(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%
UPDATE: Release from Colorado House Democrats on today’s debate: In the first real floor fight of the session, the Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act by Reps. Joe Salazar and Daneya Esgar earned initial approval from the House on second reading this morning. The bill protects Colorado state agencies from being forced to participate in overreaching […]
In an article Tuesday, The Denver Post described the gun safety debate in the State House this way: Monday's discussion in the House, while far shorter than the 12-hour debate Friday, was distinguished by speeches that quoted "Hamlet," invoked images of Japanese internment camps and cited the example of Mahatma Gandhi — in this case […]
As Colorado Public Radio’s Stephanie Wolf reports, a ballot question put before Douglas County voters in a special election yesterday that would have granted the conservative bastion “home rule” status has failed by a lopsided margin that can only be interpreted as a humiliation for the county’s politically activist all-GOP board of commissioners: Voters in […]
Just before Memorial Day weekend, we took note of an order from Donald Trump’s new Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, directing national parks and monuments to remove interpretive signage and other materials that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.” This order affects parks and historic sites related to slavery, the Civil War, wars against […]
Denver7’s Shannon Ogden has a story that will kick your Memorial Day weekend off right–and by right, we mean with a healthy fresh dose of cynicism and dismay over the latest manifestation of MAGA “cultural revolution” brought to you by the Trump administration: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has ordered all national parks to post signs […]
Happy Hastings Banda’s Birthday. Please celebrate responsibly. 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. Warm Up Those Brains… ► As Republicans barrel toward […]
With Colorado at a crossroads due to uncertainty looming at the federal level, the 2025 session of the Colorado General Assembly concluded with wins on housing affordability, education, abortion rights, voting rights, and reducing gun violence. Lawmakers responded to new threats to funding and personal freedom from the Trump administration with a strong slate of […]
UPDATE: Via David A. Graham of The Atlantic, this is even more confounding than you thought: This afternoon, President Donald Trump announced a partial pivot on social media. On the one hand, he ratcheted up tariffs on China to 125 percent. On the other hand, he announced that he was reducing tariffs on “more than […]
What do you get when you take an issue like reproductive rights, add a few House Republicans, and give them a microphone? A whole lot of stupid. As Marianne Goodland writes for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman: The Colorado House on Friday passed a Senate resolution on “Reproductive Rights and Justice Day,” […]
awesome + uniting ‘Rooted in the fight for freedom’ — A beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth ‘We are here. We’re queer. Get used to it’: 50 Years of Denver Pride Denver Basic Income Project gave homeless people cash and saved taxpayers almost $600,000 in the process, report says awesome + controversy Janitors fight for better […]
awesome + uniting Polis, lawmakers unveil $74 million tax credit, loan program for Colorado quantum companies Annual Cripple Creek Ice Festival returns for two weekends It’s official: Amache National Historic Site ensures federal protection for former Japanese American incarceration camp awesome + controversy Colorado lawmakers to consider bill that may curb book bans in school […]
One of the classic errors made by (almost always Republican) candidates trying just a little too hard to prove their local mettle running in Colorado is the use of images of mountains in campaign ads and literature that, albeit picturesque, are not actually located in the state of Colorado. From the state party’s use of […]
Happy Twosday! 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. CORONAVIRUS INFO… *Colorado Coronavirus info: CDPHE […]
Happy Earth Day, Earth. 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. CORONAVIRUS INFO… *Colorado Coronavirus […]
For most people, tax day this year is on May 17th. 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 […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) UPDATE: Photos from rally. Pundit Michelle Malkin is headlining an anti-vaccination rally at the Colorado Capitol on Sunday, in advance of a rare weekend committee hearing. Conservative activist group Concerned Colorado, which calls itself “a voice for families,” invited Malkin, along with anti-vaccine activist Robert Kennedy, Jr. to speak at the […]
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. In a state that has rejected Donald Trump at the ballot box twice already in 2016 and again indirectly in 2018, Cory Gardner seems self-destructively determined to stick with Trump to the bitter end. On Thursday, Trump and Cory Gardner are holding a rally in Colorado Springs to […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Denver’s KNUS 710-AM management isn’t saying whether the radio station will air a new show hosted by the Colorado Proud Boys, a designated hate group, as reported by 9News’ Jeremy Jojola. But Louie Huey, one of the Proud Boys behind the show, appeared as a featured guest on KNUS as recently […]
TUESDAY UPDATE (2:30PM): It’s been more than five days since President Trump decided to sideswipe American allies South Korea and Japan. Senator Cory Gardner, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Asia and calls himself “the leader in the Senate” on North Korea policy, remains silent. —– MONDAY UPDATE (3:10PM): Oh, look, the White House […]
The 2019 election isn’t quite finished yet, but we’re not waiting for Aurora to announce our Winners and Losers from the cycle. WINNERS Mayors Incumbent mayoral candidates won re-election in several cities, including Lakewood, Arvada, Longmont, and Greeley. Voters in Broomfield also welcomed back former Mayor Pat Quinn. Incumbent victories might have more to do […]
Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner is outraged. Outraged! So much outrage! Gardner is perplexed that he is not being welcomed like a conquering hero for using his political capital to move the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to Grand Junction. He is furious that Congress would dare — DARE! — to question […]
Today marks the second anniversary of the deadly white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia. 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/visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show or The Get […]
Did anybody see what happened to June? Anyone? It’s time to “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 a visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show. TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► President Trump became […]
This morning, the Colorado Senate Republican minority comms office put out a video attacking Democrats for their supposed “overreach” in the 2019 session. We’re embedding it below, but we’ll warn you in advance that we got more than a little nauseous watching it–not due to its unpersuasive arguments, but the weird overexposed shaky-cam effect they […]
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Or, download the RiseUp app and never miss an action. As Cory Gardner gets ready to run for re-election in 2020, we’ve been trying to come up with a list of accomplishments he can offer Colorado voters as a reason to vote for him again. As you can read […]
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