATE #2: Watch out, Lauren Boebert is throwing fellow Republicans under the bus: Rep. Lauren Boebert, who is locked in an unexpectedly tight race with Democratic challenger Adam Frisch, said a lack of enthusiasm for other Republicans on the ballot may have cost her support https://t.co/DNKRjjAUH6 — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) November 10, 2022 […]
The dust is settling after the sweeping Democratic triumph in Colorado in the 2022 elections Tuesday, turning what was once hyped as a coming “red wave” into a cementing of total control over state government by Democrats, expanding their majorities in the Colorado House and Senate and easily re-electing the downballot statewide Democrats who historically […]
UPDATE 6:00PM: CD-8 GOP candidate Barb Kirkmeyer concedes secession defeat to Yadira Caraveo. —– Several Colorado races are still waiting to be decided today, including the final margins for control of the State Senate and State House. Here’s what we’re watching (results current as of 11:42 am): CONGRESS Democrat Adam Frisch remains ahead of Republican […]
UPDATE 9:30PM: There is one Republican apparently happy about tonight’s results in Colorado: DJT on the Republican nominee for Senate tonight in #COSen pic.twitter.com/uRk8doJYEA — Eli Yokley (@eyokley) November 9, 2022 —– UPDATE 9:20PM: Colorado Democrats officially running the table, winning all of the statewide constitutional races. Yadira Caraveo narrowly ahead in Colorado’s new CD-8, […]
Last night, 9NEWS’ Marshall Zelinger took aim at yet another egregiously false campaign message, this time from the Colorado Republican Committee itself–with a similar degree of mendacity as GOP CD-8 candidate Barb Kirkmeyer flat-out lying in a campaign ad that Colorado Democrats “legalized fentanyl,” this shareable graphic identifies Attorney General Phil Weiser and CD-8 […]
Here are the most recent ballot return numbers via the Colorado Secretary of State’s office. A total of 1,686,304 ballots had been returned as of yesterday. Here’s a bit more context on what these numbers mean. The short version is that Republicans continue to lag behind Unaffiliated and Democratic voters: Catch-up Update courtesy of […]
The Republican Civil War in Colorado will not pause for elections. While candidates and volunteers were working hard on GOTV efforts this weekend, El Paso County Republicans were busy spending several hours yelling at each other about some other really dumb thing. As Ernest Luning reports for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman: […]
We haven’t seen or heard much from Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters lately, which is a bit of a surprise given that she has plenty of time on her hands. Peters is not allowed to be anywhere near election equipment on account of breaking into her own election system in 2021, a crime […]
On Friday, we reported briefly on a story from KDVR FOX 31 in which a leading local Republican talking head appeared to agree with his Democratic counterpart on the following conclusion about the Colorado gubernatorial race: It’s not just the consensus between FOX 31’s political analysts Michael Fields (R) and Andy Boian (D), of course–every […]
We’re not going to bother asking readers if incumbent Democrat Jared Polis or Republican challenger Hiedi Heidi Ganahl are going to win the race for Governor on Tuesday because there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that this contest will even be close once the final ballots are counted. Instead, we’re presenting a range of […]
As the controversy continues to swirl over a blatantly false TV ad running from CD-8 GOP candidate Barb Kirkmeyer’s campaign, Denver7’s Meghan Lopez reports on how in the specific case of candidate ads running on federally regulated broadcast networks, normally expected standards like truth in advertising and even Colorado’s own statute against knowingly false statements […]
Running for a state legislative seat is a lot of work, but the basic process of becoming a candidate is not particularly complicated. Unless you are Paul Archer. Archer is a businessman of some sort who has donated significant amounts of money to Republican candidates over the years, and now it’s his turn to be […]
[mantra-pullquote align=”right” textalign=”left” width=”65%”]“With respect, your word is not evidence, sir.” — Kyle Clark responding to Joe O’Dea’s claims that Google is “censoring” his campaign (10/28/22).[/mantra-pullquote] Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post wrote a detailed breakdown this week on the truth about election fraud in the United States. The short version is that actual cases of […]
Coloradans have been consistently clear. We are tired of election deniers and conspiracy theorists. Pam Anderson, the Republican candidate for Secretary of State, kicked off her campaign claiming she was not “that kind of Republican.” But as this year has progressed, Anderson has shown her true colors–defending election deniers like Lt. Governor Danny Moore, and […]
With only three days and change remaining in the dreadfully overheated 2022 election season in Colorado, we’ve arrived at what’s known in some regions of the country as “nut-cutting time”–that magic moment when political analysts drop their partisan game faces and start to show some honesty about the expected outcome. FOX 31 Republican talking head […]
UPDATE: On a Thursday night before Election Day, Joe O’Dea was in Rifle, Colorado. Great to be back at Rib City in Rifle tonight. Folks are fed up with the reckless policies of Joe Biden and his yes man Michael Bennet. I’m running to fight for working Americans. I’m running to get our country […]
This week on a special pre-election episode of the Get More Smarter Podcast, hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii make their final prognostications for the 2022 Election. We also talk again with Andrew Baumann, senior vice president of research at Global Strategy Group and the lead pollster for the quarterly “Rocky Mountaineer” poll in Colorado, […]
Democratic CD-3 candidate Adam Frisch, battling to restore the honor of the Third Congressional District after two years of freshman GOP doe in a China shop (would still break lots of stuff) Rep. Lauren Boebert, is projecting confidence going into the last few days of voting, sending out a release yesterday asking the next logical […]
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