(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%
With the crisis over President Donald Trump’s new policy to separate undocumented children from their parents at the border and house the children in internment-camp like facilities dominating the headlines, last night Republican candidates for governor of Colorado held their final debate before next Tuesday’s primary election. The issue of family separations naturally came up, […]
Congressional Republicans have been flailing around in the last few days trying to both express concern over the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy while also making sure to avoid proposing any sort of actual change to enforcement efforts that are separating thousands of children from their families (well, except for Rep. Ken Buck, anyway). Democrats, […]
UPDATE: As NBC News reports, it’s getting increasingly difficult for the White House — and Congressional Republicans — to deflect blame for this crisis: The idea of separating migrant children from their mothers was discussed during the earliest days of the Trump administration as a way to deter asylum-seekers, according to notes from a closed-door […]
As I write this message, a humanitarian crisis is unfolding on the nation’s southern border. Thousands of children are being forcibly separated from their parents and housed in facilities that meet the literal and moral definition of internment camps. Taking innocent children from their families and placing them in internment camps is wrong. What is […]
Don’t forget to get those Primary ballots in the mail or deliver them to a nearby ballot drop (the latter option is probably better at this point). Check GoVoteColorado.com for more information. 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 […]
The Colorado Springs Independent reports on the latest jabs from state Sen. Owen Hill in the CD-5 primary–with polls showing Hill third in the race and Rep. Doug Lamborn cruising to another victory over his split opposition, Hill is throwing the kitchen sink at both of his primary opponents: The race for the Republican nomination […]
Lucia’s* voice is cracking. She can’t hold back the tears as she describes being incarcerated in the GEO Group ICE detention facility, where a crowd is gathered now to hear her. “Lucia”* fled her father’s abuse and horrific civil war in Guatemala to come to the US in 1998. She went to school here, but […]
(We’re good, thanks – Promoted by Colorado Pols) If you want to start amassing guns, you might consider attending Republican Party fundraisers in Colorado. To get your own military-style semi-automatic AR-15 rifle this weekend, you’d have to be lucky (or unlucky if you hate guns), because it’s the grand prize in a Saturday raffle for […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) In a short video endorsement posted on Thursday, conservative activist Laura Carno lists her five reasons for endorsing Doug Robinson for Republican nominee for governor. Her fifth reason: “Doug is a good, decent man and I love his wife Diane. He is also the least likely to have a closet full […]
Get those Primary ballots in the mail or deliver them to a nearby ballot drop. Check GoVoteColorado.com for more information. 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 […]
CNN reports, President Donald Trump has spiked the best-laid plans of more civil Republicans once again: President Donald Trump on Friday morning delivered a potentially fatal blow to a compromise immigration bill under development in the House. Trump said on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” that he is not planning to sign the negotiated measure. […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) An Otero County Republican candidate forum got personal last week when primary challenger Don Bendell touted his health and pain tolerance at an event incumbent State Rep. Judy Reyher (R-Swink) was forced to miss while recovering from spinal surgery. Reyher is recovering from a May 22 spinal surgery for severe disc […]
Ernest Luning of the former Colorado Statesman reports on a new poll from Strategies 360 on behalf of the Service Employees International Union’s small-donor committee–showing Jared Polis cruising to victory in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, but both Polis and principal Democratic challenger Cary Kennedy both ahead of Republican presumed frontrunner Walker Stapleton: Jared Polis holds […]
The story of second-tier Democratic congressional candidate Levi Tillemann’s freakshow campaign video macing himself and graphically depicting the aftereffects has gone national, with news outlets from The Hill to Deadspin urging their readers to drop what they’re doing and gawk in horror at a person willingly subjecting himself to laughably extreme pain and indignity. The spectacle […]
UPDATE #3: A spokesperson for Vice President Mike Pence calls out Gardner directly: Oh my. VP Pence’s press secretary now claims Sen. Gardner’s account of what Pence told him was false. Here’s what Gardner said: “Exercises will continue with South Korea, we look forward to further calm and clarification from the president when he gets here.” […]
President Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore today (well, sort of “today,” since it’s closer to Wednesday in Singapore now). Anyway, the early reviews from this historic summit are rolling in, and they are not good; if “Singapore” were a blockbuster summer movie, it would have a “Rotten Tomatoes” score in […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) I am respectfully responding to my colleague and friend Senator John Cooke’s recent op-ed regarding the “red flags” legislation introduced this session. Red flag laws save lives. When a person is in crisis, loved ones and law enforcement are often the first to see signs that they pose a threat. The […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) I bounced around the Western Conservative Summit, which is billed as the “largest gathering of conservatives outside of Washington DC,” and I kept thinking, how can this colossal event possibly help the conservative cause, much less the Republican Party? My first stop was the exhibit hall, where I stopped at a […]
Your Primary ballots should be in the mail if they haven’t already arrived. Check GoVoteColorado.com for more information. 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 […]
CBS4 reported yesterday in a genuflection-heavy story titled “Sen. Gardner Has Clear Vision Of Summit With North Korea” on a very serious meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations East Asia subcommittee, in which a very serious Sen. Cory Gardner outlined his list of very serious priorities he wants to see addressed at the upcoming summit between President […]
(Yeah, that’s not good — promoted by Colorado Pols) In a second reporting lapse on a personal financial statement required for his campaign for governor, Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton failed to disclose $30,000 in income from his wife’s job at the Harmes C. Fishback Foundation, which is Stapleton’s family’s foundation. Colorado law requires state candidates to […]
UPDATE: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis weighs in–and says he would have signed them both. —– Gov. John Hickenlooper held the final bill signing ceremony of the year yesterday, but most of the conversation today is about two marijuana bills vetoed in the last two days–bills that both passed the legislature with broad bipartisan support, […]
We had a good laugh at this story from KJCT8 in Grand Junction last week about state Sen. Ray Scott taking the “I can’t be racist/sexist because…” explanation to a whole new level. The story is about a billboard in the Grand Junction area that encourages people to oppose Scott’s re-election in 2018. According to one of the […]
Mail ballots are on their way to your home in advance of the June 26 Primary. 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 […]
(And the odds are pretty good that taxpayers are footing the bill — Promoted by Colorado Pols) EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt will speak Friday at a gathering of conservatives in Denver, organizers announced this morning. Pruitt will join fellow Trump cabinet member and Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Western Conservative Summit (WCS), billed by […]
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