(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%
Anybody come up with a good Daylight Saving Time joke? No? 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). Also, if you are scared of our Halloween-themed “Get More Smarter” logo, we are sorry. TOP OF MIND […]
UPDATE: The Colorado Statesman’s Vic Vela confirms, but as usual you heard it here first: Republican state Sen. David Balmer will soon resign from office to spend more time with ailing family members and to start a new career opportunity, the Centennial lawmaker told The Colorado Statesman on Friday. Balmer, who is well regarded for […]
Daylight Saving Time doesn’t happen until next Saturday — you’ll set your clock back an hour — but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun with a coworker and convince them it’s actually this weekend. 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 […]
Those who taketh many positions, maketh many confused. — Colorado Pols The image at right of Rep. Mike Coffman touting the “support” of Planned Parenthood in 2014 resurfaced in September after Coffman voted in favor of a bill to cut federal funding from the organization. To the unfamiliar, this was a prime example […]
Benghazi!!! 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). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► If you have not yet received a mail ballot for the 2015 election, you should contact your County Clerk and Recorder’s office. Go to GoVoteColorado.com to […]
UPDATE #3: CNN now reporting, Oh Lordy, Kumbaya: Rep. Paul Ryan is pushing ahead with his — now likely successful — bid to be the next House speaker. In a closed-door session, more than 70% of the House Freedom Caucus voted in favor of Ryan’s candidacy. But that is short of the 80% needed for […]
Great Scott!!! 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). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► If you have not yet received a mail ballot for the 2015 election, you should contact your County Clerk and Recorder’s office. Go to GoVoteColorado.com to check […]
The Colorado Republican Party is likely smiling at the news that Ken Clark, former KLZ talk-radio host and GOP thorn-in-the-ass, is leaving Colorado for a job with Citizens for Self Governance, where he’ll be working to organize a “Convention of States” as allowed by the U.S. Constitution to, as Citizens for Self Governance puts it, […]
UPDATE: Via Support Jeffco Kids–in response to today’s video from Julie Williams, a Colorado Open Records Act request was filed seeking more information about this alleged incident of her son, a special needs student at Standley Lake High School, being made to participate in a protest against his mother. In response, Jefferson County Schools confirmed […]
Oh, Canada, something, something. 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). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► If you have not yet received a mail ballot for the 2015 election, you should probably start looking into the matter. Go to GoVoteColorado.com to […]
On this day in 1781, the Revolutionary War came to an end. The redcoats are not coming anymore. 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). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► Ballots for the 2015 election are floating through […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) 9News, Colorado’s NBC affiliate, is showing the world (Or, let’s hope, at least other Denver TV stations) how to air a longish-form political interview show–and make it interesting and important in the new media landscape. This week’s interview with Hillary Clinton, which will be aired Sunday on the program, called Balance of […]
Here’s a good list of ballot drop-off locations in Jefferson County, should you decide against putting your ballot in the mail. Remember, all ballots must be received by the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder by 7:00 pm on Tuesday, Nov. 3. It doesn’t matter if your mail ballot is postmarked before Nov. 3 — it must […]
George W. Bush is coming to Denver on Sunday! Yee-haw! 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). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► Ballots for the 2015 election should be arriving in your mailbox this week — in fact, […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Montrose County is not a rich county. Mesa County is currently concerned that the latest bust in the chain of boom-and-bust that is its self-fulfilling economic legacy will leave it unable to fund all its commitments. But that did not stop both from spending thousands of taxpayer dollars on a hair-brained scheme from Utah that […]
An opinion piece in yesterday’s edition of the Crested Butte Chronicle and Pilot from editor Mark Reaman addresses a recent small spill of treated sediment from an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site above that historic mining town. More to the point, Reaman discusses the over-the-top response to the spill from Republican politicos and sensationalist Denver […]
We’re already halfway through October? Dang. 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). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► Ballots for the 2015 election should be arriving in your mailbox this week. Go to GoVoteColorado.com to check your voter registration status or to […]
Remember, kids: Use “i” before “y” when you’re trying to spell Libya. 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). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► Ballots for the 2015 election should be arriving in your mailbox this week. Go […]
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Vanity Fair’s Tina Nguyen reporting, the ad in question (below) aired last night, complete with the misspelling of “Libya” that Stop Hillary PAC pulled down yesterday afternoon and replaced on Youtube. What a waste of money: [T]he more that anti-Hillaryites repeat the phrase Hillary lied about Benghazi, the more that the word “lie,” […]
There’s no “Junior Varsity” debate tonight as the Democratic candidates for President take the stage for their first big discussion of the 2016 election season. You know what that means: It’s time to fire up the Colorado Pols Debate Diary once again. *NOTE: The most current update appears at the top of the page. As […]
Here’s hoping that CNN debate moderators ask a question about Playboy magazine’s decision to stop publishing pictures of fully nude women; the level of awkwardness would be off the charts. 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). TOP […]
If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a noise? If you can answer that question, maybe you can solve this one as well: How many special/select committees can Congress create to investigate the same subject? As ThinkProgress reported last week: House Republicans have created a new […]
Happy Columbus Day. Or not — your call. 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). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► It’s mail ballot time in Colorado. Ballots for the 2015 election should be arriving in your mailbox this […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Energy in Depth mouthpiece (twitterer, primarily it seems) Randy Hildreth was serving up some Texas-sized bullshit in his recent de rigueur hit-piece. CELDF Threat of Bankrupting Communities with Fracking Bans Comes to Colorado The short of it is local communities paying to defend their own ordinances and going bankrupt is because groups like […]
Today is Leif Erickson Day, apparently. Go Vikings! 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). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► While everybody wouldn’t mind getting a little More Smarter, it would be hard to get More Dumber than […]
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