(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 new user voice — say hello to mamajama55. Promoted by Colorado Pols) POLS UPDATE: Joint Budget Committee leadership slams Senate Republicans on this issue in a letter today: This letter responds to a letter dated July 19, 2013, from the Senate Republican Caucus addressed to you. In that letter, the senators indicate concerns regarding […]
(PCG note: Developing story, the best information source I've found is a Twitter search for #Dream9. There's also a NYT piece for background.) Although my fellow allies on the right have been routinely criticized for our aggregate opposition to immigration reform, the fact remains that Obama has overseen record numbers of deportations. In my Inbox: […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The ink hadn't yet dried on the House-passed version of the 2013 FAARM [Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act] Act of 2013 before the guile began: “I applaud the passage of the farm bill in the House today. It is an important piece of legislation that provides certainty for America’s […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) On Friday, the Durango Herald ran an article on newly-minted CO Republican Senate candidates, State Senators Owen Hill and Randy Baumgardner. The Herald reported that Hill has taken strong anti-choice stands in the past. (Opponents say he supported de-funding Planned Parenthood in Colorado.) And Baumgardner "pitched an Arizona-style immigration law for […]
Below are the updated fundraising numbers for Colorado Congressional candidates through Q2. The list is ordered by the amount of Cash on Hand at the end of the quarter. Democrat Andrew Romanoff leads all candidates in Cash on Hand amounts, while his opponent, incumbent Rep. Mike Coffman, raised the most money in Q2 alone. Click […]
This past week marked the inaugural meeting of the Governor's task force that will monitor the implementation of SB13-252, the renewable energy mandate placed on rural electric coops in the 2013 legislative session. A significant opportunity to bring a renaissance to rural Colorado – masquerading as a 'War on Rural Colorado'. A fake war. An […]
Once again, FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports: Sen. Owen Hill, after just one year as a state lawmaker, is running for the U.S. Senate, FOX31 Denver is first to report. Hill, R-Colorado Springs, will announce Monday that he is seeking the GOP’s nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Mark Udall next year… “We’ve been looking at […]
State Sen. Randy Baumgardner. FOX 31's Eli Stokols: State Sen. Randy Baumgardner, a rancher from Hot Sulphur Springs, will officially launch his campaign for Udall’s seat this Friday in Grand County, the Denver Post’s Lynn Bartels reported Sunday. Baumgardner, known as the “Capitol Cowboy” at the Capitol, has been hinting that he planned to enter […]
"I would not vote for it." -Rep. Cory Gardner, on Thursday's Senate immigration bill.
Sure,this wacky idea of seceding from Colorado to create Weldistan is a laughably unworkable stunt by conservative grandstanders. Though secession would never even approach reality, consider that even on its own terms it's a political failure. To begin with, Weldistan would have to be its own state. Trying to gain admission to Wyoming, Nebraska, or Kansas […]
FRIDAY UPDATE: The Hill's Alexandra Jaffe reports on our scoop: According to local news site ColoradoPols.com, Republican strategists in the state are urging [Stephens] to run in a race that currently lacks any likely GOP contenders… The purple tint of Colorado has given some Republicans hope they'd be able to mount a challenge against Udall […]
Politico: The House Tuesday passed a bill that would ban most abortions nationwide after 20 weeks. The most far-reaching abortion legislation in the House in a decade, it was passed 228-196, mostly along party lines. The vote is largely symbolic: The bill will be dead on arrival in the Senate. And the White House has […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." Luke 12:48 It's my Father's Day reflection. I look at my children who have become productive, caring adults and think of the many advantages they […]
A fresh report from the Christian right-wing American Family Association's One News Now: Bob Beauprez, the former 7th District representative, spoke to OneNewsNow about Tom Tancredo, the former congressman who announced in May he is running for governor. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, is currently serving his first term as Colorado governor. Beauprez recalls that Tancredo performed […]
UPDATE: The Denver Post weighs in with a blistering editorial today, slamming Sens. Greg Brophy and Kevin Grantham for playing politics while the Black Forest burns: With several uncontrolled wildfires burning up and down the Front Range, you'd think elected officials would find a better time to play politics — particularly when their arguments are easily […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols updates in the aftermath of Rep. Mike Coffman's (R-Endangered) vote against a presidential executive order halting the deportation of "child arrival" undocumented immigrants, a.k.a. "DREAMers." Congressman Mike Coffman, perhaps the most vulnerable incumbent in Washington heading into next year’s election cycle, has been making serious overtures to Latino voters. But on […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) If you want to hear what the base voters of the Republican Party are thinking, tune to…talk radio! This is especially true when the radio hosts themselves are conservative former Republican officials and office holders, as is the case with former CU regent Tom Lucero and former Larimer County GOP executive […]
NBC News reports on a new nationwide poll on immigration reform, an issue considered this year's biggest legislative priority–and possibility for actual success–in Washington: A new poll from Quinnipiac University shows that seven in ten registered voters think that Republicans and Democrats in Congress will not be able to work together to pass an immigration […]
It is always amusing, and somewhat irritating, when national pundits decide to take a gander at political races in Colorado with very little understanding of what is actually possible plausible in our state. The dead giveaway that a national outlet is clueless about Colorado is when they start mentioning candidates for higher office based solely […]
Over the weekend, the editorial board of the Denver Post weighed in on the Gubernatorial candidacy of Republican Tom Tancredo, who surprised many last week by throwing his hat in the ring for 2014. And what did the Post have to say? Well, they're about as excited for another Tancredo candidacy as a kid who […]
(How will the New Coffman® handle this? – promoted by Colorado Pols) Now that former Congressman Tom Tancredo is officially running for governor, you wonder how many Republicans will go out of their way to denounce Tanc's anti-anti-anti (that's triple anti-) immigration views. It's a question reporters should put to Republicans (why not denounce Tancredo […]
As the Durango Herald reported over the weekend, Republicans in Colorado are still looking for that elusive candidate to challenge either Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper or Sen. Mark Udall. We've discussed many times in this space that Colorado Republicans are basically paralyzed under the vice grip of the Tea Party and the far-right; the only […]
There are 65 members of the Colorado House of Representatives, and 35 members of the Colorado State Senate. The Colorado legislature as a whole is a representative body, with each Senator representing about 143,691 constituents, and each House member standing for 77,372 Coloradans. The Colorado Constitution outlines the makeup and duties of the state legislature, […]
AP via the Durango Herald: Marijuana magazines are under scrutiny in Colorado, as lawmakers consider requiring stores to put them behind the counter. The unusual provision to treat pot magazines as pornography was considered Thursday in a Senate committee. If approved, the provision would make Colorado the first state to require stores that allow entry […]
Stunning numbers today from a new Public Policy Polling report show that Colorado Republicans would have a lot of digging to do just to get in a hole by 2014: With no serious Republicans running for either of these offices yet we basically tested every major GOP figure in the state against both Hickenlooper and […]
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