(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%
Oh, myyyyy! Christian conservative-supported Morse recall proponent, Jaxine Bubis, moonlights as erotica author Jaxine Daniels. Gun shop owner Paul Paradis pulled the trigger today on a breathless, hand-wringing email outing Bubis and begging fellow Republicans to deny her their support. (Incidentally, Paradis is said to be a close friend of the other candidate hoping to oppose Senate President John Morse […]
As The Denver Post's Lynn Bartels reported yesterday, Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler (B-R-A-U…yep, we spelled it right) is "seriously" considering running for Governor in 2014: "It's fair to say that I have been approached by a lot of different credible and influential people in the party about pursuing a run for governor, and I […]
COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES HISTORICAL UNDERFUNDING OF THE PERA PENSION (IN SPITE OF THE 2010, SB10-001, PERA CONTRACT BREACH); PERA ACTUARY, PROVISIONS OF SB10-001 WERE STRONGER THAN NECESSARY TO MEET FEDERAL REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS; PERA'S LONG-TERM INFLATION ASSUMPTION LOWERED TO 3.5 PERCENT, MATCHING THE CONTRACTED PERA COLA TAKEN BY THE COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Colorado PERA released […]
Hey, it's a win-win for everybody, right! The county pays the salary and benefits, and somebody else gets to use the employee! From The Columbine Courier: The Jeffco Economic Development Corp. has officially launched its $3.9 million Forward Jeffco initiative to bring more businesses to the county — and with it came another new pitch […]
The "post-Meredith shuffle" continues at Colorado PERA. Today, (June 21, 2013) Colorado PERA announced that staff attorney Adam Franklin will replace Greg Smith as Colorado PERA's General Counsel. Last year, the Colorado PERA Board of Trustees appointed Greg Smith to be PERA's Executive Director (after the departure of Executive Director Meredith Williams.) From the announcement […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) UPDATED June 22 with a response from Jimmy Sengenberger and a correction that the organization I am Created Equal donated over $55,000 to Colorado-Springs consulting company Kennedy Enterprises, as opposed to at least $14,000 as previously reported, to gather signatures and perform other functions for the Morse recall campaign. ————— On […]
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 […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The National Journal's Alex Roarty wrote Wednesday it was "surprising" that most House Republicans voted to reverse Obama's order halting deportations of many undocumented young people who were brought to the U.S. by their parents. He pointed specifically to "House members like Reps. Mike Coffman of Colorado" whose district represents a […]
After pointing to Rep. Mike Coffman after the last election as a national model of a winning candidate, in a swing district, who “maintained his 100% pro-life position,” including his opposition to abortion for rape, Jennifer Mason, communications director of the anti-abortion group Personhood USA, is disappointed by Coffman’s statement yesterday that he now “strongly” […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports on the conclusion by a grand jury in Denver that no criminal charges will be filed against Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler over his misuse of office funds to attend Republican political events during the 2012 election season. This comes after Gessler was found by the state's Independent Ethics Commission […]
Last Sunday morning the headline in The Daily Sentinel was, “Fruita Cops Shoot Man Dead.” That story, written by one of my favorite Sentinel reporters, Charles Ashby, was carefully crafted, with lots of quotes from officials, because the details were still sketchy. Unfortunately the reader was led to believe that the man “ran” from the […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Maybe the oil and gas lobby's latest efforts should strike hope in the hearts of Coloradans. Are they turning over a new leaf and willing to balance energy development with conservation interests? Maybe … maybe not. From Colorado Oil and Gas Association Director Tisha Shuller’s “charm offensive” to Western Energy Alliance […]
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 […]
We caught this story in Our Colorado News about a new candidate for city council in Lakewood, and it confused the crap out of us. The story is written by a reporter, not the candidate herself, so you can probably understand our confusion. Here's how the story leads off: Shakti announced she will be a […]
(Pols note: Waller has yet to file paperwork to become a candidate for AG) Just a couple days before Cynthia Coffman officially launched her campaign for Colorado state attorney general, State Rep. Mark Waller sounded awfully serious when he told KNUS' Jimmy Sengenberger that he was considering entering the race as well. Here's what Waller […]
(Indeed not – promoted by Colorado Pols) The controversy swirling around the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce and their continued support of a City Councilman who pled guilty to domestic abuse has reached new audiences. There is a man in Grand Junction who calls himself a Tea Party of One because he has gotten cross-wise […]
Here's a synopsis of the "Top Ten" for the casual reader: (1) Colorado governments face no fiscal "crisis" that would warrant the breach of their pension contracts. They spend a mere two percent of revenues on public pensions. (2) The Colorado General Assembly has not paid its full pension bill for a decade. It comes […]
Really big news in the Southwest Denver School Board race – Rosemary Rodriguez will be running for the District 2 seat currently occupied by that disgrace of a board member, Andrea Merida. She's formerly president of the Denver City Council, and is Senator Bennet's State Director. This is according to this Ed News Colorado story. Rodriguez will definitely enter […]
"God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them." –Franz Kafka
(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 […]
In 2010, Colorado public sector unions supported the Colorado Legislature's breach of the contracts of Colorado PERA retirees (in SB10-001.) This bill took earned, accrued, fully-vested, contracted PERA COLA benefits from retirees, i.e., the PERA retiree's "inflation protection" provided for in their PERA contracts. A lawsuit over this taking, Justus v. State, is now pending […]
A New Hampshire judge recently determined that public employee contractual rights to their accrued pension benefits vest immediately upon employment. This conclusion seems logical. A worker wants to know what she is earning in salary and deferred pension compensation for each day of labor. If she does not know this, how can she make an […]
9NEWS' Brandon Rittiman: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched a radio ad campaign on Spanish-language stations Monday targeting Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colorado) for voting with most other most Republicans to effectively undo the deferred-deportation program, which has been criticized as a form of executive-branch amnesty. "Congressman Coffman wants to restart the deportations of 800,000 young […]
MONDAY UPDATE: As the Colorado Springs Gazette's Megan Schrader reports, organizers of the recall election against Sen. Angela Giron will turn in roughly 13,500 signatures today–a much smaller margin than in Sen. John Morse's race, and less likely to survive validity checks by the Secretary of State's office. To put the ouster attempt on the ballot […]
A new statement today from Democratic Sens. Mark Udall and Ron Wyden, in response to claims by senior officials that the broad collection of telephone records by the National Security Agency made public in the past week after exposure in a British newspaper has "thwarted attacks against the United States." In our capacity as members of the Senate Select […]
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