(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%
As expected, yesterday the Colorado Republican Party in the grip of self-dealing chairman and congressional candidate Dave “Let’s Go Brandon” Williams delivered another controversial endorsement in a contested Republican primary, throwing the party’s nameplate support behind former state Rep. “Raging” Ron Hanks in a race that should be safely off the table in terms of […]
As Michael Karlik reports for the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog, former University of Colorado conservative scholar and 2020 presidential election coup plotter John Eastman is one step closer to the ignominious end of his career practicing law after withdrawing from a Colorado Springs civil case under pressure from the presiding judge citing the suspension […]
FiveThirtyEight’s Kayleigh Rogers has an in-depth look out today at the fast-approaching June 25th Republican primary in CO-04, pitting carpetbagging quasi-incumbent Rep. Lauren Boebert against a crowded field of alternative candidates–a situation that, as we’ve been warning all year, increasingly favors Boebert in a primary that will in all likelihood decide who will represent this […]
The Theme: Patience and Persistence This year’s legislative session was by no means guaranteed to be a success, having begin with friction within both party caucuses and a major leadership debacle among Republicans. But despite an environment more acrimonious than ever and some moments of appalling lack of decorum, 2024 turned out to be one […]
From landmark new renter protections signed into law to the passage of important pieces of Gov. Jared Polis’ agenda for affordable housing, reproductive rights, marriage equality, and gun safety, the 2024 session of the Colorado General Assembly was a major success for stakeholders who persisted and kept organizing despite past legislative setbacks. While we celebrate […]
Yesterday, the Colorado House passed legislation to regulate the process by which local libraries can ban books from their shelves, a response to dozens of challenges introduced by “concerned parents,” often affiliated with Moms For Liberty or other conservative political groups, submitted in recently years as the politicization of public school politics has continued apace. […]
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On Sunday, the Colorado House passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 24-003, referring a statewide constitutional amendment to voters this November to repeal the state’s constitutional prohibition on same-sex marriage–a provision that hasn’t been enforced since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision making marriage equality the law of the land, but would suddenly become a […]
Today’s biggest development in the ongoing criminal trial of former President Donald Trump on charges of falsifying business records to conceal a “hush money” payment to porn star Stormy Daniels while running for President in 2016 was a tenth contempt of court ruling against Trump from Judge Juan Merchan, which came with the explicit threat […]
Congressman Doug Lamborn today announced his “total endorsement” — not just 90% of an endorsement — for his successor in CO-05. And the winner, we guess, is Jeff Crank! Said Lamborn in a statement: “The good people of El Paso County have put their trust in me for nearly two decades to represent them in […]
That’s the word this morning in a statement from Jefferson County Republican Party chair Nancy Pallozzi, a fundraiser planned for tomorrow at the Denver West Marriott headlined by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has been cancelled as the repercussions from Noem’s disclosure in a new memoir that she personally shot and killed a young hunting […]
We wrote last week about escalating controversy over the Colorado Republican Party’s new policy under chairman and (conveniently) CO-05 congressional candidate Dave “Let’s Go Brandon” Williams of formally endorsing Republican candidates in primary elections, beginning with ex-President Donald Trump in January and now extending to congressional races across the state. What began as an endorsement […]
Colorado and Washington were the first two states to legalize recreational marijuana through successful ballot initiatives in 2012. Since then, 22 more states have followed while 40 states, including the District of Columbia, have legalized medical marijuana. And now we’ve moved another YUGE step closer to legalizing — or at least decriminalizing — the stinky […]
The 2024 Colorado legislative session is set to come to a close in less than two weeks (May 9). Democrats, who maintain majority control in both chambers, are scrambling to finish up some top legislative priorities. Republicans, who have no real ideas or policy aspirations of their own, continue to focus their efforts on wasting […]
Yesterday the Colorado House debated and eventually gave initial passage to Senate Bill 24-131, a bill that would prohibit firearms in certain “sensitive spaces.” The bill’s original broad scope was pared down considerably in amendments, but one amendment along the way more or less has become the focus of debate over the entire bill: prohibiting […]
Republicans in the state legislature continue to obey their idiot masters at the NRA and RMGO in opposing any and all gun violence prevention legislation. It matters not whether these proposals are straightforward and obvious concepts; if Democrats suggest so much as limiting someone’s access to owning a combination machine gun and flamethrower, Colorado Republican […]
The first witness in the trial currently underway over former President Donald Trump’s alleged falsification of business records to conceal a “hush money” payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, former National Enquirer publisher and longtime Trump business associate David Pecker, only had a few minutes to preview yesterday the full extent of his role in […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Ian is/was coming in from Our Nation’s Capitol, Washington DC, where the GOP Micro-Majority is getting sick and tired of threats and shenanigans coming from…other members of the GOP Micro-Majority. Then, we check in on the smaller, more golden-domed capitol building in the centennial state where lawmakers […]
Over the weekend, the U.S. House passed three separate foreign aid bills appropriating billions of dollars to support allies in Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to allow votes on these three separate bills, each with its own bipartisan majority coalition available to pass, has outraged the hard right led by Rep. […]
Colorado will have four major Congressional Primary races in June (CO-03, CO-04, CO-05, and CO-08). Now that the assembly and petition processes for ballot access are complete, it’s time to assess how each of these three races will look on June 25th… Click below for our breakdowns of other Congressional Primary races in 2024: CO-03 […]
A joint press release from the Colorado House and Senate Democrats a short while ago announces that Gov. Jared Polis has signed into law one of the biggest renter’s rights reforms in decades in our state, legislation cracking down on the conditions under which landlords can evict tenants who pay their rent and aren’t causing […]
It seems like just yesterday that carpetbagging calamity Rep. Lauren Boebert was celebrating her endorsement in the crowded CO-04 Republican primary by newly-minted Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who won the job with Boebert’s support in hope of ending the chaos that followed the ouster of now-historical footnote Kevin McCarthy: But even in early […]
Yesterday, the Colorado House passed House Bill 24-1304 on its initial voice vote, legislation aimed at promoting affordable housing by preventing local governments from imposing minimum requirements for parking on new residential developments. While this bill hasn’t received as much attention as other legislation this year easing regulations on accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and encouraging […]
As we noted earlier today, Colorado Republicans are unwilling to work with Democrats in the state legislature even on issues that should be nonpartisan. But these days Republicans seem to be focusing most of their fire in their own direction. Last Friday, The Denver Post published a front page story about the ongoing infighting within […]
A press release from Democratic CO-03 candidate Adam Frisch yesterday celebrates yet another big quarter of fundraising success, continuing to assert ownership of this marquee swing-able race even after the flight of critically endangered Rep. Lauren Boebert to the crowded CO-04 Republican primary across the state: The Adam Frisch campaign for Colorado’s 3rd congressional district […]
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