(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%
WINNERS LOSERS 1. Colorado students This year, Colorado finally began the road back from years of devastating budget cuts to our public schools and colleges. Thanks to an improving economy and sound budgetary decision making, the state was able to restore $100 million in funding for our colleges and universities and begin to restore […]
The Hill's Alexandra Jaffe reports on the other new ad running in Colorado from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: The Chamber of Commerce is launching a $3 million advertising campaign to boost preferred candidates and incumbents in 10 House races nationwide in its first major shift toward the general election. And in Colorado’s Senate race, […]
Most people, I'm sure, just buy the casket for their loved one from the local funeral home handling the rest of the details but they don't have to do that. Back in 1995, the FTC created the "Funeral Rule", allowing consumers to supply their own funeral goods. (Find it here at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/funerals/opinions/opinion10-1.pdf). That's done to […]
A week ago, we raised an eyebrow over the purported "endorsement" of GOP U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner by the quasi-nonpartisan organization No Labels, which bills itself as "a movement of Democrats, Republicans and independents dedicated to promoting a new politics of problem solving." The endorsement of Cory Gardner by No Labels struck us as odd given Gardner's […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) "Before, whenever we wanted Cory, we made a call, and we got Cory," said KNUS radio-host Dan Caplis on air Monday. "Now, there's always an excuse." Caplis, who's usually big on personal responsibility, blames Gardner's "handlers" for ducking his show, not Gardner himself. "It’s like, 'Wait a second handlers!' Let Cory […]
UPDATE #2: Conservation Colorado's Pete Maysmith: Conservation Colorado Executive Director Pete Maysmith released the following statement today on the failure to reach an agreement on legislation to enable local governments to have a say over heavy industrial drilling and fracking in their neighborhoods and communities. “Coloradans concerned about the impact of drilling and fracking in […]
The Colorado Statesman's Jody Hope Strogoff follows up today on last Friday's fundraiser, first reported by Colorado Pols, for Colorado GOP Attorney General candidate Cynthia Coffman starring controversial Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. We're very pleased to learn that Gov. Brewer is a reader! Brewer candidly acknowledged that — to the mild chagrin of her staff — she […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Dear Chairman Call, I'm not your typical terrorist: a fifth-generation Coloradan, a Yuma County native and graduate of a small rural K-12 school, Idalia High School. Upon return from college I settled in Wray where I raised my three children. I was active in local activities – a founding member of […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) I was all set to write a blog post this morning about Scott Gessler saying on the radio that his Republican gubernatorial opponents are all losers, including Mike Kopp who, Gessler said, presided over the Republicans' disastrous legislative-election collapse in 2010. Gessler told KNUS talk-radio host Jimmy Sengenberger a couple weeks ago: […]
"One-and-done" GOP Rep. Jared Wright (R-Fruita) is ending his second and final legislative session with quite a flourish, as the Grand Junction Sentinel's Charles Ashby reports: Rep. Jared Wright doesn’t care what the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce thinks about a bill he’s backing on uranium mining. The Fruita Republican is co-sponsoring a bill with […]
As the Denver Business Journal's Ed Sealover and Cathy Proctor report: The oil and gas wars that many predicted at the Colorado Capitol still may be coming as the 2014 legislative session wanes, as industry representatives and elected officials are discussing a bill that would give local governments more control over drilling regulations. A draft bill […]
As the Grand Junction Sentinel's Charles Ashby reports today: Responding to numerous emails and a “legislative alert” from the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners Association, several state lawmakers voted against a bill that changes some definitions in the state’s civil commitment statutes. Under those laws, mental health professionals can hold potentially dangerous patients for up to […]
Quinnipiac University released another new batch of poll results from Colorado today, outlining how voters in our state feel about legalizing marijuana and same-sex marriage. According to Quinnipiac, voters strongly believe that legalizing marijuana has been good for Colorado (52-38 percent). While Quinnipiac focuses its press release today on the marijuana questions, we were much […]
Study: Colorado PERA pension obligations are 30 percent of Colorado's annual corporate welfare grants. As readers of Coloradopols.com are fully aware, the State of Colorado is currently trying to break its contracts. Count me among a growing number of Coloradans who find this fact disturbing. Have Colorado state and corporate interests merged? Clearly, the Colorado […]
(Worth reading – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Dear Denver Post, I want you to know that you’re my favorite daily newspaper in Denver. OK, you’re the only daily newspaper, but you get where I’m coming from. You’re like family to me, because you’ve arrived at my front door and been in our home every day […]
The editorial board of the Denver Post weighed in this week on efforts by community activists in Jefferson County to increase the number of County Commissioners from 3 to 5: Jefferson County voters may have an opportunity this fall to decide whether to expand the county commission from three members to five. We hope backers […]
Quinnipiac University's polling of major Colorado races continues today–after yesterday's release showed Gov. John Hickenlooper pulling away from his gaggle of Republican challengers, today's polling of the U.S. Senate race remains very tight: Sen. Udall gets 45 percent to 44 percent for U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, his Republican challenger, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll […]
With more and more ads implying that Coloradans lost their insurance under Obamacare, and senatorial candidate Cory Gardner saying directly that “335,000 Coloradans…lost their health insurance” thanks to Obamacare, it’s worth a trip to the archive to see if conservative bloggers agree with fact checkers, like 9News political reporter Brandon Rittiman, who noted that getting […]
Lynn Bartels of the Denver Post is first to write up today: Gov. John Hickenlooper beats all four Republican rivals in a new poll that shows he's favored by women voters and has a slight advantage with crucial unaffiliated voters. Of the four GOP candidates on the primary ballot, former Congressman Tom Tancredo presents the […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) On conservative KNUS radio last week, GOP Senate candidate Cory Gardner assured listeners that he remains "pro-life" even though he recently un-endorsed the personhood amendment, which would ban abortion in Colorado. "I remain a pro-life legislator who believes that my record actually speaks for itself while I’ve been in Congress," Gardner […]
UPDATE: Food for thought as legislators consider Senate Bill 14-181, here are some interesting points in favor of red light cameras from the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police: Year-to-year changes in red-light running fatalities reveal an average annual decrease of 5.6% from 2007 to 2011. U.S. and worldwide studies show a 25 to 30 […]
Fellow ColoradoPols readers, this morning, a post relating to the use of political influence by supporters of the 2010 Colorado PERA pension contract breach appeared on ColoradoPols.com. The post suggests that proponents of the pension contract breach might attempt to politically influence the Colorado Supreme Court prior to the court's consideration of claims in the […]
Denver Post Politics Editor Chuck Plunkett wrote a blog post yesterday titled, “No Facts Hidden From Coffman Story.” The most effective way to convince us that no facts were hidden would be for Plunkett to explain his thinking as well as re-publish the entire Coffman article, which Plunkett removed from The Post’s website Tuesday night. […]
The conservative Daily Caller reports on a new poll conducted for Republican-aligned SuperPAC American Crossroads on the Colorado U.S. Senate race: Incumbent Colorado Democratic Sen. Mark Udall has a slim lead over his challenger, Republican Rep. Cory Gardner, according to a new poll from American Crossroads. Forty-five percent of those polled said they would vote for […]
The Grand Junction Sentinel's Charles Ashby reports on passage yesterday of House Bill 14-1297, a bill to study the health impacts of hydraulic fracture drilling ("fracking") in certain affected Front Range counties: The Colorado House approved a controversial bill Thursday that some Republicans believe is designed to give opponents of hydraulic fracturing fodder to ban […]
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