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(D) J. Hickenlooper*

(D) Julie Gonzales

(R) Janak Joshi

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(D) Michael Bennet

(D) Phil Weiser
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(D) Jena Griswold

(D) M. Dougherty

(D) Hetal Doshi

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(D) A. Gonzalez
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(D) Jeff Bridges

(D) Brianna Titone

(R) Kevin Grantham

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(D) Diana DeGette*

(D) Wanda James

(D) Milat Kiros

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(D) Joe Neguse*

(R) Somebody

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(R) Jeff Hurd*

(D) Alex Kelloff

(R) H. Scheppelman

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(R) Lauren Boebert*

(D) E. Laubacher

(D) Trisha Calvarese

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(R) Jeff Crank*

(D) Jessica Killin

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(D) Jason Crow*

(R) Somebody

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(D) B. Pettersen*

(R) Somebody

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(R) Gabe Evans*

(D) Shannon Bird

(D) Manny Rutinel

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Get More Smarter on Monday (Oct. 26)

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 […]

EXCLUSIVE: Is David Balmer Done with the Legislature?

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 […]

Get More Smarter on Friday (Oct. 23)

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 […]

Decoding Mike Coffman on Immigration Reform

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 […]

Get More Smarter on Thursday (Oct. 22)

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 […]

Rep. Ken Buck on Speaker Paul Ryan: Not So Fast

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 […]

Get More Smarter on Wednesday (Oct. 21)

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 […]

Colorado GOP loses a thorn in its ass

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: Jeffco Recall Gets Very Ugly, Very Fast

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 […]

Get More Smarter on Tuesday (Oct. 20)

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 […]

Get More Smarter on Monday (Oct. 19)

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 […]

9News shows other Denver TV stations how to air a successful political interview show

(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 […]

Ballot Drop-Off Locations for Jefferson County

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 […]

Get More Smarter on Friday (Oct. 16)

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, […]

Public Lands Land Grab Group in Hot Water

(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 […]

Crested Butte Begs Denver Post, GOP To Shut The Hell Up

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 […]

Get More Smarter on Thursday (Oct. 15)

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 […]

Get More Smarter on Wednesday (Oct. 14)

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 […]

Stay Classy, Ted Harvey (Chris Stevens’ Grave Edition)

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,” […]

Democratic Presidential Debate Diary: Vegas, Baby!

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 […]

Get More Smarter on Tuesday (Oct. 13)

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 […]

Mike Coffman Salutes More Planned Parenthood “Committees”

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 […]

Get More Smarter on Monday (Oct. 12)

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 […]

That Cow Don’t Hunt – And Other Fracktured Facts from Your Friendly Frackers

(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 […]

Get More Smarter on Friday (Oct. 9)

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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