(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%
Welcome news for longsuffering Democrats hoping for a pickup in the newly-competitive CD-6: per a press release this morning, state Rep. Joe Miklosi has turned the corner on his so-far terrible fundraising, posting a much improved $235,000 for the first quarter of 2012. Contributions over the last three months of $235,174 have brought the campaign’s […]
In every election cycle we’ve been around for that features a member of the Colorado General Assembly running for higher office, one “controversy” is sure to come up–that is, criticism of said legislator for missing days of the legislative session in order to campaign. This year, we’ve seen a bevy of attacks on legislative Democrats […]
(Creatively done – we got a kick out of it. – promoted by Colorado Pols) *UPDATED*Now with more retrospective from our darkest days! the Winter of 2010! It may be that I don’t quite recall all this correctly. It comes from the fuzzy times. Back before. But you know, 4 years, 8 months, 2 […]
UPDATE/CLARIFICATION: We added something to the guidelines (after the jump) to clear up some confusion. —– Today is the trade deadline in the NBA, and while professional basketball may not interest you, it got us to thinking about what would happen if you could trade elected officials (insert obvious jokes here). For example, would you […]
The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank opines thoughtfully: The Republican National Committee sent out talking points instructing party faithful to take up the issue. House Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) urged his caucus to do the same. And, on Wednesday, the House energy committee obliged: The Republican majority called in a bunch of oilmen for a hearing […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) If you were in charge of a big political fundraiser in Colorado, where women voters are obviously a key voting bloc, and your keynote speaker was recently embroiled in a national controversy for his joke that contraception need not be so expensive because, back in the old days, “The […]
As the Durango Herald’s Joe Hanel reports: Southwest Colorado’s representatives voted to fund a $33 per day increase in pay for rural state legislators last week. The bill quietly passed the House on a 34-28 vote with no debate Wednesday, two days after it was introduced. The Pueblo Chieftain reported Saturday that the bill appropriates […]
FOX 31’s Eli Stokols: Five of Colorado’s seven members of Congress voted for the compromise bill: Democratic Reps. Diana DeGette of Denver, Jared Polis of Boulder and Ed Perlmutter of Golden; and Republican Reps. Scott Tipton of Grand Junction and Mike Coffman of Centennial. “With our economy rebounding, it is essential we extend tax relief […]
UPDATE: But wait, there’s more! It seems Lamborn has his own legislation in which he proposes to lease federal land for oil shale development in order to fund transportation projects. But as The Grand Junction Sentinel notes, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that Lamborn’s plan would not produce a single cent in the 5-year time […]
One of the many things professional journalism needs to do to survive is fight back. For example, as I’ve discussed before, when politicians slam the “media” or “The Denver Post,” as having a liberal bias, reporters should ask them for the evidence, not act as if an insult has not been hurled at them. And […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) I will update them as they all come in tonight. Just Reporting the numbers – I will let the armchair quarterbacks give us their epic wisdom. CD 1 Degette Raised 141,733.00 COH 166,866.52 Raised to Date 407,882.16 CD 2 Polis Raised 24,552.25, COH 165,315.41 Raised to Date 695,193.54 […]
UPDATE: The Miklosi campaign issued a rather silly press release this afternoon. Full release after the jump, but here’s the opening sentence: In a sign of growing momentum, the Joe Miklosi For Congress campaign announced it has $173,000 cash on hand and more than 1,300 grass roots supporters who have already contributed to the campaign. […]
Good reporting from KRDO-TV’s Lindsay Watts, working the story of Rep. Laura Bradford’s skirting of a DUI charge because of a state law preventing a legislator’s arrest whole traveling to of from a legislative session or committee hearing. More to the story worth adding: Backlash continues against a Colorado lawmaker who avoided a possible DUI […]
7NEWS reports: Rep. Randy Baumgardner of Hot Sulphur Springs is bringing his tag fee repeal to a Republican House committee Wednesday. The GOP-controlled House approved the idea last year, but the lower fees were rejected in the Democrat-controlled Senate. Baumbgardner’s bill would lower late registration fees from $25 a month to a flat fee of […]
UPDATE: See House Minority Leader Mark Ferrandino noting for the record how manifestly stupid this was, as highlighted by Media Matters’ Political Correction blog this afternoon (right): As the body’s minority leader, Democrat Mark Ferrandino, explained, without cooperation from the Democrat-dominated state Senate, whose approval is needed to make Colorado’s call for an unprecedented constitutional […]
(What say ye? – promoted by Pita) The SOPA/PIPA legislation is a horrible bill. It basically would seriously damage the Internet in a heavy handed, and ultimately ineffective attempt to reduce piracy of Hollywood content. It would spell the end of Pols because people do post links to copyrighted material here (usually inadvertently). Congress: […]
Our friends at the Washington Post report: Both former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry have argued that Romney destroyed jobs and lives at the venture firm Bain Capital by buying up and then shuttering struggling companies. A super PAC supporting Gingrich is airing ads in South Carolina attacking Romney’s record, using […]
As the Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic reports: Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains spokesperson Monica McCafferty told the Independent her organization has yet to get either congressman to go on the record. Likewise, a Colorado Right to Life staffer told the Independent that her organization had no news to relate on lawmakers’ positions. “[T]he only […]
(The dance begins – promoted by Colorado Pols) Now that Colorado’s review board for ballot initiatives has approved the wording of the proposed personhood amendment, and the race is on to find enough signatures to put it on the November ballot, you wonder if more reporters will get around to asking the measure’s former supporters, like […]
We like to spread out our end-of-year retrospectives so that 2012 gets a little reflection time. It is with that in mind that we present the awards for Colorado’s Top Politico (and Worst Politico for 2011, as well a look at who had a good and bad year in the last full year of human […]
It’s the year that was–your top ten stories in Colorado politics for 2011 after the jump. 10. The End of the Dick Wadhams Era 9. Medical Marijuana, The Feds, and Jared Polis 8. The Rise and Fall of “Occupy Denver” 7. TABOR Author Doug Bruce Convicted of Tax Evasion 6. Hancock Beats “Class President” Romer, […]
AFP reports: Obama’s triumph will help erode a damaging impression among some supporters that he has failed to be sufficiently tough with Republicans. “In purely political terms, it is a clear victory for President Obama and the Democrats,” said Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington… While Republicans are generally seen […]
As the Colorado Springs Independent reports: For the third time, extreme pro-lifers are planning to put an initiative on the Colorado ballot asking voters to give zygotes and fetuses the same rights as people. The so-called “personhood amendment” is being considered by the Colorado Secretary of State as Initiative 46. Wednesday, it made a major […]
As the Craig Daily Press reports: Jean White and Randy Baumgardner have their sights set on the Senate District 8 seat. White, the Hayden Republican who was appointed to the state Senate seat a year ago to fill the vacancy left by her husband’s resignation, announced early Wednesday that she will seek election to a […]
Circling back on the dust-up over the House GOP’s drive, led by Colorado members, to “prevent” the non-existent EPA regulation of farm dust, the Colorado Independent’s Troy Hooper reports: “This entire session of Congress has felt to many of us like a trip into Alice’s Wonderland,” the eight-term Democrat from Colorado said Thursday. “While our […]
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