U.S. Senate See Full Big Line

(D) J. Hickenlooper*

(D) Julie Gonzales

(R) Janak Joshi

80%

20%

10%

(D) Michael Bennet (D) Phil Weiser
55% 50%↑
Att. General See Full Big Line

(D) Jena Griswold

(D) M. Dougherty

(D) Hetal Doshi

40%↓

30%

30%

Sec. of State See Full Big Line
(D) J. Danielson (D) A. Gonzalez
50%↓ 30%↑
State Treasurer See Full Big Line

(D) Jeff Bridges

(R) Kevin Grantham

80%↑

20%↓

CO-01 (Denver) See Full Big Line

(D) Diana DeGette*

(D) Milat Kiros

(D) Wanda James

70%↓

20%↑

10%↓

CO-02 (Boulder-ish) See Full Big Line

(D) Joe Neguse*

(R) Somebody

90%

2%

CO-03 (West & Southern CO) See Full Big Line

(R) Jeff Hurd*

(D) Alex Kelloff

(R) H. Scheppelman

60%↓

30%↓

20%↑

CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado) See Full Big Line

(R) Lauren Boebert*

(D) E. Laubacher

(D) Trisha Calvarese

90%

30%↑

20%

CO-05 (Colorado Springs) See Full Big Line

(R) Jeff Crank*

(D) Jessica Killin

53%↓

48%↑

CO-06 (Aurora) See Full Big Line

(D) Jason Crow*

(R) Somebody

90%

2%

CO-07 (Jefferson County) See Full Big Line

(D) B. Pettersen*

(R) Somebody

90%

2%

CO-08 (Northern Colo.) See Full Big Line

(R) Gabe Evans*

(D) Shannon Bird

(D) Manny Rutinel

45%↓

30%

30%

State Senate Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

80%

20%

State House Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

95%

5%

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Rasmussen Shows Mixed Bag for Bennet

Rasmussen Reports decided to drop a poll into the field on Colorado’s U.S. Senate race at an unfortunate time. While the poll shows that incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet is not very popular, the matchups between potential challengers Ken Buck and Ryan Frazier are all but irrelevant now that Jane Norton has entered the race on […]

How to raise more tax revenue – a lot

I was talking to a programmer the other day. He was working on a project for a county in Iowa and they kept hitting problems where the numbers were not adding up right. This was a central system for handling property taxes and so getting the dollars correct was key. They finally figured out the […]

How to Craft a Winning Strategy-Not (w/”Poll”)

(Be safe Polsters, it’s getting weird. – promoted by ClubTwitty) On the Denver Post “poll”, attached to yesterday’s article about President Obama’s Tuesday speech nefarious plot to brainwash all of America’s schoolchildren more than 38% of the 6900 ‘votes’ declare “I would not watch and discourage my child from watching.” The article primarily describes how […]

Romanoff/Bennet Primary Featured on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) On her show last night, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow devoted a segment to the potential 2010 Democratic primary between appointed Sen. Michael Bennet and former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff – and the implications of that primary on the national health care debate. You can watch the segment here: If […]

Bennet Scramble to Show Democratic Bonafides Too Little, Too Late

The campaign of Sen. Michael Bennet is doing everything it can to show Democrats that Bennet is a strong health care reform supporter who supports the public option. Reaching out to proactively show Democrats that Bennet is firmly behind the public option is a great way to garner support from the left. It’s just two […]

Broomfield County Democrats’ Position on Health Care Reform Lead Story on the Ed Show

After Ed Schultz gave the keynote address at the Broomfield County Democrats’ Carter Dinner, the executive committee of the party adopted a resolution on health care reform that was the lead story on Ed’s show today. https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21… I apologize, I lack the know-how to make the embedded video work.

Are unions relevant today? (How are humans valued?)

I started a thread within the “Romanoff To Challenge Bennet?” comments, which i’d like to extract and revive. The original discussion is here: https://www.coloradopols.com/sh… David writes, Reduced union membership is due to a changing world where the unions did not keep up. I work in the high-tech world and I have never heard anyone there […]

How It Gets Spun

Editor’s note: as this story has developed over the last couple of days, it’s become clear that all parties, beginning with Denver Police, have been improperly identifying the alleged perpetrator. The suspect uses the name Ariel Attack, and her gender identification has been misreported. We’re reminded of the recent successful hate crime prosecution by GOP […]

AM760 Interview: New Poll Shows Ritter Having Problems With Democratic Base

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) On AM760 this morning, I interviewed Tom Jensen at Public Policy Polling about his firm’s new survey of Colorado voters, which will be released over the course of the week. You can listen to the interview here. Jensen said the new poll shows that in terms of approval ratings, […]

How do Democrats combate the Dog Whistle?

Stealing a great term from David Sirota on what the GOP talking heads are doing, it is time for the Democrats to face the Dog Whistle. Dog Whistle (noun) -org. Boulder, America, David Sirota: the act of inciting a desired action without expressly stating that action. Used in a sentence: Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck […]

McInnis Freaks Out Over “Pledge” on Friendly Talk Show

You really have to listen to this to believe it, folks. Yesterday afternoon, gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis appeared on the Caplis and Silverman show on KHOW talk radio. The subject of the day was, of course, yesterday’s Denver Post story about McInnis’ 2004 promise to donate his leftover federal campaign funds to charity–as you know […]

How’s That Stimulus Working Out?

