(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 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 […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) If reporters want a local window into where Donald Trump is aiming with his speech last night, they should connect with Otero County Republican Chair Judy Rydberg Reyher, who apparently posted this meme on her Facebook page this week. “Why build a Wall? A bad ass electric fence would be way […]
Former state Rep. B.J. Nikkel, who was once considered a relatively moderate Republican politico–sufficiently so that she was considered a “sane” alternative to succeed now-Sen. Cory Gardner in Congress–was recently announced as the chair of Colorado Women for Trump. The selection of Nikkel to front for Trump in Colorado was surprising to many observers who […]
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 […]
Trump’s Jefferson County co-chair Weston Imer. FOX 31’s Joe St. George: In one of the most important elections of our lifetime, in one of the most important counties in the state, the Donald Trump campaign is relying heavily on a 12 year old to help open a field office. Weston Imer is co-chair of the […]
Denver television fixture Aaron Harber will again produce an extensive series of TV interview shows, called Your Decision 2016, focusing on Colorado election races, ballot initiatives, and related issues beginning no later than Sept. 25 and ending Nov. 6. Harber will soon begin solidifying topics for 14-to-18 half-hour shows. He aims to cover not only […]
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 […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Face it. When there are only two candidates remaining and one of them is named Trump, you can’t be blamed for panic attacks. After all, something unexpected can occur during any election season that determines the outcome. Another scandal for the Democrats and it may be bedtime for Clinton. Or if […]
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 […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) In his new autobiography, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper offers lots of kind thoughts about journalism, which has served him well, but he doesn’t give the Rocky Mountain News the credit it deserves for launching his political career. If you were around in 2003, you know that an early Rocky endorsement of […]
Do guns kill people? Or do people (with guns) kill people? The answer is: Yes. As the Denver Post reports on the release Tuesday of the annual “Crime in Colorado” report: Colorado residents were most likely to be killed in their homes by someone they knew who had a gun. [Pols emphasis] Of the 172 homicides […]
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.
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 […]
This week on Get More Smarter: Jason Bane and Alan Franklin talk Donald Trump, followed by a deep dive on next week’s primary elections! Then stay tuned for more great discussion on the primary as we interview Ernest Luning–that’s LUH-ning for those of you pronouncing it wrong like we have for years–of the Colorado Statesman. […]
This week on Get More Smarter: Jason Bane and Alan Franklin discuss the presidential race, the Colorado GOP U.S. Senate primary, and some bizarre stuff happening in legislative races on both sides of the aisle. Now with this new concept we’re working on called “segments!” Somebody explained to us that segments are what TV shows do. Thanks […]
UPDATE: Ryan Frazier fires back with indignation we believe is heartfelt: New in #cosen race @RyanLFrazier attacks @jackgraham2016 “Graham doesn’t understand young black culture” #copolitics pic.twitter.com/kA9a91BpBu — Joe St. George (@JoeStGeorge) June 9, 2016 —– The Denver Post has been running bio pieces on the Republican U.S. Senate primary candidates all week–mostly recaps of what our […]
This week on Get More Smarter: now with fewer glaring technical problems! Jason Bane and Alan Franklin discuss the Republican U.S. Senate primary, Bachelor star Ben Higgins, Gov. John Hickenlooper’s veep speculation, and more! Then stay tuned for an interview with former Chief of Staff for House Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst Ian Silverii, now the executive director […]
(If you are going to make ridiculous racist statements…would it kill you to double-check your grammar first? — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Delta County Republican Chair Linda Sorenson is under fire for sharing a Facebook post comparing Obama to a Chimp, as well as other posts in the same racist vein, including one in support […]
Watch Part 2 of the Get More Smarter Show’s extended interview with Gov. John Hickenlooper! In today’s segment we’ll be talking to the Governor about his new memoir–although Hick says he’s “too young to have a memoir”–The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics, on bookshelves now. If you missed yesterday’s debut episode of the Get […]
This week on Get More Smarter: in our technically-challenged first episode of the Get More Smarter Show, Jason Bane and Alan Franklin discuss the Jon Keyser petition fraud scandal and Colorado’s crazy GOP U.S. Senate primary. Then, stay tuned for Part 1 of GMS’s exclusive interview with Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado! Along with the Get More […]
Elsewhere on this blog, our beloved Blue Cat expresses sympathy for me in the belief that the legislature’s passage of Sen. Pat Steadman’s SB 197 forestalls the far-reaching reform of our antiquated liquor laws I have advocated in numerous posts over the past few weeks. In fact, my response to the passage of this reform […]
Writing at the blog for Colorado Christian University’s Centennial Institute, former Colorado Senate President John Andrews, a local conservative icon even after a decade out of office as a principal organizer of the Western Conservative Summit, lays out the case for conservatives to put aside their squeamishness and rally around presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Reporters have done a good job informing us that most people who sign up for predatory loans are struggling. But there’s a media gap in pointing out just how important the “struggling” part is to the business model of OneMain Holdings, the company backing legislation that would allow it to charge […]
Setting aside Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories about how opponent Ted Cruz managed to completely dominate the election of delegates to the Republican National Convention from Colorado, we’ve already focused on the role of both local and national gun-rights organizations in organizing and consolidating the pro-Cruz delegate slate. With the state assembly in the books, it’s clear […]
UPDATE: Colorado Ceasefire condemns Sen. John Cooke’s remarks yesterday in very strong terms: Those who support the repeal of the ammunition magazine ban have repeatedly argued that the law inconveniences law-abiding citizens. “Sen. Cooke, as one of the leading supporters of the repeal, advocated that these same law-abiding citizens become criminals,” noted Jacqui Shumway, a […]
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