(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%
The story of the anarchist(s) who smashed up the headquarters of the Colorado Democratic Party is spreading rapidly–at least as fast as the original news of the crime spread around the country yesterday. And as one could have reasonably expected, every bit as much as Democrats would be in full war paint if the circumstances […]
Republicans have lately been dropping in and out of the U.S. Senate race like it’s a student council seat, so we thought it time to take a new look at what’s what now that we’re past the 12 month mark until the primary. TOP OF THE LINE Former Lt. Governor Jane Norton Weld County District […]
From Politics West: Former Congressman Bob Beauprez will not run for the U.S. Senate, he said in an email to supporters this afternoon. “Having been presented with the potential to serve in the United States Senate, Claudia and I considered it very carefully. However after significant reflection, I will not be a candidate for the […]
Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals meets the Flat Earth Society, as the Greeley Tribune reports: An oil-lobby funded rally will come to Greeley on Tuesday to sway residents against upcoming climate change legislation. The event, billed by the American Petroleum Institute’s “Energy Citizens” as a rally for jobs and affordable energy, has been called by […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) People on the blog seem to find it hard to believe, but I always admired Novak, along with conservatives like Pat Buchanan and John McLaughlin. There were a few things they all had in common: grating nasal voices, views that were conservative yet iconoclastic, and the ability to demolish […]
On Wednesday, DPS got the bittersweet news that the district is likely to receive a $10 million over three years grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for reforms designed to improve teacher quality. The only bitter part — that Denver was not selected as one of five districts to receive considerably larger grants. […]
Want to see what an elected official who doesn’t take their job seriously looks like? As the Denver Post reported yesterday: A Republican state senator suggested Thursday that money now used for public schools could pump nearly $4 billion into highway construction in the future. The proposal, from Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, came during a […]
The Denver Post’s Michael Riley caught up with CD-4 candidate Cory Gardner yesterday, and asked him about his odd statement from a campaign stop this week that seemed to imply doubts about the citizenship of President Barack Obama. A popular (according to some polls, crazily popular) discussion item among the “Tea Party” set, the claim […]
According to the much-discussed Public Policy Polling automated “robopoll” released this week, only 33% of Colorado Republicans feel sure that President Barack Obama was born in the United States–fully 67% of Republicans, according to PPP, either believe Obama is not a natural-born citizen (thus not eligible to be President) or are “unsure.” We’ve been clear […]
(The following is a liveblog I did of President Obama’s strategy meeting today with Democratic activists in Washington and all over the country.) 12:18: Hey everyone, I’m on hold with OFA right now waiting for the President to get on and talk with supporters about health care on the conference call. It’s supposed to start […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Picking up where Steve Balboni left off a few months ago: Keeping with its tradition of marginalizing Lynn Bartels ever since she came to The Denver Post, now comes quite possibly the fluffiest piece of fluff since the Josh Penry campaign ad infamous “Crown Prince Penry” article. From Denver’s […]
Yesterday, Governor Bill Ritter announced some $320 million in recommended cuts to the current fiscal year’s budget. As we noted, the cuts were smaller by tens of millions of dollars than what had been expected, reflecting a revenue situation that wasn’t as severe as originally projected–thanks in part to legislation passed this session that boosted […]
This morning on AM760, we chatted with Coloradoan editor Bob Moore about Rep. Betsy Markey’s (D-CO) town hall meeting, her statement opposing the House health care bill, and her upcoming re-election battle. We also talked to Gov. Bill Ritter about his proposed budget cuts, the rationale behind them, and what his response will to some […]
(Maybe we’ll promote one such advertisement post a week for kicks, we pick (no emails please) – promoted by Colorado Pols) Scott McInnis’ pro-military, pro-growth position on Pinon Canyon and the Fort Carson army base expansion has earned him significant support throughout El Paso County. McInnis picked up endorsements from some influential and well-respected county […]
(Embed hackification complete. – promoted by ThillyWabbit) Healthcare debate aside, Polis is really funny in this interview. (if the techs can tell me how to embed the code I will add that as well – this site is rejecting the format) by the way, Jared really looks good from the Subway diet:)
Fresh up at the Denver Post: Gov. Bill Ritter plans to eliminate 267 state positions to balance the budget, but it’s not clear how many people will lose their jobs because some posts are vacant. The governor’s budget director, Todd Saliman, said today the cuts are not as deep as originally feared because the shortfall, […]
You can’t ask for better press than “Young Turk” gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry got today in the Christian Science Monitor: Josh Penry is a man in a hurry. At age 33, he has already served as an aide on Capitol Hill, a Colorado state representative, and a state senator. Last November, he was elected leader […]
Grand Junction Sentinel columnist Bill Grant has a worthy take: Rep. Steve King must have gone to bed a disappointed politician Saturday night. In a churlish online letter to The Daily Sentinel on Wednesday, King bragged, “the fact is most people in Mesa County will listen to the president on Obama-care the same day the […]
There has been discussion on ColoradoPols previously about how bloggers can better fill the journalistic void caused by the loss of daily newspapers. Lately, YouTube has been producing videos designed to better educate citizen journalists: http://www.youtube.com/reporte… As one web site (http://www.ejc.net) puts it: YouTube’s other journalistic initiative is the launch of its new Reporter’s Center, […]
Back in April, the folks at North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling released a series of automated telephone poll results that raised methodological and common-sense eyeballs around the state. One of the biggest red flags was a polled name ID for Sen. Michael Bennet of almost 75%, which was an absurdly high number for a freshly-appointed […]
( – promoted by ClubTwitty) During our health care discussion this morning on my AM760 drive-time show, we focused in on the public option and President Obama’s controversial comments about it in Grand Junction over the weekend. In the 8am hour, Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) happened to be listening in, and decided to make an […]
Interestingly no posts today on Kent Lambert’s appointment to the JBC. Yes, he is very conservative. But he is a decent human being. What will be interesting to see is if, like many before him, his idealogical positions are changed when he begins to learn how Colorado’s budget really works. So many have decried public […]
From ABC News’ Political Punch blog: After a weekend of relatively tame town halls President Obama found one vocal skeptic in a college student who challenged the President to an Oxford debate over the public option at his Grand Junction, Colo., town hall this evening. Zach Lahn, a 23-year-old student at the University of Colorado […]
Watching constituent meetings across the country degenerate into shoutfests, members of Congress are looking for ways to keep their meetings more civil. Enter Ben Marter, press secretary to Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Fort Collins. Marter recently was re-reading George Washington’s “Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation” and thought it would be a […]
We finally got around to reading gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry’s column in yesterday’s Grand Junction Sentinel and, well, it’s pretty bad. By bad we don’t mean poorly written, Penry is articulate enough–we mean bad as in a string of disproven Tea Party canards. To casual observers, the president’s choice of Grand Junction as a venue […]
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