(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%
Happy Birthday, David Letterman. It’s time to 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 a visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show. TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► Former Kansas Congressman and CIA Director Mike […]
Walker Stapleton’s campaign for Governor should be happy about this. Probably. Going to support Walker Stapleton Saturday. There are two issues that matter most to me, opposition to sanctuary cities and electability. — Tom Tancredo (@TancredoTom) April 11, 2018 You might recall that Tom Tancredo lit into Stapleton’s candidacy after dropping out of the race for Governor in […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) If you’ve been off-planet, or not paying attention, you might not know that the Colorado Democratic State Assembly will be held this Saturday in Broomfield. Some of us are delegates, and some of us are interested in meeting up with others who post or read Colorado Pols. At least notaskinnycook and […]
UPDATE: Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the Walker Shuffle. https://t.co/RNCcBiWl4s #copolitics #copols #coleg #cogov pic.twitter.com/MPPAYO7EYd — Colorado Pols (@coloradopols) April 11, 2018 Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton dropped an absolute bomb on the GOP political landscape today with his announcement that he is withdrawing from the petition process for the Republican Primary and threatening a […]
Democratic State Rep. Paul Rosenthal will not be elected for a fourth and final term in November because his name won’t even be on the ballot. As John Frank reports for the Denver Post, Rosenthal failed the meet the threshold to get his name on the June Primary ballot at Saturday’s HD-9 Democratic assembly: The three-term incumbent’s defeat […]
On Wednesday, a SuperPAC called “Better Colorado Now” kicked off a six-figure television ad buy in support of Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton that blows the anti-immigrant dog whistle as soon as the first frame rolls: “Better Colorado Now” is technically not associated with Stapleton’s campaign, though Stapleton himself actually helped to raise money for the SuperPAC […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Barlock is mobilizing his supporters to pressure Denver’s 9News to reconsider its decision to exclude him from Thursday’s televised debate. Barlock was not invited to participate in the event because, in the TV station’s view, his campaign failed to provide evidence of a “viable path to the […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Brian Watson, a Republican candidate for Colorado Treasurer, jabbed at three of his GOP opponents for not attending a forum hosted last week by the Republican Liberty Caucus of Colorado. In a Facebook post, Watson snipped that “only 3 of 6 candidates showed up” for the Liberty Caucus event. But Watson […]
As Ernest Luning reports for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman, there is a legal challenge underway that could knock incumbent Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn off of the June Primary ballot if successful: A lawsuit filed Tuesday by five Republican voters is asking a judge to remove U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn from the 5th Congressional […]
In every election cycle there is at least one high-profile campaign that, for whatever reason, appears to be snakebitten at every turn. We’re still more than six months away from the General Election, but the gubernatorial campaign for Cynthia Coffman is the clear frontrunner as the biggest dumpster fire of 2018. Here’s more proof for that […]
As the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Dennis Webb reports, sometimes legal briefs force the uncomfortable facts into unvarnished view. Today’s case in point: a legal brief filed in response to a landmark court ruling on the safety of oil and gas drilling by Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, in which her office is obliged to state for […]
Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Washington Post has reprinted its original story of the events of April 4, 1968. It’s time to 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 […]
The Colorado Independent’s Corey Hutchins posts a significant update in the Democratic gubernatorial primary–former Sen. Mike Johnston, whose campaign has been primarily bankrolled by out-of-state interests backing his controversial stands on education, is pulling out of the Democratic state assembly process: Former State Sen. Mike Johnston today let Democratic Party officials know he won’t be […]
The Denver Post’s Jesse Paul kicks off our press roundup of the latest jaw-dropper gaffe committed in the name of a county-level Colorado Republican Party organization–last week’s posts to Facebook and Twitter by the Alamosa Republicans outlining the reasons why (this is a verbatim quote) “Republicans hate poor people.” A member of the Alamosa County […]
If you lived in Canada, there’s a good chance you’d have the day off for Easter Monday. It’s time to 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 a visual learner, check out The Get More […]
POLS UPDATE: As the Denver Post’s John Frank reports: Walker Stapleton, the front-runner in the Republican race for governor, is facing accusations from a GOP rival that he broke state law when collecting signatures to qualify for the primary ballot. Doug Robinson, a first-time candidate and nephew of Mitt Romney, is demanding the secretary of […]
UPDATE: KOAA News 5 reported last month about ongoing problems with the Fake Great Colorado Payback: After Joel Phillips’ mother passed away, he decided to log onto the state’s website and found his mother had more than $2,000 in unclaimed stock dividends. He said getting the State to pay money related with his case has […]
The Denver Post’s John Frank reports on a poll of the Democratic gubernatorial primary field from GOP-aligned Magellan Strategies that nonetheless describes what we think is an accurate picture of the race as of this writing: Democratic candidate Cary Kennedy is primed to make the party’s ballot for governor in Colorado just as a new […]
KUNC’s Bente Birkeland’s latest story on the crisis over widespread sexual harassment in the Colorado General Assembly takes square aim at a problem we identified months ago but up to now hasn’t received the attention it deserves: the double standard being applied to Republicans accused of harassment under Senate President Kevin Grantham. It’s a double […]
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Colorado Democratic Party chair Morgan Carroll takes Cynthia Coffman to task for “investigating the locksmith” instead of going after the real culprit–which just so happens to have helped Colorado Republicans win elections: “Imagine someone broke into your house, but instead of investigating the burglar, Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is only investigating the locksmith,” […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) A Colorado lawmaker says she can “no longer be silent” about “so many good young people” who “can’t even see reason” and “don’t understand” what they are marching about. State Rep. Judy Reyher (R-Swink) made the comments on Facebook, where she wondered why protesters aren’t concerned about scissors, forks, steak knives, […]
As a footnote to last week’s passage of a 2,200-page spending bill, here’s Rep. Mike Coffman’s press release explaining his sort-of no vote on the legislation–keeping in mind that Coffman voted yes on the motion to proceed to debating the bill, unlike a number of fellow Republicans who lodged a protest vote against debating a […]
As the Denver Post’s Jesse Paul reports–after Colorado Republicans decided to go ahead and own the legacy of expelled Rep. Steve Lebsock by claiming the right to appoint Lebsock’s replacement due to Lebsock switching parties literally one hour before his expulsion, there was, as there always is, an opportunity for them to make a smarter […]
After briefly threatening a veto — and randomly asking Congress to give him line item veto powers (and eliminating the filibuster) — President Trump today signed a massive $1.3 trillion spending deal that includes changes to background checks for gun purchases that Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Yuma) opposed to the very end. If that sentence seems complicated…well, it […]
As the Greeley Tribune’s Tyler Silvy reports, Rep. Ken Buck, the former District Attorney for Weld County before being elected to Congress, is tired of all this investigating of our Dear Leader already: Rep. Ken Buck said Wednesday he’s concerned the special counsel investigation has gone beyond its original scope, saying the law allowing the […]
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