(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%
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Colorado State Budget got a billion dollar cut, again, thanks to Gabe Evans, Jeff Hurd, and the rest of the Republicans Colorado sends to Washington. We break down the outcome of the recently concluded Special Session. Then, friend of the pod Governor Jared Polis has some…words for HHS Secretary RFK Junior, […]
It would be nearly impossible to list all of the different ways that President Trump has critically damaged the United States — not just now, but for years to come. Assuming that this country still exists in a few years, we may well look back on this week as a tipping point for the Trump […]
As NPR’s Julia Simon reports, while President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. faces brutal bipartisan questioning in the U.S. Senate after plunging his department into chaos leading to mass calls for his resignation, another of Trump’s Cabinet Secretaries is similarly being called out for breaking with the science that […]
NEW: Gov Jared Polis (D) tells me he won't free President Trump's ally Tina Peters from prison to prevent more retaliation like Trump's removal of Space Command from Colorado. "Justice is not for sale," Polis said. #copolitics pic.twitter.com/y389pDWnwx — Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) September 4, 2025 In an interview last night with 9NEWS’ Kyle Clark, Gov. […]
As the Denver Post’s Seth Klamann reports–after taking heat last week for his continuing defense of federal Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. while Kennedy plunges the nation’s public health services into chaos and Kennedy’s demonstrably lying about his intentions regarding vaccine policy during his confirmation hearing, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis took […]
UPDATE: The Denver Post editorial board comes to the same conclusion: Trump isn’t the first president to make a politically motivated decision like this, but he is the first to gloat openly about using his power to punish a state for not supporting his re-election. The message the president is sending is clear — get […]
With Congress back in session after a lengthy August recess made even longer by the premature adjournment of the U.S. House to forestall a vote to fully release the files from the case of deceased billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, which President Donald Trump now suspiciously calls a “Democrat hoax” after the Department of Justice mangled […]
After a difficult week of budget cuts and loophole closures to address the billion-dollar hole in Colorado’s state budget opened by the passage of the federal “We’re All Going To Die Act” budget bill, the Denver Post’s Nick Coltrain and Seth Klamann report that a coalition of progressive advocacy groups is kicking off a campaign […]
Colorado’s carpetbagging controversy-chasing Rep. Lauren Boebert, now representing Colorado’s Eastern Plains after a moment of manual indiscretion nearly sent Boebert back to the now-shuttered Shooters Grill, keeps her millions of social media followers satiated and her enemies off balance with an unfailing firehose of hot takes on the issues of the day–a torrent that has […]
UPDATE: NBC News reporting, President Donald Trump says Colorado’s mail ballot election system was a “big factor” in his decision to move Space Command to Alabama, because that’s how we do business in America now apparently: “The problem I have with Colorado, one of the big problems, they do mail-in voting, they went to all […]
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is in turmoil this week after President Trump — at the request of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — fired CDC Director Susan Monarez less than a month into the job because of her apparent reluctance to base policy decisions on whatever the worm in […]
As FOX 31’s Brooke Williams reports, the climate of fear the Trump administration has deliberately cultivated among the nation’s millions of undocumented immigrant residents, the overwhelming majority of whom are law-abiding and contributors to their communities and the economy, is resulting in a not new but now more urgently persuasive form of exploitation: threatening to […]
Congressperson Lauren Boebert (R-Windsor) has never been interested in “facts” when she has an opportunity to spout right-wing rhetoric, but her latest diatribe about transgender Americans leading a rise in violent attacks is particularly absurd. Boebert posted this on ‘X’ on Wednesday after the alleged attacker from a Minneapolis school shooting was identified by federal […]
As Marianne Goodland reports for the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog, yesterday Colorado lawmakers wrapped up a special session of the Colorado General Assembly primarily focused on overcoming the usual GOP minority delay tactics, and closing the billion-dollar hole opened in the state’s formerly balanced budget by the passage of the “We’re All Going To […]
The special legislative session called to address a massive budget hole in Colorado caused by President Trump’s big beautiful bullshit bill (OBBB) came to a close on Tuesday, but not before some late fireworks in the House chamber regarding the conduct of one now-former Republican member. In the process of this discussion, House Minority Leader […]
Last week, as readers will recall, GOP Rep. Ryan Armagost resigned suddenly as the special session of the General Assembly kicked off in order to avoid an expected resolution from majority Democrats censuring Armagost for his churlish behavior toward a female colleague. Armagost had already given notice of his resignation and was excused from attending […]
The special legislative session in Colorado — called by Gov. Jared Polis to address an $800 million budget hole caused by President Trump’s big beautiful bullshit bill (OBBB) — is nearing its conclusion, with most of the focus now centered around how to move forward on a second issue related to delaying the implementation of […]
TUESDAY UPDATE: The stupid…it burns… Here’s Rep. Ken “Dildo” DeGraaf (R-Colorado Springs) arguing that the State of Colorado should begin doing genetic identification of post-abortion remains in order to identify the responsible male so that he can repay the state somehow: Or, if you prefer, here’s Rep. Larry Don Suckla (R-Montezuma County) telling a […]
A story from several days ago in the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog formerly known as the Colorado Statesman by veteran reporter Ernest Luning covers what is on the surface not major news, President Donald Trump’s endorsement of GOP freshman Rep. Jeff Crank for re-election to his relatively safe Republican seat in CO-05: President Donald […]
Four years ago, then-Republican gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl was on the run from inquiring reporters after a questionably lengthy campaign “pre-launch” period, during which the independent expenditure campaign operating on Ganahl’s behalf could money up while Ganahl carried out a “podcast tour” of the state that served as a campaign tour in all but name. […]
From the department of fallen standards, we bring the headline guest for the next Lincoln Day fundraising dinner benefiting the Arapahoe County Republican Party: Lara Logan is a once-respected former reporter for CBS News, who over the course of the last decade gradually succumbed to a series of discrediting errors and outlandish statements that left […]
Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, cutting taxes is bad, actually, and the State Legislature is about to go cut another billion dollars from the state budget because of it. Then, do you enjoy friend of the pod Kyle Clark’s innovative evening news show, microgiving campaigns, and refusal to let the […]
Following yesterday’s momentary drama that culminated in the sudden resignation of the already-outgoing GOP Rep. Ryan Armagost, who was facing a censure resolution after circulating what he considered to be an unflattering photo of a female Democratic lawmaker, GOP House Minority Rose Pugliese is on the defensive and prolonging the already-embarrassing story by disputing the […]
UPDATE: Rather than face a censure vote, the Colorado Sun’s Jesse Paul reports that Rep. Ryan Armagost has resigned effective immediately: State Rep. Ryan Armagost, R-Berthoud, was already set to leave the legislature Sept. 1 to pursue a job and personal relationship in Arizona. His resignation spares him the embarrassment of being censured by Democrats […]
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