(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%
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) In his book, Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War, Joe Bageant is quoted: “The four cornerstones of the American political psyche are emotion substituted for thought, fear, ignorance and propaganda” In Yuma County we have, like many rural counties, a special kind of "hunt", one that requires a […]
As Politico reports, Republicans in Congress are in a state of full, chaotic retreat this Friday morning, as Democrats hold firm through the ongoing shutdown of the federal government and threats of debt default, and public support for the GOP's ill-advised campaign to force the defunding or delay of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. "Obamacare," […]
UPDATE: So, um, yes folks, we are talking about the same Denver Post that published this editorial today: It's not easy in this era of hyperpartisanship in Washington, D.C., for federal lawmakers to reverse course on divisive issues. But Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, did just that when he said Tuesday he supports a "clean" spending […]
The red-on-red hits just keep coming in the wake of Colorado GOP representatives' request for disaster relief monies for last month's floods in Colorado, after having voted against those same funds in January as attached to the Hurricane Sandy relief bill. As the Washington Post's Reid Wilson reports: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on […]
UPDATE #2: For what it's worth, here is Rep. Cory Gardner's tit-for-tat response: Gardner spokesman Alex Siciliano said the Republican congressman voted against the Sandy relief bill in January because it didn’t include money to help his state recover from major wildfires last year. “The rejection … said that Colorado fire victims weren’t as important as […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Activists led by Personhood USA yesterday submitted over 50,000 more signatures than the 86,000 required to make the 2014 election ballot, making it likely voters will cast ballots next year on a measure that would add "unborn human beings" to the definition of a "person" and "child" in Colorado's criminal code. […]
Friday night, the Adams County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner was held in Thornton, attended by a slew of GOP 2014 candidates including gubernatorial candidates Scott Gessler and Greg Brophy, U.S. Senate candidates Ken Buck and Randy Baumgardner, and attorney general candidate Cynthia Coffman. The keynote address was delivered by Rafael Cruz, the father of U.S. Senator […]
The deadline for 3rd Quarter political donations is Monday, and while we likely won't start hearing about Q3 totals until mid-October, we can still look ahead at which candidates are under the most pressure to show a strong three months. Because of the holidays and the general lack of interest from non-politicos at such an […]
SUNDAY UPDATE: As the New York Times reports, fevered apocalyptic rhetoric is the order of the day: Representative John Culberson of Texas said that as he and his colleagues were clamoring for a vote, he shouted out his own encouragement. “I said, like 9/11, ‘Let’s roll!' [Pols emphasis] ” That the Senate would almost certainly reject […]
Earlier this week, Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Colorado to survey flood damage, and promised in a news conference Monday that any potential shutdown of the federal government would not impact federal response efforts to this month's devastating floods along the Front Range. The potential of a shutdown looms larger each day as the GOP-engineered […]
UPDATE: FOX 31's Eli Stokols: Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck, who was the GOP nominee against Sen. Michael Bennet in 2010, and state Sen. Owen Hill have both signed on to a pledge supporting conservatives in Congress like Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who have vowed to continue fighting to cut off funding of the […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) "There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy: hypocrisy, fraud and tyranny" ~Frederick William Robertson Last weeks vote in the House of Representatives, significantly gutting the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program [SNAP], was both an historic and a close vote. Historic in the sense that it was stripped from […]
SUNDAY UPDATE: CNN: A helicopter surveillance mission Saturday carrying Hickenlooper and members of Colorado's congressional delegation was diverted twice to pick up people waving to be rescued. After the officials' delayed arrival at a Boulder airport, U.S. Sen. Mark Udall promised a bipartisan push in Congress for federal aid for flood recovery. "That dog and […]
A press release today from Colorado House Democrats: Speaker Pro Tempore Claire Levy announced today that she is resigning from the Colorado House of Representatives to become executive director of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, a Denver-based research and advocacy organization that promotes economic security, access to health care and sound fiscal policy. […]
As The Denver Post reports: Colorado's members of Congress were universally uncommitted Tuesday on whether to take any military action in Syria, saying they want more time to gather information before casting a vote probably next week. When Congress officially reconvenes next week after its August recess, it is Colorado Republicans who will initially be […]
UPDATE: CBS4 Denver has a new report on fresh skepticism from Rep. Mike Coffman today, including an interesting new possible GOP line of attack: should Obama not have gone to Congress then? Coffman says the delay in striking Assad has wasted precious time. “The Assad government has had all the time in the world to […]
(The Owen Hill comeuppance continues – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Devon Lentz and Tom Lucero are KFKA talk-radio hosts and also former Larimer Country Republican officials. Lucero was a CU regent. So you have to admire them for not pulling their punches when discussing state Sen. Owen Hill's statement, from an email, that Hill is […]
Jaxine Bubis only wrote erotica "to support her family," but she's got her eyes on a bigger prize than the meager royalties from "Beantown Heat": $54,000,000 in damages, demanded in a claim naming GOP State Chairman Ryan Call, El Paso County GOP Chair Jeff Hays, and others. The RMGO-endorsed would-be replacement for Senate President John Morse withdrew from her race […]
We've updated The Big Line to reflect Ken Buck's entry into the U.S. Senate race. Buck is the early favorite to capture the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate, but we still have Sen. Mark Udall as a heavy favorite to win re-election. The biggest impact of Buck's candidacy is on the Republican side, where Owen […]
UPDATE #2: As the Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic reports, Ken Buck’s entry into the 2014 U.S. Senate is making big waves–for other Colorado Republicans. The national Democratic House Majority PAC is already positioning Buck’s candidacy as a liability to Republican Rep. Mike Coffman, who is running in what’s now the state’s toss-up Sixth Congressional District. […]
We've been talking for the last week (and longer) about ethics problems at the Pueblo Chieftain, whose news reporting has shown a troubling bias against Democratic Sen. Angela Giron as she faces a recall election next month. These concerns were underscored by disclosure that several top employees of the Chieftain had in fact signed the recall […]
The Denver Post's Ryan Parker reports from Rep. Mike Coffman's packed event yesterday: Speaking in Spanish, Coffman said he had been reaching out to the Hispanic community to "better understand your challenges." "A comprehensive immigration reform proposal must include three essential elements; it must secure our borders and provide for effective enforcement of our immigration laws, […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) In case you haven’t heard yet, the 2013 Western Conservative Summit is happening in our fine state this weekend, and along with its arrival comes a ton of out-of-state conservative lawmakers determined to make government REALLY, REALLY SMALL – small enough to fit inside your uterus, in fact. It feels a […]
Mostly lost in the media coverage of the immigration-reform bill is what life would look like for undocumented immigrants if America doesn’t offer them a path to citizenship. Republicans like Rep. Cory Gardner of Ft. Collins, who oppose give undocumented immigrants tangible hope of becoming U.S. citizens, should be asked to explain how their version […]
Iowa Rep. Steve King, classy as always. From Politico: Rep. Steve King is defending his remarks that drew criticism from his own party leadership that the children of some immigrants were being used as drug mules. King’s initial remarks came in an interview last week with Newsmax. While discussing the DREAM Act, which would allow […]
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