(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 Primary Election behind us, focus can now turn fully to the key General Election matchups that will determine control of the State Legislature. According to a press release from the Democratic Senate Campaign Fund (DSCF), Democratic candidates in key State Senate races are significantly outperforming Republican counterparts in fundraising. You can read the […]
So-called "web ads" running longer than the usual 30 seconds are often released by candidates with no paid exposure, in the hope that they'll be picked up by blogs and spread by individuals on social media. "Viral" spread of compelling content is a frequent goal of online campaign organizers, but rarely achieved. Qualitatively, this web […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: Round and round we go. We can confirm that Deidre Garcia was indeed offered the job of Beauprez's running mate, but declined. —– UPDATE #2: Beauprez's campaign says it never offered Lt. Governor to Garcia, and that Repella was their first choice. —– UPDATE: Looks like Beauprez's campaign did have a bit of […]
UPDATE: 9NEWS' Kyle Clark follows up, as this story finally stretches its legs: Republican Bob Beauprez, who will face Governor John Hickenlooper in November, distinguished between the civil war he said Obama is risking and a peaceful civil war through the ballot box that Beauprez championed… On Focus Today, Beauprez went on to distinguish between the […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) On 9News' "Balance of Power" show Saturday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez confirmed his continued support for a federal personhood law but said he doesn't support a state personhood amendment. In so doing, Beauprez aligned himself with U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner, who's withdrawn his support for a personhood amendment in […]
The State of Colorado is currently attempting to escape its financial obligations through breach of contract. The U.S. Supreme Court has directed appellate courts to give heightened scrutiny to attempts by state governments to escape their financial obligations. Has this heightened scrutiny of the State of Colorado's attempt to break its contracts occurred? To date, […]
(Don't blame Jason, we added the photo – Promoted by Colorado Pols) The response to El Paso Sheriff Terry Maketa's troubles shows off talk-radio's ability to surprise and entertain. Here are some thoughts on Maketa's situation aired on KVOR's (CO Springs) Jeff Crank show on May 31, shortly after the photo of the shirtless Sheriff […]
From NJ.com: "NJ court: Retired public workers have a contract right to cost-of-living adjustments." "A state appeals court ruled today that New Jersey’s nearly 300,000 retired public workers have a contract right to yearly increases in their pension benefits, and those cost-of-living adjustments are part of the state’s benefits package." "Today's ruling, Ouslander said, means […]
Gov. John Hickenlooper signs gun safety legislation, March 20, 2013. Photo via AP's Ivan Moreno UPDATE #3: From Gov. John Hickenlooper via AP/9NEWS: The judge today offered a thorough and reasoned opinion and recognized that the state's new gun laws do not unduly burden anyone's Second Amendment rights. We appreciate the good work that the […]
An excellent story in today's Durango Herald from reporter Dale Rodebaugh, writing about a new report on the growing power of Latino voters nationally and in Colorado: A fast-growing Hispanic population will have increasing importance in Colorado and national elections, statistics from a new report show. The votes are there for either major party, but […]
A Republican Colorado House primary victory Tuesday is getting a lot of attention around the nation today, as Gordon "Dr. Chaps" Klingenschmitt's reputation as a fringe right nutjob of the highest order gets reconciled with his entirely possible swearing in as a Colorado legislator next January. A brief roundup of Klingenschmitt coverage, starting with our friends […]
Unless you live in Colorado Springs, that is, in which case we're sorry–as the Gazette's Jakob Rogers reports: Helen Collins has a unique approach to helping homeless people in Colorado Springs: Give them a bus ticket out of town and "make them work." The Colorado Springs councilwoman spoke up Tuesday against the city's 2014 Action […]
UPDATE 10:00PM: Democratic Governors Association chair, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin: "Under Governor John Hickenlooper's bipartisan, business-oriented leadership, Colorado has made tremendous economic progress over the last four years. The unemployment rate has dropped from 9.1 percent to 5.8 percent, the state has improved from 40th to 4th in the nation for job creation, and we've seen 31 […]
Think that the word "theft" is too strong to describe Colorado's public pension taking in 2010? Here's a definition from Law.com: "Theft: the generic term for all crimes in which a person intentionally and fraudulently takes personal property of another without permission or consent and with the intent to convert it to the taker's use." […]
Media Matters for America reports, the case of Lakewood bakery owner Jack Phillips, who, while open to the public as a baker and meeting the legal test of a "public accommodation," just can't bring himself to bake a cake for a gay couple, is turning into a frightening business in the minds of right-wing talk […]
"By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water." –Aeschylus
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) I can tell you I've heard plenty of love for vouchers on conservative talk radio. But someone who might question vouchers? That's rare. Typical of the unchallenged statements is the one below, from State Senate candidate Laura Woods from KLZ 560-AM's Wake Up with Randy Corporon June 2. Waters is fighting […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Scott Renfroe, the RMGO-backed candidate for the Republican nomination in CD-4, whose campaign to date has been limited to running a negative ad against the leading candidate, Ken Buck, has now decided to go negative on the entire field. He has sent out a mailer that is making a name for […]
A last-minute plea from Rocky Mountain Gun Owners executive director Dudley Brown today touts endorsements for Senate District 19 Republican Senate candidate Laura Woods, as the clock winds down to next Tuesday's GOP primary elections: For the past several weeks, you've received many e-mails from me urging you to vote for conservative Republican Laura Woods […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) It's impossible to miss the irony: Lamar, the host community of Colorado's first commercial wind farm. A wind turbine blade exhibited proudly on Main Street, a testament to the coming 'New Energy Economy'. Colorado Green represented all that was good about an economy in the midst of an energy transition. A […]
Governor John Hickenlooper has ascended the political ladder in Colorado with several parts of savvy politician mixed in with a folksy-schtickiness that, for the most part, has served him well. But as we pointed out last year, the "Hick Schtick" has been losing some of its power as Hickenlooper's political opponents learn how to use […]
As the Denver Post's Mark Matthews reports on today's vote by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in favor of building the Keystone XL pipeline, a vote on which Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado dissented: [M]embers of both parties have called the move a show vote because it’s widely believed that Senate Majority Leader Harry […]
The Denver Business Journal’s Ed Sealover reports, not that there was ever much doubt, but for the record: None of Colorado’s four Republican gubernatorial candidates support Gov. John Hickenlooper’s current effort to give local governments more regulatory authority over drilling operations in exchange for U.S. Rep. Jared Polis yanking down his nine proposed regulatory ballot […]
Colorado PERA's Koren Holden has identified the Colorado PERA pension COLA benefit as an "automatic" public pension COLA benefit in an on-line Colorado PERA video. Koren Holden: "This video describes the methods and assumptions used to calculate the net (PERA) pension liability . . ." "The benefits should also incorporate the effects of projected . […]
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: MSNBC’s Steven Benen: There’s an old adage that’s been around in politics for a long time: if you’re explaining, you’re losing. In this case, Gardner is still explaining his support for Personhood measures, which would ban abortion and many forms of birth control. Unfortunately, though, the congressman’s explanation fails under minimal scrutiny. It’s […]
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