(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%
UPDATE: The Denver Post’s Anna Staver reports new damning details that almost certainly should result in Rep. Jovan Melton’s swift resignation: The Denver Post interviewed the woman from the first incident but is withholding her name at her request due to safety concerns. She said she hasn’t talked to Melton since that night in December […]
Via American Bridge and KRDO-TV Colorado Springs, a moment from last night’s gubernatorial debate at Colorado State University-Pueblo in which Republican Walker Stapleton earned a sustained round of indignant booing from the audience: .@WalkerStapleton was booed at the #COGov debate last night for making a strange comment about his opponents children. We agree. Booooooooooo. 👎 […]
Nevermind Columbus [ducks]. Happy Leif Erikson Day! 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… ► United Nations Ambassador […]
This past weekend was another terrible lesson that elections matter. Last week, a group of women including survivors of sexual violence from Colorado confronted Sen. Cory Gardner about Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Gardner told these brave women he was undecided, but it was a lie. Just a day later he voted […]
What better way to kick off the home stretch of the 2018 mid-term election than with a long time feature at Colorado Pols that we call our “Debate Diary.” We’re LIVE at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Denver for the first gubernatorial candidate debate forum of the General Election. Democrat Jared Polis and Republican Walker […]
Most of the time, when you hear a candidate say they’re the “candidate Democrats fear,” they’re implying that they would be stronger in the general election than their primary opponents–usually by being moderate on one or more issues that turn off Republican primary voters. We’ll give you a hint: one of these had a modicum […]
The Colorado Rockies take on the Milwaukee Brewers today in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. First pitch is scheduled for 3:07 pm. 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 […]
Westword’s Paige Yowell reports on a new twist in the race to replace disgraced GOP Rep. Tim Leonard in House District 25. Leonard, as readers know, made the decision to not run for re-election after an embarrassing failed attempt to cut his child support obligations because of his duties as a part-time legislator. The replacement […]
UPDATE: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is promising a Kavanaugh confirmation vote this week. —– As Kyle Clark of 9News reports this afternoon via Twitter: Four days after we asked, @SenCoryGardner‘s spokesman tells #9NEWS that Gardner finds Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony credible. #copolitics #breakingnotbreaking — Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) October 1, 2018 This is potentially a […]
It’s a familiar sight after almost two years of Trump: crowds of protesters in front of Sen. Cory Gardner’s office. It’s happening almost every day now, as the battle over the nomination of accused rapist Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court grinds on. The message is simple: we’re watching, Sen. Gardner. And we won’t […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) State Sen. Randy Baumgardner (R-Hot Sulphur Springs) shared a fake news article on his Facebook page this week titled, “BREAKING: Broncos VP John Elway Storms Field, Fires 3 Kneeling Players on the Spot.” You’d think that little or no depth of thought would be required to question the veracity of this […]
UPDATE: USA TODAY: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley disputed accusations from Democrats that he and his staff have tried to brush away allegations against Brett Kavanaugh from a second accuser, Deborah Ramirez. During Friday’s committee meeting, the Iowa Republican said he “acted immediately” to investigate her charges and that his staff “repeatedly” tried to […]
UPDATE: Kyle Clark is appropriately bewildered by all of this. —– Take a look at the sentence below. We’re not going to provide any context quite yet, because it’s instructive just to read these words as they are written: Liberal political activist Kyle Clark, a 9 News Denver anchor, rules against Republicans and Hughes more […]
The news today will be dominated by two things: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s planned meeting with President Trump at the White House, which may end with Rosenstein out of a job (postponed), and the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The Kavanaugh hearings got underway at 8:00 this morning, with Dr. Christine […]
UPDATE: Local conservative commentator Ari Armstrong calls out Republicans: This is really a shameful Tweet, @COHouseGOP. a) Polis's name change had nothing to do with this. b) The appropriate officials scrutinized him and determined him to be the victim of an attempted crime. If you can't be better than this you deserve to lose. https://t.co/9oIyLeiPAn […]
T-minus six weeks until Election Day. 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… ► Supreme Court nominee Brett […]
The Colorado Springs Gazette reports: The inimitable tax-hating ex-con Doug Bruce is coming out swinging late in the campaign fight on issues he can’t stand… The former El Paso County commissioner and state legislator, a devout Republican, takes special umbrage with his own party for supporting amendments Y and Z to change the way the […]
“The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.” –Niccolo Machiavelli
As CNN reports, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has officially cancelled a planned hearing on Thursday that was expected to result in a vote on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. So what happens now? Amber Phillips of the Washington Post outlined three possible outcomes this morning, but the first one — the Senate […]
(Holy crap – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Rep. Alexander Skinny Winkler (R) (top right, speaking). Dozens of far-right conservatives and hate group members held a rally on the west steps of the Capitol Saturday afternoon to protest what they perceive to be censorship by Facebook. One Colorado Republican state rep helped produce the event and […]
A new poll from the New York Times confirms what many of you already know: this year, Rep. Mike Coffman of Aurora is in serious trouble. [1] After years of running away from his far-right record, reality may finally be catching up with “Teflon Mike.” If it happens, it will be because of thousands of […]
We wrote last week about a poll underway in Colorado’s red-hot CD-6 race by the New York Times and Siena College, which showed Democratic candidate Jason Crow opening a double-digit lead over incumbent Rep. Mike Coffman. This poll was especially interesting because the results were released in real time–and after the early results excited Democrats, […]
This will all be over in 53 days…and then we can start talking about 2020. 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. […]
As the East Coast prepares to face the wrath of Hurricane Florence — predicted to be one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States in decades — President Trump decided it would be a good idea to publicly dispute reports that thousands of Puerto Ricans died as a result of Hurricane Maria in […]
(Smashing choice of words – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Former Colorado Senate President John Andrews created a mini-frenzy on Twitter yesterday, when he wrote that Walker Stapleton, Colorado’s Republican candidate for governor, told a luncheon crowd of 20 “faith leaders” that Stapleton would be “pro-life, pro-family, and pro-religious freedom.” “I saw this thing spiraling away […]
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