(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%
Enjoy the rain and the lower temperatures today. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t forget to find us on Facebook and Twitter. […]
With apologies to Democrats still hoping that Rep. Lauren “Q*Bert” Boebert could be ousted in November, the math suggests that there are really only two competitive races among Colorado’s eight congressional districts in 2022: For the “open” seats in CO-07 and CO-08. In each district, the issue of gun violence prevention clearly separates the Democratic […]
The election denialism trend that was sparked by former President Donald Trump doesn’t appear to be going away entirely, but at least we might have reached a stage where the election truthers aren’t trying that hard to explain their cockamamie theories. For example, we ran across this story from the right-wing “Gateway Pundit” about alleged […]
While most of the public outrage has been focused on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision overturning the federally guaranteed right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade, another decision by the rightward-skewed Court this session is beginning to reverberate–troublingly for the overwhelming majority of Americans who support tighter restrictions on gun ownership. As the […]
Six years ago, Colorado Republicans nominated little-known El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn to be their nominee for U.S. Senate against incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet. A few months after winning a competitive Republican Primary, Glenn confidently compared himself to a “unicorn” owing to his self-impressed political beliefs and campaign style. “I am the human equivalent […]
“History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.” –Dwight D. Eisenhower
I saw a headline today saying 2/3 of Americans are now in favor of term limits for Supreme Court Justices. I had to ponder that a bit to determine how I felt about it. I decided I might be in favor if the one term was sufficiently long enough to potentially span more than one […]
We noted on Friday that the first public appearance for Republican gubernatorial candidate Heidi Heidi Ganahl’s running mate did not go well. Ganahl formally introduced Danny Moore, her choice for Lieutenant Governor (LG), at an event in Aurora in which reporters were both invited and shunned. The Ganahl campaign ludicrously explained that neither Ganahl nor […]
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest wave of a highly infectious subvariant of the Omicron flavor of the virus is surging across the planet–though due to the vaccines and better treatment options available in 2022 compared to two years ago, the rate of hospitalization and death is far below previous waves of the […]
This week in episode 115 of the Get More Smarter Podcast, your hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii talk with Colorado State Treasurer Dave Young about all sorts of topics. Young explains how a State Treasurer impacts your life, from the Secure Savings Act to his idea for an “Infrastructure Bank” program. We also find out […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Thanks to a law recently passed by Democrats, everyone in Colorado who filed an income return tax last year, no matter how much they made, will be receiving a $750 refund. But a Republican lawmaker says it would probably be “more equitable” to send bigger tax-refund checks to Coloradans with high […]
Regular readers of Colorado Pols know that we’ve long been critical of politicians who promise to make big cuts to taxes and/or government spending without offering a logical explanation for how they would balance out budget items for other necessary public functions. The problem is simple: If you remove a significant portion of revenue, what […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: Sure enough, the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby reports: Indicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was to be re-arrested Thursday for allegedly violating the conditions of her bond. Peters allegedly did that when she included Director of Elections Brandi Bantz in an email she sent in the wee hours of the morning Wednesday […]
On Tuesday, the American League defeated the National League 3-2 in the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium. Viewership was reportedly down from last year’s All-Star Game, which took place at Coors Field in Denver after the event was pulled from Atlanta in protest of the state of Georgia’s new voting restrictions–vote […]
Earlier this week we wrote about how all three of Colorado’s Republican Members of Congress — Reps. Lauren “Q*Bert” Boebert, Ken Buck, and Doug Lamborn — voted NO on legislation intended to protect same-sex and interracial marriage. This is an important issue now because of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, in which Justices […]
While most people do their best not to get involved in accidents while driving, sometimes they are unavoidable. If you’re involved in a car accident, there are a few things you should do, including call for assistance, assess injuries and damage and file an insurance claim. You may also require the services of an attorney. […]
Republican gubernatorial candidate Hiedi Heidi Ganahl was originally scheduled to hold her first public event today with Danny Moore, her running mate and Lieutenant Governor pick. The Ganahl campaign wisely rescheduled the Aurora event after remembering that today is the 10th anniversary of the Aurora Theater Shootings, in which 10 people were killed and 70 […]
Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of the Aurora Theater Shootings that killed 12 people and injured 70 others. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. […]
Honestly… what else can you even say at this point. It’s just one misstep after another over there. I guess there’s something to be said for actually being able to recognize how bad the optics of having a competing political event a few miles from a memorial event for one of Colorado’s most significant tragedies. […]
Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos made news over the weekend when she told a “Moms for Liberty” event in Florida that she thinks the federal department she directed as recently as 2020 should be abolished altogether. Said DeVos: “I personally think the Department of Education should not exist.” This is not a new idea, […]
UPDATE: Wherefore art thou, Felix? —– Republican gubernatorial candidate Hiedi Heidi Ganahl (finally) announced her Lieutenant Governor running mate on Monday morning. It was not who she said it would be. Earlier this month, Ganahl said on a right-wing radio show that she would name on July 7 an Hispanic male as her running mate […]
Former Republican District Attorney George Brauchler has repeatedly earned the title of “The Magnificent Putz” here at Colorado Pols for his almost superhuman ability to make stupid mistakes, offensive statements, and ridiculous arguments — either in politics or in legal matters. Brauchler is no longer in elected office (thankfully), nor is he a candidate for […]
West Virginia “Democratic” Sen. Joe Manchin is every Republican’s favorite Senator. He showed why again on Thursday, as The Washington Post reports: Manchin told Democratic leaders Thursday he would not support an economic package that contains new spending on climate change or new tax increases targeting wealthy individuals and corporations, marking a massive setback for […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman is up in arms about homeless people coming to Aurora from Douglas County, despite saying last year that he hoped Aurora’s camping ban would result in Aurora’s unhoused population migrating from Aurora to “another community.” “No jurisdiction should export their homeless to another jurisdiction without that jurisdiction […]
UPDATE: It gets worse. Of course it does. According to a press release from the non-partisan Colorado District Attorney’s Council: The Colorado District Attorneys’ Council and the remaining 21 district attorneys are dedicated to ensuring that all criminal matters pending in this jurisdiction are handled in a professional manner and that all victims of crime […]
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