(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%
We took note of word last Friday that Sen. Cory Gardner was in town for the long holiday weekend, and expressed hoped that the local press would be able to press him for answers about the impending repeal of the Affordable Care Act–a process that began last week with Senate votes presided over by Gardner, […]
As the Fort Collins Coloradoan’s Nick Coltrain reports: U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Jared Polis still plan to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday, even as almost 50 of their Democratic congressional colleagues plan to boycott the event… Polis and Bennet both stumped for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the fall. Polis has […]
This was not a good weekend to be named “Mike Coffman.” It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. 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… ► […]
Rep. Mike Coffman’s predecessor in CD-6, ex-Rep. and failed freak-right presidential candidate Tom Tancredo, is super delighted this MLK Day about Friday’s transfer of power to incoming President Donald Trump: Trump once described Hillary Clinton as the “founder of ISIS,” but “brother of ISIS” can only mean Barack Obama because obviously a couple of different ways. It’s a good thing Tancredo’s brand […]
UPDATE (Sunday evening): Via Twitter, the campaign staff for Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) feed the fervor with exactly the wrong response. First, Coffman and staff said “activists” were just trying to “make a show” out of trying to talk to Coffman during his publicly-announced open office hours. Then they went here: (2/3) But the great majority of Americans want […]
Dog ownership requires a high level of responsibility — owners have to walk, feed, groom, and entertain their dogs frequently or risk poor behavior as a result. Cats may be lower maintenance but still necessitate a large amount of time and energy. For these reasons, a small animal might be the best choice for children, […]
Last year, I invited my students to go on vacation together. Aside from boosting their knowledge and skill, I did this fun activity to make them happy and free from stress. At that moment, I brought them to visit nation museum, bird park, and sea world in another city. I was very happy when seeing […]
Superstitions like “Friday the 13th” seem like they belong in a simpler time — when reality wasn’t so scary. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. 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 […]
Conservative activist Kelly Maher tweeted yesterday that I should launch “57 tweets” at U.S. Rep. Jared Polis because he tweeted information from a Buzzfeed article with unsubstantiated allegations against Trump. In other words, fake news. Maher had a serious point, and as I was formulating the 57 tweets she requested, Polis responded to Maher, and, […]
Rep. Mike Coffman of Aurora, who handily won re-election in part with a campaign to distance himself from his Donald Trump-like right-wing past, was interviewed by Colorado Public Radio’s Ryan Warner this week–and Warner is to be commended to forcing something like answers from Coffman about the crisis over Russian intervention in the recent election to help […]
It’s that time of year in an off-year election cycle when the rumors and name-dropping are coming from every direction. On the same day that Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered his State of the State address, we thought it would be a good time to takes a look at what we’re seeing, reading, and hearing when […]
The State of the State is…pretty good, we guess. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. 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… ► Congress took […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) A Channel 7 story Monday alleged that a bill, sponsored by Rep. Joseph Salazar (D-Thornton) would “make Colorado a sanctuary state.” In its piece, titled “Proposed bill aims to make Colorado a sanctuary state,” Channel 7 reported: If state Rep. Joseph Salazar, D-Adams Co., gets his way, Colorado could be the […]
There are 355 days remaining in 2017. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. 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… ► President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for […]
UPDATE: This won’t inspire confidence from Colorado’s cannabis industry: NOW: Sen. Jeff Sessions won't commit to not prosecuting medical #marijuana patients and providers as AG but says would review #copolitics — Peter Marcus (@MediaMarcus) January 10, 2017 No word yet about recreational marijuana–but if the debate is about whether to prosecute medical marijuana patients, that’s […]
The beauty treatments have become really very important these days. If you want to keep yourself charming and graceful even in the tiring and exhausting routine of these days then it is really very important that you take extra care of yourself. And of course, the extra beauty care would be required in this matter […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) EDIT: Cleaned up some typos and repetitive language. Also, Rob Bishop (R-Utah), Chair of the House Resource Committee calls the claim that this is an attempt to make it easier to sell off and transfer public lands, “Bullshit” in an E & E News article (subscription) today. Many observers remain highly […]
Everyone is biased to some degree or another. We’ve said it many times in this space that it is absurd for anyone in any profession — including (and, perhaps, especially) journalists and politicians – to pretend that they do not possess that very-human instinct of forming and holding opinions on subjects. Some biases are more […]
Peter Marcus at the Colorado Springs Gazette reports on a fledgling proposal from two Republican lawmakers in the Colorado General Assembly to change the maximum rate of allowable revenue growth under the 1992 Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR)–a long way of saying that two Republicans in the legislature are proposing messing with TABOR, which in […]
Here comes the snow! Maybe. Forecasts along the Front Range call for as much as 2 feet of snow in the next two days…which probably means we’ll get an inch of rain. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a […]
“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.” –Mahatma Gandhi
Today is the first “official” workday following the Holidays, and since we’re still practicing writing “2-0-1-7,” let’s take one more look back on the year in politics that concluded (finally) over the weekend… WINNERS Michael Bennet Few politicians entered 2016 with more at stake than Bennet, who was widely considered to be the number one […]
At the beginning of 2016 we believe that the eventual outcome of the 2016 elections, both here in Colorado and nationally, could not have been predicted. We feel pretty confident about that because almost no one correctly predicted the course of the primary and general elections in 2016–from the results of the presidential election, to […]
It’s been said that President-elect Donald Trump “sometimes forgives, but never forgets” when it comes to personal slights. Trump fought hard for Colorado, both during the Republican presidential primary and the general election, but he came up empty both times–a fact that has some local stakeholders worried Colorado might be neglected (or worse) by Trump’s […]
2016 bore witness to one of the most unusual circumstances we’ve ever seen ensnaring a sitting Colorado legislator. Rep. Tim Leonard, Republican of Evergreen, was found in contempt of court at the end of September after repeatedly violating court orders regarding the custody of his children. According to the very few news reports available about this […]
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