(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%
A television debate between the two Republican U.S. Senate candidates Joe O’Dea and Ron Hanks scheduled for yesterday evening at the CBS4 Denver studio didn’t take place, and as Hanks explains in a video from the state capitol afterward, it’s not due to Hanks’s unwillingness to go toe to toe with his opponent–rather the prospect […]
You know the drill by now: Who do you think will be the Republican nominee for Congress in CO-03? Will incumbent Rep. Lauren “Q*Bert” Boebert earn a head start on a second term, or can State Sen. Don Coram finally put an end to Q*Bert’s madness? Click below to cast your vote! *Remember, as […]
Our readers are traditionally pretty good about projecting the outcome in key races, so tell us what will happen in Colorado Springs in two weeks. Who will advance from the June 28th Republican Primary in CO-05 to become the de-facto Congressman in November? (since this is a heavy Republican district, the Primary winner will almost […]
There are exactly two weeks to go until the June 28th Primary Election, which means that things are starting to get predictably silly as campaigns pull out every trick at their disposal (including some that were probably best left in the bag). For a great example of this, let’s head down to Colorado Springs and […]
One of the more interesting results coming out of Colorado Republicans’ historically crazy assemblies this year was the unexpected (and ultimately short-lived) ouster of Rep. Mary Bradfield, an incumbent Republican state representative in a relatively safe Republican district by Karl Dent, a hard-right grassroots favorite who turned out to have a substantial train of baggage […]
Ballots for the June 28th Primary Election are already being returned after being mailed out to voters early last week. Most of the action this month is on the Republican side, where there are an exceptional number of GOP battles that need deciding. In fact, we can’t recall a recent time when Colorado saw this […]
One of the principal arguments from Republican talking heads furiously sounding the alarm over ads paid for by liberal groups targeting Republican primaries is that the candidates being promoted by these efforts are “unelectable” compared to the brass-backed candidates. In what seems like a frank acknowledgment that the issues nearest and dearest to Republican voters […]
In a deep dive into the gubernatorial primary this weekend from the Denver Post’s Alex Burness, the struggle between the establishment-favored candidate Heidi Ganahl and what should have been an easy challenger in former Parker Mayor Greg Lopez gets a full and mutually unflattering airing–though despite revelations that Greg Lopez’s campaign platform was broadly cribbed […]
Last weekend’s Western Conservative Summit, which avoided downtown Denver for the tony Gaylord Rockies resort near DIA, brought in a reasonable B-List of conservative celebrities and mostly local Republican elected officials. One of the bigger names on the speaking roster at this year’s WCS was Jenna Ellis, the Colorado lawyer who along with the embattled […]
An “exclusive” story in the U.K. tabloid Daily Mail is raising intercontinental eyebrows this morning, documenting a shocking case of alleged negligence behind the wheel by now-Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado that left family members injured–and if the story is accurate, Boebert desperate to cover up the incident just a few weeks before her fateful […]
Salon reporting on even more damning intra-Republican audio ahead of the publication of the new book This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future–a recording from January 11th, 2021, in which Colorado freshman GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert was slammed by a fellow Republican representative for Tweeting about the location of House […]
As readers know, Colorado Republicans are furiously sounding the alarm over ads running ahead of the June 28th primary attacking Republican candidates for U.S. Senate and governor Ron Hanks and Greg Lopez. Republican strategists interpret these ads as an attempt to boost what they consider to be the undesirable candidate in the race–in the process […]
State Rep. Ron Hanks is the center of gravity in the race for the Republican Senate nomination. We’ve said it in this space for months. In fact, we weren’t particularly surprised when Hanks ended up making the June Primary ballot at the State Republican Party Assembly in April (though we were surprised that he was […]
Republican Hiedi Heidi Ganahl officially kicked off her campaign for Governor on September 14, 2021. On the day of her campaign launch, Ganahl took questions from reporters representing multiple news outlets — The Denver Post, 9News, The Associated Press, The Colorado Sun, etc. — because getting free earned media coverage is always a smart idea for a […]
On December 4, 2020, Colorado Pols was the first to note that Congressperson Lauren “Q*Bert” Boebert had filed a campaign finance report that included a completely implausible amount of money returned back to her pockets for “mileage reimbursements.” As we wrote at the time, Boebert’s campaign reimbursed the candidate $22,259 for mileage, which would mean […]
KDVR FOX 31 reports that Catholic Church leadership representing the Front Range, led by Denver’s politically activist Archbishop Samuel Aquila, have sent a letter asking Colorado lawmakers who supported this year’s legislation codifying abortion rights into statute ahead of the anticipated repeal of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court to “voluntarily” refrain from […]
Marianne Goodland of the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog reports on a surprising fumble by a well-known local Republican lobbyist and astroturf advocacy group honcho, Michael Fields, who made an illegal campaign donation to the Republican candidate for Attorney General John Kellner: Fields, a registered lobbyist for Advance Colorado Action, gave three contributions during the […]
Technically this is a hockey mask. Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche for making the Stanley Cup Finals! 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 […]
Under Colorado’s somewhat confusing new quasi-open primary election system approved by voters in 2018, yesterday was the deadline for registered Republicans and Democrats to change their party affiliation in advance of the upcoming June 28th primary election. Under Colorado law, unaffiliated voters receive both Republican and Democratic primary ballots, and have the option to vote […]
Ridiculous rhetoric. This is the best way to win a Republican Primary in Colorado these days, so with mail ballots on the way to voters, candidates are turning up the crazy to maximum volume. As Colorado Newsline reports from last weekend’s Western Conservative Summit, the Republican candidates for Governor are sounding increasingly unhinged. Here’s topline […]
As the only 2022 Republican U.S. Senate candidate who survived state Rep. Ron Hanks’ sweep of the GOP state assembly by petitioning on to the June 28th primary ballot, political neophyte Joe O’Dea undeniably enjoyed good fortune watching a number of at least in-paper formidable challengers go down to a hard-right “MAGA” contender with vastly […]
Get outside and enjoy what looks to be a lovely week of weather in Colorado. While you apply sunscreen, 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 […]
No candidate in Colorado can #FAIL quite like Republican gubernatorial candidate Hiedi Heidi Ganahl: This Tweet has since been deleted. But for a brief time today, Ganahl was standing up for “ALL Coloradans” and all Michiganders, too. On the bright side, at least she spelled her name right this time.
This week in episode 110 of the Get More Smarter Podcast, your hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii talk with Democratic State Rep. Tom Sullivan about gun violence prevention; the dumbest thing he’s ever heard on the House Floor; and his campaign for State Senate in SD-27. Later, Jason and Ian tell you who is […]
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