(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%
This week on Get More Smarter: Jason Bane and Alan Franklin recap the 2016 elections in Colorado, with particular attention to all the things they (and almost everybody else) got wrong. We got some important stuff wrong. Mea culpa. At least we’re honest. Missed an episode of the Get More Smarter Show? Click here to […]
Now playing along with President Barack Obama’s TV spot supporting CD-6 Democratic candidate Morgan Carroll, here’s First Lady Michelle Obama delivering her pitch for Carroll and the rest of the Democratic ticket: As we come down to the wire in the 2016 elections, the full-bore campaign by Democrats to put an end to incumbent GOP […]
This Halloween on Get More Smarter: Jason Bane and Alan Franklin make their final predictions and observations ahead of the 2016 general elections! Make sure to come back in a week and tell them what they got wrong. From Donald Trump to Amendment 71, it’s the last political show you’ll ever want to watch. At least […]
Today on the Get More Smarter Show: Jason Bane talks elections with Sen. Andy Kerr, a Lakewood Democrat who’s lucky enough to not be up for election this year! Join us as Sen. Kerr talks about his election experiences, politics in bellwether Jefferson County, and a look ahead at 2018. If you’ve missed an episode […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) ProgressNow Colorado Education, the state’s largest online progressive advocacy organization, scored a viral hit with a new video ad highlighting the story of a Colorado single mom who “can’t survive on $8.31 an hour.” The video has been viewed over 60,000 times in less than 48 hours on social media. “Everyone […]
This week on Get More Smarter: Jason Bane and Alan Franklin give a rundown on the state of play in Colorado with elections only a few weeks away: Donald Trump, congressional races, and the battle for the Colorado legislature. If you’ve missed an episode of the Get More Smarter Show, click here to catch up! […]
(Spit take worthy – Promoted by Colorado Pols) For your weekend enjoyment! You can’t make this up:
After a highly-publicized incident last weekend in which Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton left a 9/11 commemoration ceremony in New York City and was later observed needing assistance getting into a vehicle to leave the scene, Clinton’s campaign announced that the candidate has been diagnosed with pneumonia and will be resting more over the coming […]
This Labor Day Weekend on Get More Smarter: Jason Bane and Alan Franklin talk about Donald Trump’s immigration speech, Sen. Laura Woods and the “anti-vaxxer” movement, Mike Coffman, Darryl Glenn, and more! Then stay tuned for a great interview with the Democratic candidate in one of the state’s most important House races: Jeff Bridges running in […]
This week on Get More Smarter: Jason Bane and Alan Franklin give a pre-election update on the state of play in Colorado. Then, stay tuned for a great interview with Congressman Jared Polis! Jason talks to Rep. Polis about his election, life in Congress, video games, fracking, and Jared’s GQ makeover. To skip directly to […]
On issues that matter to her constituents, how did Senator Laura Woods of Arvada vote? She voted no. But on raising her own pay? Laura Woods is in it for herself.
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) POLS UPDATE: Sen. Laura Woods wants to be sure you’re clear: @coloradopols It’s a door prize, not a raffle, and it’s not an AR15, it’s an a lower receiver #getthefacts — Senator Woods (@SenLauraWoods) August 19, 2016 —– Desperate for attention and apparently cash starved, one brick shy of a full […]
This week on Get More Smarter: your hosts take a brief break from the usual commentary to bring you an extended interview with Congressman Ed Perlmutter! Sit back and relax as Rep. Perlmutter talks space exploration, life in Congress, politics in Jefferson County, a variety of issues he’s working on like marijuana and student debt–and […]
UPDATE: Via the Colorado Statesman’s Ernest Luning: Top GOP strategist on #copolitics poll results: “The races for president and #cosen are effectively over.” @HillaryClinton @realDonaldTrump — Ernest Lee Luning (@eluning) August 12, 2016 —– NBC News out with new head-to-head polling numbers for the presidential race in four key battleground states including our own–Colorado, Virginia, Florida, […]
GOP Rep. Mike Coffman’s attempt to firewall himself from the rapidly self-immolating presidential campaign of his party’s nominee Donald Trump appears to have backfired to a far greater degree than either his campaign or conventional wisdom could have predicted. After a “soft launch” of Coffman’s new ad stating he “doesn’t care much” for Trump yesterday, […]
This week on Get More Smarter: Jason Bane and Alan Franklin talk Tea Party, Trump, Darryl Glenn, and more! Then stay tuned for an insightful interview with Sen. Morgan Carroll, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Colorado’s swing CD-6. To skip directly to our interview with Carroll, jump to 15:20. If you missed a past […]
President Barack Obama ripped Donald Trump today in a press conference at the White House. As “The Fix” explains: “Unfit to serve.” “Woefully unprepared.” “There has to come a point at which you say enough.” Those are very strong words. And Obama made sure everyone knew why he was using them: Not because Trump is a Republican and he is […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) After a paid television ad for Republican Rep. Mike Coffman has aired for several weeks claiming Coffman is “one of us” and “not like other Republicans,” ProgressNow Colorado, the state’s largest online progressive advocacy organization, released a parody of Coffman’s “One of Us” ad to correct the record about what Mike […]
We’ve talked a couple of times already about the starkly conservative platform adopted last week at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Where the GOP’s official party platform addressed rights for LGBT Americans, as ratified it was so far backward relative to the evolution of national sentiment on the issue that Colorado’s Republican attorney general pronounced herself “ashamed” […]
(For the record – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Embed from Getty Images UPDATE: The Anschutz Foundation has issued a statement in response to Jonathan Capehart’s Washington Post column about Freedom for All Americans’ report “Enemies of Equality.” Here is the complete statement: The Anschutz Foundation is not a member of [Washington Post columnist] Jonathan Capehart’s […]
Roll Call’s Bill Clark via Twitter a short while ago, from an event for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) today on Capitol Hill: #puppies and @RepMikeCoffman today at the @ASPCA event at the Capitol today pic.twitter.com/OyqWhJFbD7 — Bill Clark (@billclarkphotos) July 6, 2016 Please help Rep. Mike Coffman express his enthusiasm, […]
This week on Get More Smarter: Jason Bane and Alan Franklin recap the 2016 primary election and talk Darryl Glenn’s prospects, Jon Keyser’s implosion, the biggest surprises, and Donald Trump! Special extra content: 7 Seconds On Brexit. If you missed an episode of Get More Smarter, click here to catch up.
Perhaps it might be a good time for Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump to start, you know, actually campaigning for a victory in the General Election. As Politico reports: Donald Trump said last week he hasn’t really started campaigning in the general election. It shows in his poll numbers. After weeks of blistering news coverage, the latest […]
Welcome to the home of The Get More Smarter Show, the (probably) world famous online talk show dedicated to making you smarter about Colorado politics. Watch the most recent episode of The Get More Smarter Show below: April 14, 2019 Today on the Get More Smarter Show: host Jason Bane sits down with Colorado Attorney General […]
Dear Neighbor, I live just down the road from you here in Colorado’s Senate District 19. You may not know it but we live in one of the most important and competitive state senate districts in all of Colorado. That’s why the negative campaign lies are already flying fast here in Arvada and Westminster. Supporters […]
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