(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%
In the last two years, as everyone who follows Colorado politics knows, major cuts have been made to the state budget as revenue declined during the recent recession. A recurring theme, given that the state legislature has been controlled by Democrats during this period of budget cutting, has been vitriolic attacks from the GOP minority […]
Yet another blast from GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck’s primary past–this one spreading via the national liberal blog Think Progress today, and…well, it’s a doozy, as tough as it is to find superlatives to describe Buck’s litany of regrettable statements these days: I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It […]
TUESDAY UPDATE: Reporter Lynn Bartels of the Denver newspaper is up with a new story today about these basically illegible mailers sent by GOP House candidate Libby Szabo–this one could be quite a bit worse for Szabo than the “false statement false statement” brouhaha described in our post below. It appears that Szabo has been […]
As the first election since Citizens United, there has been a lot of discussion about the flood of mysterious money being funneled into electoral activity. In federal races Colorado is a top recipient of shady special interest money let loose by the Supremes. Getting less attention are the efforts to regain and secure GOP control […]
After the jump you can read our updated Posting Policies and Rules & Regulations. Along with these updates, we’re excited to introduce a new and fun way to “enforce” these rules: The Colorado Pols Penalty Box. Users who violate our Posting Policies and/or Rules & Regulations may be suspended from Colorado Pols and banished (temporarily) […]
Seriously, if Hickenlooper blows this race…For what it’s worth, Maes takes 5% of the vote in this poll. Key takeaways from the poll: – Tancredo leads 46-44 with independents – Hickenlooper has an 87-10 edge with Democrats, Tancredo has a 73-14-9 edge with Republicans. – As PPP puts it: Hickenlooper’s been unable to rise above […]
Over the weekend I encountered a group of inebriated geeks who work in Goggle’s emerging AI effort. For the price of a small consideration, one of them was willing to leak details of this program for the first time, which I’m happy to post here in a ColoradoPols.com EXCLUSIVE GNUS BRAKE. JO: Another? Goggle Programmer […]
A headline in today’s Denver Post reads, “Buck clarifies comments on global warming ‘hoax.’” One problem: As you know if you read the article, Ken Buck never clarified his comments on the matter. His campaign spokesman, Owen Loftus, did. So the headline, most likely written by an editor, didn’t accurately reflect the article, written by […]
(Is it time to think about the unthinkable? Could a proven liar — former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, who solemnly pledged to retire from Congress after three terms and then ran for five terms — slip through the cracks because 527 attack ads are savaging John Hickenlooper while Tancredo gets a free pass. And least […]
I’ve been spending some time on PollingReport.com examining the 2004 elections. And while that could be another long rant from Democrats about a lost election, I’m starting to wonder about a repeat of history. To wit: Bush started with a 14-point lead after the national conventions and was dragging a number of Repub candidates on […]
Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck was scheduled to appear with Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet on “The TODAY Show” this morning. According to a press release from the Bennet campaign, Buck canceled the 5:00 a.m. appearance (yes, that’s 5:00 a.m. Mountain Time) due to a “scheduling conflict.” It’s probably pretty unlikely that Buck’s scheduler accidentally double-booked […]
UPDATE: Treasurer Cary Kennedy’s campaign jumps on the story in a release this afternoon (follows). Says spokesperson Serena Woods, “Coloradans need to know the facts, especially if Stapleton expects voters to trust him with 6 billion dollars of their money.” Bad news for GOP Treasurer candidate Walker Stapleton today–in a press release from the liberal […]
On Monday we posted screenshots from Facebook accounts of Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes and supporter Joseph Harrington about alleged continued attempts by American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo to negotiate a way for Maes to exit the race for Governor. Tancredo and friends denied the accusations, naturally, but the story is far from over. […]
UPDATE #2: The League of Conservation Voters turned this funny retort right around: UPDATE: That didn’t take long. This story has now gone national, with Politico and The Hill, among others, recounting Buck’s week of bad press. —– We know that headline sounds absurd, but we don’t know what else to say after Republican Senate […]
Off the radar, at least for the moment, is Afghanistan. I really have no clear picture of what either Colorado candidate for the U.S. Senate thinks about our current course here, or how we ought to proceed. Nevertheless, there is this fact: The cost of posting each U.S. soldier in Afghanistan is $1 million per […]
If you want to know what is really going on, don’t pay attention to what people have to say, look at what they do. This week the DCCC spent $236K on behalf of John Salazar in CD-3. They spent $ 147K on behalf or Ed Perlmutter in CD-7. They spent $0 on behalf of […]
(Some really fine commentary from some of our respected polsters on this diary. How wrongheaded Arvadonians actions are, he has prompted deep thought from our community. – promoted by Voyageur) I am a democrat. I’ve been an active democrat ever since I reached eligiblity to vote in 1983. This year, however, I will not be […]
Just so you don’t have to read through all of my musings, I will let you know the split part up front: Governor – Tom Tancredo Treasurer – Cary Kennedy Coroner (Arapahoe County) -Michael Doberson The rest of my ballot was for Republican candidates. Most years that I have voted, it has been pretty much […]
(Carroll could just as easily have argued that other media outlets have failed in NOT asking some of these simple questions. – promoted by Colorado Pols) If you follow Vincent Carroll at the Denver Post, you know he likes to be a media critic every now and then, and sometimes he makes a good point. […]
Time for me to return to the online life again. I have been in a two day session for women and nuclear security. Women from across our country came together to learn about nuclear treaties, nuclear security and what we can do to get the Senate off it’s collective butt and ratify the New START […]
And when is appropriate? As with many words in the English language, the dictionary definition is just the start. Merriam Webster online SHUN: to avoid deliberately and especially habitually The Wikipedia gives a little more context shunning: the act of deliberately avoiding association with, and habitually keeping away from, an individual or group. It is […]
If you’ve been watching the evolution of political blogging at The Denver Post, you know that the Spot blog, is by far the best effort yet, way better than the newspaper’s blog in the days when rightie Ross Kaminsky wrote and wrote and wrote and wrote, while his left-leaning Gang-of-Four counterparts were often AWOL, along […]
During the primary I was always clear I supported Andrew Romanoff. Frustrated as I was to see him lose to Michael Bennet I said I would vote for Bennet because we need to hold the seat. But as I watch more of his arrogance and identity crisis I’m rethinking whether I can vote for the […]
(Go Betsy! A well thought out endorsement from the largest paper in her district. – promoted by DavidThi808) From today’s Fort Collins Coloradoan, “Markey earns 4th District endorsement” After weighing the attributes each candidate brings to the table, the Coloradoan editorial board narrowly endorses Markey in this race. As an incumbent, Markey has proved to […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) I lost count sometime yesterday, and I’m a little doped up on cold meds right now so I can’t get it back. But through Thursday I had knocked on 520+ doors. So, say 600+ doors this week. Not every one was home, and of those who were not […]
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