(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%
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) If you’ve been following the Colorado Times Recorder, you know that we’ve been explaining the Colorado Secretary of State’s (SOS) new rules for enforcing campaign finance laws, which allow everyday citizens to lodge official complaints with the Secretary of State. To clarify the process, we lodged a complaint, alleging that candidate […]
Today on the Get More Smarter Show: your host Jason Bane talks with Jeff Weaver, campaign manager for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, in-depth about Bernie’s past and future, the current state of Democratic and presidential politics, and his new book, How Bernie Won: Inside the Revolution That’s Taking Back Our Country–and Where We Go […]
UPDATE: Stop what you’re doing right now and read Westword’s “Eight Reasons Why Walker Stapleton Won’t Announce His Running Mate.” Walker Stapleton wants Coloradans to know that he totally, totally chose a running mate for his upcoming GOP run for the governor’s seat in November. And that, for the reals, Colorado, he met the legal […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) How could little old you possibly make a big-ass political candidate comply with Colorado’s campaign finance and disclosure laws? In a blog post last week, I showed you, step-by-step, how simple it is to file a complaint under new rules announced Tuesday by Colorado Secretary of State (SOS) Wayne Williams. On […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams issued temporary rules yesterday explaining how to file complaints about possible violations of Colorado’s campaign finance and disclosure laws. Williams’ new procedures won’t scare off citizens from filing complaints, because the required form is straight-forward, logical, and easy to file. To help you get a […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) I am respectfully responding to my colleague and friend Senator John Cooke’s recent op-ed regarding the “red flags” legislation introduced this session. Red flag laws save lives. When a person is in crisis, loved ones and law enforcement are often the first to see signs that they pose a threat. The […]
Today on the Get More Smarter Show: Rep. Jared Polis, Democratic candidate for governor, drops in for a quick interview with Get More Smarter host Jason Bane as the primary election nears. Get those ballots marked and returned! Click here to catch up on previous Get More Smarter episodes. Thanks for watching!
As the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby reports–Sen. Ray Scott of Grand Junction, who regularly appears in the political scandal sheets over such matters as his fraught business dealings and squabbles with local media, is in trouble once again for apparently double-billing both the state and his re-election campaign for a sizable reimbursement of transportation […]
Today on the Get More Smarter Show: our in-depth interviews with 2018 candidates continue! Host Jason Bane sits down with Rep. Joseph Salazar, Democratic candidate for Colorado attorney general, to talk about Joe’s background, the attorney general’s race, and life in the state legislature. Catch up on past episodes of the Get More Smarter […]
Today on the Get More Smarter Show: Your host Jason Bane sits down with Democratic Attorney General candidate Phil Weiser for an informative in-depth interview on Weiser’s background, the current occupant of the office he’s running for, and why voters should care about the election for state attorney general. Catch up on previous Get More […]
Today on the Get More Smarter Show: Jason Bane sits down for an in-depth interview with Doug Robinson, the Republican candidate for Governor of Colorado whose battle to make the primary ballot ended in victory this week. Bane and Robinson talk Walker Stapleton’s record, Robinson’s reasons for running, the sexual harassment scandal in the […]
Today on the Get More Smarter Show: in part one of our tech-challenged 23rd episode, Jason Bane talks with newly appointed Boulder County DA Michael Dougherty about the attorney general’s race and life as a prosecutor in Colorado’s most perpetually interesting jurisdiction. Then watch part 2 of today’s episode of Get More Smarter, brought to […]
Denver7’s Blair Miller reports on the results of a long-awaited investigative report into the overall culture of the Colorado General Assembly with regard to sexual harassment in the workplace–and as women have been pleading with anyone who would listen since at least last fall, it’s a real problem: In the report publicly released Thursday, which […]
Jesse Paul at the Denver Post (say a prayer for them) reports on the ongoing crisis over sexual harassment allegations in the GOP-controlled Colorado Senate, and the increasing difficulty of conducting essential business in an environment where three Republican Senators have had credible allegations made against them–yet every day, dozens of women who are vocationally obliged […]
The Denver Post’s Mark Matthews reports on the latest meta-scandal to hit Colorado Republicans since Donald Trump’s election–new questions about political moonlighting by locally-based appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency: A group of U.S. House Democrats wants EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to explain why two of his employees were given permission to do outside political […]
UPDATE: Democrat Jason Crow, Coffman’s likely General Election opponent, released this online ad today addressing the need for gun safety and Coffman’s wishy-washy approach to the issue: —– The Hill reports from yesterday’s CNN town hall event in Florida on gun violence in the wake of last week’s school shooting at a high school in Parkland–at […]
We told you this was coming. After last Friday’s indictments against numerous Russian nationals and organizations for their role in subverting the 2016 presidential elections on behalf of Donald Trump, the Denver Post’s John Frank unleashed this morning the first of what we expect to be a wave of exposes–tying the well-documented nationwide effort by […]
Today on the Get More Smarter Show: your hosts Jason Bane and a flu-addled Alan Franklin talk Tom Tancredo, the 2018 gubernatorial primary, and a new poll that’s bad news for Sen. Cory Gardner. Then stay tuned for an in-depth interview with Jason Crow, Democratic candidate for Congress in CD-6! Don’t miss the fun as […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) A November poll released by the University of Colorado’s American Politics Research Lab, showing U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s (R-CO) approval rating at a bleak 25 percent, is under attack by conservatives who say, among other things, that the survey’s sample skewed toward the Democrats. For example, Colorado Peak Politics, an anonymous […]
New numbers are out from the eighth-annual “Conservation in the West” poll, which is conducted every year about this time via the Colorado College State of the Rockies Project, and the results once again show strong support for conservation/environmental policies in the Western United States. Since it was first conducted in 2011, the “Conservation in […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) If this past weekend’s #PinkWave wasn’t enough to get the attention of Colorado’s elected leaders about what may be coming their way in November, let the Outdoor Retailer Show’s massive presence in Denver this week be their next reminder. The outdoor industry’s primary convention—expected to draw 28,000 attendees and bring in […]
CBS4 reports, but we’re guessing a lot of readers were there: Thousands of men, women and children filled Civic Center Park in Denver on Saturday morning for the second annual Women’s March. Organizers estimate 150,000 people attended the event. The marches happened across the country on the first anniversary of when President Donald Trump took […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Here’s what’s known about which gubernatorial candidates are trying to petition their way onto the primary ballot–and which ones will go through the caucus process. Or both. And which ones won’t say. Sources: here, here, here, here, and here. DEMOCRATS Caucus process State Treasurer Cary Kennedy Businessman Erik Underwood Petition Businessman […]
Republican gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Coffman told Peter Jones of the South Metro Villager last month that she backs abortion rights. Jones reported: Coffman is likewise supportive of abortion rights. “I want abortion to be rare. I want it to be safe, and I want us to be doing things as a society that diminish the need […]
As reporter Marianne Goodland writes for the former Colorado Statesman: The Independence Institute has named Colorado Senate President Pro tem Jerry Sonnenberg, a Sterling Republican, as its inaugural winner of “Californian of the Year.” The somewhat tongue-in-cheek award was given to Sonnenberg in recognition of his efforts “to turn Colorado into East California,” according to […]
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