(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%
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) For a high-resolution photo, click here. Today, ProgressNow Colorado brought a yacht to the Colorado Capitol, and called on Congressman Cory Gardner to disclose whether fellow passengers of the Good Life, a yacht connected to Gardner and a controversial 2012 Florida fundraising junket, have donated to Gardner’s U.S. Senate campaign. "We […]
(That's pretty broad, don't you think? – Promoted by Colorado Pols) In a recent radio interview, Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila compared Colorado's "godlessness" to Nazi Germany and Stalin's Russia and said it portends a government that will "eventually fall." Citing the growing number of atheists and agnostics here, Aquila also said godlessness in Colorado engenders […]
Republican state Sen. Randy Baumgardner and his mustache have been running for the U.S. Senate since last July, but we've never listed him among the top challengers on our Big Line because he's not really doing anything. The only difference between Baumgardner and the other people in the picture at right is that Randy has […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: Audio of Tom Sullivan's (father of Aurora shooting victim Alex Sullivan) response to Sen. Bernie Herpin's remarks in testimony now available below. From every indication that I have, the pictures, and the reports that I've received from the DA, it says that 76 bullets came out of that magazine. [Pols emphasis] —– Today's "just […]
A press release from Colorado Common Cause today celebrates the first statewide election carried out under House Bill 13-1303, the new Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act passed by the General Assembly this year: Colorado’s voters are the big winners in the inauguration of a new modernized election law on Election Day. More than 267,000 more people voted […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) This month marks the end of an experiment for the online edition of Popular Science; the editors there have decided after a lot of agonizing internal debate to end their reader comments feature. Why? Because several online studies have determined that the tone of debate could negatively affect a reader's opinion […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The Denver Post's Allison Sherry set a good example for her fellow journalists today by usng Twitter to tell us who isn't talking to her. . @RepMikeCoffman refuses to answer in person questions on the CR, says will only talk about funding federal govt 'in writing' #copolitics — Allison Sherry (@allisonsherry) […]
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo rolled out his new campaign website yesterday: Overall, Tancredo probably has the best website of the three GOP gubernatorial candidates designwise, although we have to say we're captivated by the scowling photo of primary opponent Greg Brophy now featured at gregforgovernor.com. As for the third Republican contender (so far) in the race, […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The Pueblo Chieftain published a good article this morning making sense of an exchange of salvos between Republicans on one side and Democrats and state employees on the other. The Chieftain reported: [A] July 19 letter, signed by all…Senate Republicans, says the state’s latest salary plan — due to be finalized […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols updates on Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado's campaign to hold the National Security Agency accountable following contractor Edward Snowden's disclosures of ongoing large-scale collection of American domestic telephone records: Colorado Sen. Mark Udall called on the National Security Agency to correct inaccurate and misleading information provided by the agency in a fact sheet […]
As the Durango Herald reported over the weekend, Republicans in Colorado are still looking for that elusive candidate to challenge either Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper or Sen. Mark Udall. We've discussed many times in this space that Colorado Republicans are basically paralyzed under the vice grip of the Tea Party and the far-right; the only […]
We would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge passage in the Colorado Senate of Senate Bill 13-033, the bill providing for in-state tuition rates for undocumented graduates of Colorado high schools–with the support of three Republican Senators emerging as a major part of the story. FOX 31's Eli Stokols: For the first time in a building […]
Senator Kent Lambert must like video games a lot. Colorado Senate Bill 13-062 reads like a cross between the latest edition to the Tycoon series and an exciting first-person shooter. In Senator Lambert's video game, you're a lone hero with a gun. In the opening scenario, you're sitting quietly in a dark movie theater when […]
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced that as oil and gas leasing on public lands increased in 2012, the number of protested leases declined.
Unfortunately, that’s not the case in Colorado. It’s just the opposite under Colorado Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Helen Hankins. In her state, lease protests have risen sharply and the number of developed leases declined.
Hankins has disregarded DOI’s leasing reforms and instead decided to auction drilling leases in places like the North Fork Valley, right next to farms and wineries, and next to Dinosaur National Monument. Her insistence on giving oil and gas companies whatever they ask for has created more red tape for industry, upset local communities, and, if the leases go through, could jeopardize local economies.
I’m late getting to this, but I’ve been hearing conservatives trying to make themselves feel better about their election collapse by saying they successfully cut the gender gap in Colorado.
I’m thinking they might have scanned every word in The Denver Post, searching for something good, and found this sentence in a Nov. 6 article:
Although many polls nationally predicted a significant gender gap, Colorado exit polls showed women and men split equally.
Later, Democratic consultant Craig Hughes tweeted:
Dear Media: The Colorado exit polls are simply not accurate. Trust them at your own risk. Thank you. #copolitics
I asked Hughes to amplify, and he sent me these thoughts in an email.