An issue near and dear to the hearts of every Colorado Democrat (not to the mention the Republicans looking to take them out next year), the New York Times reports: Even as the Obama administration braces for another grim report about job losses on Friday, economists say that the president’s $787 billion stimulus package has […]

Polis-Markey connection illustrates how wealthy can get around campaign finance limits

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) IMPORTANT UPDATE: See the note from ThillyWabbit in the comments below. It looks like I made a mistake by reading the campaign finance reports too literally. What appear to be separate contributions to the Jared Polis Victory Fund and the Markey and Maffei campaigns are, in reality, all from […]

CSU board chair ripped lawmakers’ “un-Christian attitudes” over chancellor process, recording shows

(There is more to the story of HB-1369 than meets the eye, and it may not be over yet – promoted by Colorado Pols) Doug Jones, chairman of the Colorado State University Board of Governors, accused state lawmakers of “un-Christian attitudes” in attempting to reform the chancellor selection process, a newly released audio recording shows. […]

Penry Hits “Your Show” Live Sunday

From the coolest guy we know named Adam Schrager: Sen. Penry (@SenatorPenry) coming on YOUR SHOW this Sunday am to talk about his future plans. Email us at: yourshow@9News.com We predict significantly boosted ratings.

Markey breaks with party more than other Colo. House members, study shows

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Congressional Quarterly is out with its midyear look at legislative voting trends as they apply to party unity and presidential support. CQ’s story is here: https://www.cqpolitics.com/wmsp… The interactive table is here: https://innovation.cqpolitics.c… For a quick look at the Colorado Senate and House delegation, check out my Coloradoan blog here: […]

Climate Bill Debate Underway; How Will Colorado Moderates Vote?

UPDATE: Markey votes yes, Salazar votes no. As the Pueblo Chieftain reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to round up Democratic support for a vote on legislation to combat climate change, but Colorado Rep. John Salazar is among the holdouts. Salazar, a Democrat in his third term, said he is concerned that the proposed […]

How Colorado can support small businesses

The Colorado state government helps certain classes of business. Large businesses, and businesses who have enough financial interests in front of the state. Both have lobbyists, consultants, etc. who work effectively to get their needs in front of our state’s leaders. Sometimes they get their way. Sometimes they don’t. But they get support. And then […]

How a local credit union committed suicide

Norlarco used to be the local credit union in Fort Collins. On the outside, it looked like your standard mom-and-pop level credit union, and it was a nice way to keep your money local, and not have to park your checking account with some fee-hungry multinational conglomerate. However, Norlarco turned out to be a canary […]

At Least You Know How To Tweet

A variation on our “At Least He’s Not Your Legislator” theme, the AP reports from Zion: Republican Utah Attorney General Mark Shurt leff sent out half a dozen Twitter messages Tuesday revealing details of his yet-to-be announced U.S. Senate campaign that were solely intended for his spokesman. Shurtleff has repeatedly said he’s interested in challenging […]

How’s That CSU Chancellor Search Coming?

The Colorado Independent reported late last week: Rocked by the former president’s high stakes budget shifting, Colorado State University is gambling once again that upping administration costs will bolster the university in the future. The controversial search for the land grant university’s first system chancellor comes amid faculty and staff layoffs, a looming multi-million budget […]

New Bennet PPP poll shows absurdity of PPP polls

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Just like yesterday’s Obama/Udall numbers, PPP is putting out its Colorado robo-polls. Tomorrow is Bill Ritter’s turn. Today it’s Senator Michael Bennet’s. Bennet is such a newbie on the field, he’s a great test subject to establish how silly these robo-polling firms are. PPP is especially notorious in their […]

How Will Josh Penry Sidestep FOIA?

(It’s CORA, actually but look at them go at it! – promoted by Colorado Pols) Josh Penry’s people have been relentlessly fueling speculation that he may run for governor.  Which raises the question; how much of this fueling is being done in the offices of the sate capital and how many phone calls, emails, and […]

Polling Shows No Favorite Among GOP in CD-4

Polling recently completed by Magellan Strategies in CD-4 finds that no potential Republican challenger to Democratic Rep. Betsy Markey has an advantage at this point: The ballot test of potential candidates revealed State Rep. Cory Gardner (18%) with a 6 point lead over former Weld County Commissioner Bill Jerke (12%), UC Regent Tom Lucero (11%), […]

How will 2010’s Redistricting affect Colorado?

(Hehehehehehe. – promoted by Laughing Boy) update: despite this diary’s title, maybe we should have a Colorado Pols’ Olympics… Redistricting is something that I have been eagerly awaiting. It won’t affect the 2010 Congressional elections, but will change how Colorado is represented from 2011 onward. The Denver Post’s Burt Hubbard explains redistricting in 2010. Every […]

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