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Debate Diary: Nine Republicans Face Off in CO-04

  Nine Republican candidates seeking the open seat in CO-04 being vacated by the retirement of Rep. Ken Buck participated in a candidate forum on Thursday evening sponsored by the “Women of Weld” (WOW). You can watch the entire 90-minute debate on Facebook, or keep reading for one of our infamous “Debate Diaries.”  In the […]

Debate Diary: The Wacky Race for State Republican Party Chair

A free-ranging debate between six candidates for Colorado Republican Party chair last Saturday was sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld County, a group that does a pretty good job of wrangling Republican candidates for all sorts of different candidate forums. The moderators were Jesse Paul of The Colorado Sun and Ernest Luning of the […]

Debate Diary: Republican Candidates for Secretary of State

The three Republican candidates for Colorado Secretary of State (SOS) took part in a candidate forum on Thursday, May 12. Republicans Tina Peters, Mike O’Donnell, and Pam Anderson met for what we believe to be the first time at the Foothills Republican Club in Jefferson County. Of course, we HAD to commemorate the event with […]

Debate Diary: Not So Great in CO-08

Republican candidates for Congress in the new CO-08 got together last Thursday for a debate/forum at KHNC radio in Johnstown, so we decided to listen in and peck out another of our world famous “Debate Diaries.”  The forum was sponsored by a group called the Youth Federalist Initiative (YFI), which touts itself as some sort […]

Debate Diary: Republican Candidates for Governor in 2022

The three Republican candidates for Governor got together for a candidate forum in Douglas County on Tuesday. You know what that means – it’s time for another Debate Diary!!! On Tuesday, March 8, Hiedi Heidi Ganahl, Greg Lopez, and Danielle Neuschwanger took center stage at The Lone Tree Hub for a candidate forum moderated by […]

Debate Diary: Republican Senate Candidates in Weld County

The Republican candidates for U.S. Senate got together last Thursday night in Weld County for another Election Year forum about issues and conspiracy theories. We couldn’t resist following along with another Debate Diary (click here for last month’s Debate Diary from the Senate forum in Lakewood). Eight candidates sat shoulder-to-shoulder behind a long table at […]

Debate Diary! Republican Senate Candidate Forum in Lakewood

The Republican candidates for U.S. Senate met on Tuesday evening (Jan. 25) for a candidate forum at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood. The forum was moderated by State Republican Party Chairwoman Kristi Burton Brown and Republican political operative Michael Fields, who is presented as the “President of Advance Colorado Institute,” whatever that means. Lakewood, BTW, […]

Debate Diary: Mike Coffman’s Last Call

Republican Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) and Democrat Jason Crow sat down with 9News political people Kyle Clark and Marshall Zelinger on Tuesday for the final debate of the CO-6 race. You can watch the full 30-minute debate here, or you can read all about it below. Since this could very well be Coffman’s final debate as an incumbent […]

Live Debate Diary: Governor

What better way to kick off the home stretch of the 2018 mid-term election than with a long time feature at Colorado Pols that we call our “Debate Diary.” We’re LIVE at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Denver for the first gubernatorial candidate debate forum of the General Election. Democrat Jared Polis and Republican Walker […]

Debate Diary: Attorney General Candidates

The race for Attorney General is one of the more important jobs on the ballot in November, but it has generally been overlooked thanks to the Governor’s race and the meltdown in the White House. We’re here to rectify that…at least a little bit. On Saturday the candidates for AG battled it out in a […]

Debate Diary: Democratic Candidates for Governor

It’s time for another one of our world-famous debate diaries. Today we’re taking you through the blow-by-blow of a one-hour debate between Democratic candidates for Governor as part of the “Colorado Decides” series — sponsored by Colorado Public Television, CBS4 Denver, KOA NewsRadio and KUNC. This debate took place on the afternoon of May 30, […]

Debate Diary: Republican Candidates for Governor

The 2018 Primary election is five weeks from today. Ballots will start arriving in mailboxes in about two weeks. You know what that means… …It’s “Debate Diary” time! On Saturday, May 19, candidates for Governor met at the Garden Pavilion at Penrose House in Colorado Springs for a debate sponsored by the Colorado Springs Gazette, the […]

Debate Diary: Carroll v. Coffman, Round 3

For what should be our last Debate Diary of the 2016 election season, we’re taking you through what we’ve already speculated would be “The Most Pivotal Debate of 2016” in Colorado. The third and final televised debate in CO-6 between Democratic challenger Morgan Carroll and incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Coffman took place on Thursday evening and was televised live via 9News on Channel […]