First, we know the exits originally said that Colorado was tied at 48% for each candidate – when final results are tallied, Obama will carry Colorado by over 5%, so that’s a significant miss. Second, the exits show that Obama’s Colorado margin was bigger among men (+5%) than women (+3%) which runs contrary to every single public and private poll conducted over the past two years. In reality, Obama almost certainly carried women with a double digit margin. Third, the exits list “NA” for voters aged 18-29, even though they make up 20% of the electorate, a larger portion than voters 65+. Given those sample sizes, how is it they are unable to show results for voters aged 18-29?
Fourth, there are also exit poll results published by Latino Decisions that show Obama received 87% of the Latino vote, while the networks survey shows 75%. I’d say 75% seems about right, but that’s a pretty big discrepancy.
If people want a look at what the electorate likely was, I’d suggest looking at the poll by Keating Research conducted just prior to the election that showed Obama +4%. His numbers are more reliable to me than anything I have seen out of the exit polls in this, or previous, cycles (again, ask President Kerry about exit poll reliability).
So if you happen to be one of those Republicans who was feeling good because of those 18 encouraging words in the Denver Post, about women liking you more than before, I’m sorry I had to be the one, with the help of Hughes, to set the record straight.
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) For the second time, a Denver District Court Judge has ruled that Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler cannot proceed with new state standards from his office that drastically loosen the requirements for reporting spending and contributions by political committees. On Sept.4th, Judge J. Eric Elliff denied the secretary […]
(Would the last one out please turn off the lights? – promoted by Colorado Pols) One of Colorado’s best up-and-coming reporters is leaving The Denver Post to cover politics in Illinois for the Associated Press, according to an AP report today: Sara Burnett, an award-winning political reporter who has covered presidential campaigns and congressional elections […]
The Escape Artists: How Obama’s Team Fumbled the Recovery This book is another look at how the Obama administration handle the economic crisis it inherited. And like every other, it paints a picture of people not up to the job. Like other books that have reported on the gang that couldn’t shoot straight, this is […]
Reading media watchdog blogger Jason Salzman’s report on a talk radio interview with Treasurer Walker Stapleton this week, in which Stapleton expresses his hope that the FASTER registration fees for road and bridge repair would be ruled unconstitutional in court, we remembered a story from the Denver paper’s Tim Hoover from December of 2010. And […]
Although Republican Lang Sias hauled in more than twice as much money this period as State Senator Evie Hudak in the hyper-competitive SD-19 race, the incumbent still enjoys a 3-1 fundraising advantage.
In the filing period ending on May 2nd, Sias raised a whopping $23,600, spending just $2,000 of that. While that number is certainly nothing to shrug off, it’s important to remember that this was the first full period since Sias declared his candidacy. As such, Sias’ remarkable haul could be the exception, not the rule — the first fundraising quarter of any candidate tends to be their strongest because the “low-hanging fruit” is the easiest to pick off.
In the same period, Hudak brought in $11,500. While it’s only half of Sias’ total for the same period, it’s certainly respectable. Hudak has, after all, been preoccupied with the actual business of legislating, and her elected duties certainly limited the amount of time she had to campaign and raise money. Like Sias, Hudak only spent about $2,000.
In total, Hudak’s raised $73,000 and has about $55,000 on hand. Sias has raised $25,000 with $22,000 of that still in the bank.
Sias has ground to make up on Hudak. If he continues to outraise the incumbent by a factor of 2, however, he should be able to considerably narrow the gap. It’s unlikely that Sias will continue to best Hudak by such large margins — given that all the low-hanging fruit has already been harvested — but considering that Hudak represents a seat that leans Republican, Sias may not have too hard a time finding new donors.
Of course, that same competitiveness means that neither Hudak nor Sias will have to worry about their own numbers costing them the race: outside money will continue to pour into the district and will likely shift the campaign more than the respective fundraising numbers of either candidate.
A press release today from the Colorado Democratic Party highlights the significant and quite possibly lasting trouble Rep. Mike Coffman created for himself with his recent recorded statement that President Barack Obama is “not an American.” Following troubling reports that Congressman Mike Coffman echoed the wild accusations of the birther movement and attacked President Obama’s […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) By now we’re all aware the pivotal role Hispanics will play in swing states (like Colorado) in November’s election. As the political parties strategize and tune their message machines to reach Hispanics in Colorado and secure their votes, we wondered how well Denver’s English language TV news broadcasts cover […]
AP’s Ivan Moreno: [Joe] Coors’ campaign said Tuesday he raised about $449,300 for the period that ends April 15. The great-grandson of brewery founder Adolph Coors announced Jan. 31 that he would run for Denver’s suburban 7th District. He’s challenging an incumbent whose working-class, roll-up-your-sleeves persona has resonated with voters who have re-elected him twice. […]
As the Durango Herald’s Joe Hanel reported yesterday: An improving economy will bring about $150 million more to the state budget next year, about a 2 percent improvement over the previous projection from December… While the improving economy is good news for Coloradans as a whole, the slight increase in cash flow threatens to touch […]
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