(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%
The Denver Post?posed this question over the weekend regarding Republican threats to call a special session to address illegal immigration: …the Colorado governor’s tack is a stark contrast to the approach taken by GOP officials in Arizona when a similar ballot proposition called “Protect Arizona Now” was passed two years ago. There, the Republican Party […]
It looks like everybody has polling fever this morning. Over at Soapblox Colorado, polling data from CD-6 has been posted?showing that?incumbent Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo could be in trouble. Most significantly, Tancredo has 85% name ID but only polls at 48% in a head-to-head matchup with Democrat Bill Winter: Congressman Tom Tancredo is getting caught […]
The caucuses are tonight! Tuesday, March 21 7:00 p.m. Find Your Caucus Location: If you are a Republican If you are a Democrat
From the Associated Press: Australian strippers have won the right to take time off after taking their clothes off. The country’s Industrial Relations Commission on Friday approved new workplace rules for members of the strippers’ union, the Striptease Artists Australia. “We’ve got rights to have public holiday pay now, which we’ve never had in our […]
The Rocky Mountain News has an interesting story today about how Colorado legislators aren’t entirely clear how ethics investigations and panels are supposed to proceed. That’s probably a good thing in one sense, because if they all had vast experience with these sort of investigations (this has only happened once before), we’d all be in […]
The Rocky Mountain News has an interesting article today about campaign donations being linked to laudatory statements on the House floor in Congress: One day in early 2005, eight employees of an Arvada-based defense contractor made campaign contributions to their local congressman, Republican Rep. Bob Beauprez. Three months later, Beauprez praised the company on the […]
More on Democrat Bill Ritter’s reaction to the Hickenlooper announcement from the Rocky Mountain News: A phone call about 9:30 a.m. turned Monday into the most important day of Bill Ritter’s political life. On the other end of the line was John Hickenlooper – Denver’s wildly popular mayor and the 800-pound gorilla-to-be in the race […]
Rep. Morgan Carroll is trying to pass a bill that would reform the way lobbyists interact with legislators. The bill is still alive, but according to the Pueblo Chieftain, it doesn’t have much bite left to it. The reason, in part, is because two Democrats helped neuter it…and may have seriously hurt their political futures […]
What’s next for Governor Bill Owens when his term expires in 18 months? There’s been no talk that he would still consider running for President, as was the buzz several years ago, but at least one sports book will take your action on him. Owens is listed here as one of the top 16 candidates […]
The New York Times (free registration required) took another look at the Valerie Plame/CIA leak scandal again over the weekend with a question that we asked a few weeks ago: how much will this hurt President Bush?br> His former secretary of state, most of his closest aides and a parade of other senior officials have […]
awesome + uniting Colorado still recommends universal hepatitis B vaccinations following CDC change Denver holiday tradition “Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum” takes the stage for 34th year Why are gas prices so low in Colorado? awesome + controversy Colorado gun policy receives ‘A-‘ from Giffords Law Center How Coloradans could benefit after Google agrees […]
While President Trump was pondering his “Turkey Pardon” of Tina Peters on Thursday, Indiana Republicans handed him a significant defeat that could well mark a turning point in Trump’s rapidly-declining second term. Republicans in Indiana overwhelmingly opposed demands from the White House to ram through a Congressional redistricting plan in order to boost Republican chances […]
President Trump is really feeling the Holiday season in 2025. A few weeks after symbolically pardoning a couple of turkeys in the annual pre-Thanksgiving event at the White House, Trump did it again on Thursday night. As Nick Coltrain reports for The Denver Post: President Donald Trump claimed to grant former Colorado county clerk Tina […]
Just days after state Sen. Julie Gonzales of Denver announced her challenge to incumbent Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper while at the same time sort-of renouncing her ties to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), one of the foremost progressive leaders in the U.S. Senate is jumping in to shore up Hickenlooper’s left flank. Here are […]
(the race to replace “Three-Vote Becky” is on — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder After Colorado Rep. Rebecca Keltie (R-Colorado Springs) announced she wouldn’t be running for reelection to her House District 16 seat, she endorsed Colorado Springs School District 11 Board of Education Vice President Jill Haffley. “I […]
President Trump has been working really hard trying to convince Americans that the economy is rolling and prices are down and you should stop complaining about the cost of goods because you’re wrong. It’s not working, and Republicans are justifiably getting nervous. As The Washington Post reported on Tuesday: “We inherited the highest prices ever, […]
Once again, the representative of Colorado’s most culturally sleepy rural backwater Rep. Lauren Boebert, having traded the state’s picturesque Western Slope for the rolling depopulated prairie of the Eastern Plains, is making national celebrity gossip headlines after another embarrassing incident–this time outside the exclusive holiday party hosted by expelled, convicted, imprisoned, and then freed by […]
President Trump has been on a rampage in recent weeks about his inability to spring former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters from jail in Colorado, where she is currently serving a nine-year sentence for her actions related to breaking into her own election computers in a fruitless attempt to prove 2020 election fraud. […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the State of Colorado lost a giant after State Senator Faith Winter tragically passed in a car accident, leaving a huge orange and blue void in the State Capitol and in so many of our hearts. We remember a state lawmaker who wasn’t one of 100 lawmakers, she was […]
If right-wing news drivel is your thing, then you’ve got plenty to be excited about in Colorado. We’ve been paying close attention to efforts by right-wing media outlet Nexstar Media Group to buy Tegna and take over 9News in Denver. As we noted in August, if Nexstar’s merger is approved, the company would almost certainly […]
NEW: Progressive State Sen. Julie Gonzales is dropping her Democratic Socialist affiliation as she challenges Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO). Gonzales told me she is no longer a member of the DSA. pic.twitter.com/IV1lO5GdEs — Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) December 9, 2025 Speaking with 9NEWS’ Kyle Clark yesterday following the launch of her longshot bid to unseat incumbent […]
As veteran local political reporter Susan Greene writes for the UK Daily Mail, Colorado’s carpetbagging cavalcade of checkbook chicanery Rep. Lauren Boebert is at it again, caught spending donor cash on a high-dollar trip to see rumored at least once-boyfriend Kid Rock last May in Texas: The MAGA Republican’s campaign committee shelled out $925 on […]
State Rep. Shannon Bird (D-Westminster) announced this week that she is resigning from the state legislature in order to focus on her campaign for Congress in CO-08. Bird’s decision isn’t as common as you might think. First, as The Colorado Sun reports: The Westminster Democrat’s last day as a state lawmaker will be Jan. 5. […]
(The “Cool American” takes on Gabe Evans — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder Last year, Republican Adam Derito supported U.S. Representative Gabe Evans (R-CO) “full force.” “I was so excited to vote for him,” said Derioto. “I volunteered to work on all the veteran issues with him, because I […]
As NBC News reported over the weekend, there’s new data that once again completely contradicts messaging from the Trump administration and lackeys like Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Ft. Lupton) regarding the targets of Trump’s deportation palooza: More than a third of the roughly 220,000 people arrested by ICE officers in the first nine months of the […]
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