Debate Diary: Coffman and Carroll Throw Down on Wednesday

Republican Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) and Democratic state Sen. Morgan Carroll (D-Aurora) took part in their first non-Spanish language debate on Wednesday, sponsored by Channel 4, Colorado Public Television (CPT) and KOA News Radio. Wednesday’s debate was live-streamed online, and the video is still available on YouTube, so we’re watching it ourselves and providing you the blow-by-blow details. […]

Debate Diary: Live-Blogging the U.S. Senate Showdown

The first — and only — televised debate in Colorado’s U.S. Senate race takes place tonight at the History Colorado Center in downtown Denver (hosted by 9News). Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet is well on his way to a blowout victory over Republican Senate nominee Darryl Glenn — nevermind Glenn’s ridiculous claim today that the race is a “virtual […]

Debate Diary: Live-Blogging Clinton v. Trump

The big debate is here at last. Hillary Clinton v. Donald Trump face off in the first General Election Presidential debate of 2016 at Hofstra University in Long Island, NY. Tonight’s debate is scheduled to last 90 minutes (commercial-free), broken up into six segments moderated by Lester Holt of NBC News (Holt is a registered Republican, BTW; Trump falsely […]

Debate Diary: Grading the GOP U.S. Senate Debate (June 7)

The five Republican candidates for U.S. Senate took part in a debate at 9News in Denver on Tuesday. We watched the entire debate and graded the candidates on stage, as we have done for previous debates. The Republican Senate candidates are spending quite a bit of time together lately, and will debate again on Wednesday in Colorado […]

Debate Diary: Grading the Republican Senate Debate (May 17)

The Denver Post hosted a debate among the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate on Tuesday. We watched the entire debate and graded the candidates on stage, as we have done for previous debates. On the stage tonight, from left to right: Robert Blaha, Ryan Frazier, Darryl Glenn, Jack Graham, and Jon Keyser. This debate was among […]

Debate Diary: Grading the GOP U.S. Senate Debate on 9News

Eight of the leading Republican candidates for U.S. Senate participated in the first televised debate of the campaign on 9News on Tuesday evening. We watched the entire debate and graded the candidates on stage, much like we did last week following a debate in Weld County. There are around 13 candidates seeking the Republican nomination […]

Debate Diary: Grading the Weld County GOP Senate Debate

We’ve been doing our best here at Colorado Pols to keep up with the various Republican Senate candidate debates around the state. As much as we love doing our “Debate Diaries” – and we really do – it takes a really, really, really long time to complete these things. So, today we’re trying something different. […]

Debate Diary: Live-Blogging the GOP Presidential Debate

We just finished up with our debate diary of “The Less-Than-One Percenters” debate from earlier this afternoon. Now it’s time for the big event! We’re gonna keep on keeping on with the Colorado Pols Debate Diary once again.   *NOTE: The most current update appears at the top of the page. As always, unless it is in direct quotes, consider […]

Democratic Presidential Debate Diary: Vegas, Baby!

There’s no “Junior Varsity” debate tonight as the Democratic candidates for President take the stage for their first big discussion of the 2016 election season. You know what that means: It’s time to fire up the Colorado Pols Debate Diary once again. *NOTE: The most current update appears at the top of the page. As […]

GOP Presidential Debate Diary: The Big Show

It has become something of a tradition here at Colorado Pols for us to give you, our loyal readers, a live blog, play-by-play of political debates relating to Colorado and the race for President…and we’re doing it twice in one day! Earlier this evening we live-blogged the “Junior Varsity” debate featuring the second tier of […]

Live Blog: GOP Presidential Debate Diary (Junior Varsity)

It’s time to fire up the Colorado Pols Debate Diary once again. Let’s Live Blog, baby! It has become something of a tradition here at Colorado Pols for us to give you, our loyal readers, a live blog, play-by-play of political debates relating to Colorado and the race for President. Today we are attempting a […]

Debate Diary: Blogging the Secretary of State Debate

It’s time to fire up the Colorado Pols Debate Diary once again. It has become something of a tradition here at Colorado Pols for us to give you, our loyal readers, a live blog, play-by-play of political debates in Colorado. Yesterday in Grand Junction, Secretary of State candidates Joe Neguse (D) and Wayne Williams (R) […]

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