(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%
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 […]
As Denver7’s Brandon Richard reports, a bill allocating a relatively small amount of money to a fund for expenses incurred by the state fighting against adverse actions from the federal government is headed for Gov. Jared Polis’ desk, and in the least surprising development of this soon-to-end legislative session, minority Republicans are hopping mad about […]
Republicans control the White House, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. Here in Colorado, Republicans haven’t won a statewide election since 2014 (unless you count Heidi Ganahl winning a CU Regent race in 2016…which we don’t) and have been exiled to micro minority status in the state legislature. Yet somehow Colorado Republicans […]
Regular readers of Colorado Pols are familiar with the lunacy that is Republican State Rep. “Boxwine” Brandi Bradley of Littleton, but in the last couple of weeks Bradley has really dialed up the crazy to another level. Bradley is now in her second term as a state representative, where she has regularly proven to be […]
The 2025 state legislative session has been underway for more than two weeks now, but Republicans still seem interested only in talking about stuff that happened in 2024. We noted on opening day (Jan. 8) that six of the 22 Republicans in the House of Representatives voted against certifying the results of the 2024 election. State […]
The 2024 election cycle in Colorado is almost complete, with just one significant recount still underway for control of a State House seat in Colorado Springs. Once that outcome is final, it will be time for Republicans to do some financial accounting for 2024…and the numbers won’t look very good at all. Should Republican Rebecca Keltie […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder by Jason Salzman and Erik Maulbetsch Embed from Getty Images Colorado congressional candidate Gabe Evans is saying that his strident opposition to gay marriage ended long ago. If that’s true, 9News fact checker Marshall Zelinger asked Evans Oct. 16, then why was the Ft. Lupton […]
As we noted last week, the Colorado Republican Party has taken its collective eyes off the ball that is the 2024 election cycle…to the extent that they were ever truly paying attention to the only thing that really matters for a state political party (winning elections). There’s little reason to think this might change once […]
UPDATE: An eagle-eyed reader pointed out that the statue featured prominently in the “Second Amendment Caucus” logo is no longer in that spot in front of the State Capitol. That statue, which depicted a Civil War soldier who was part of the First Colorado Cavalry unit that took part in the infamous “Sand Creek Massacre,” […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder Colorado Republican Rep. Brandi Bradley recently announced her plans to lead a new Moms for Liberty chapter in Douglas County. Bradley was elected in 2022 to House District 39, which includes parts of Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, and other rural parts of the county […]
An event coming up this Saturday evening in Pueblo hosted by an organization calling itself the Strong Women of Pueblo County caught our eye for a reason that might be as obvious to you as it was to us: As you can see, one of the hosts of Saturday’s Strong Women of Pueblo event is […]
Mike Weissman is not the kind of Democrat who should have much trouble winning election to the State Senate in 2024. Weissman is running for the upper chamber in SD-28 (North Aurora) after serving four terms in the State House (HD-36), where he was elected and re-elected by an average margin of about 22 points. […]
(And bears, oh my! — Promoted by Colorado Pols) This story originally appeared on coloradotimesrecorder.com In media appearances and at townhall events, Colorado Republicans are reflecting on the recent legislative session which saw bills addressing housing, property taxes, and gun control. “Even being 19 Republicans to 46 Democrats in the House, we came in with […]
The Theme: Patience and Persistence This year’s legislative session was by no means guaranteed to be a success, having begin with friction within both party caucuses and a major leadership debacle among Republicans. But despite an environment more acrimonious than ever and some moments of appalling lack of decorum, 2024 turned out to be one […]
From landmark new renter protections signed into law to the passage of important pieces of Gov. Jared Polis’ agenda for affordable housing, reproductive rights, marriage equality, and gun safety, the 2024 session of the Colorado General Assembly was a major success for stakeholders who persisted and kept organizing despite past legislative setbacks. While we celebrate […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Former state Representative Dan Woog, who is a candidate to return to the statehouse, equated Democratic legislators with Nazis today. The Republican from Weld County posted a picture of the state Capitol and Hitler to his Facebook page, along with a post claiming that Democratic leaders’ rules of decorum during floor […]
Yesterday, the Colorado House passed House Bill 24-1304 on its initial voice vote, legislation aimed at promoting affordable housing by preventing local governments from imposing minimum requirements for parking on new residential developments. While this bill hasn’t received as much attention as other legislation this year easing regulations on accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and encouraging […]
Yesterday, the Colorado House Judiciary Committee debated a resolution introduced by GOP micro-minority leader Rose Pugliese and Rep. Ryan Armagost seeking to impeach Secretary of State Jena Griswold in retaliation for the Trump v. Anderson U.S. Supreme Court case, which ruled unanimously that states do not have the power to disqualify federal candidates under the […]
As part of their long-running efforts to prove that they are absolutely not serious people interested in useful discussions about anything, House Republicans will today waste a few hours of everyone’s time in a pointless quest to impeach Secretary of State Jena Griswold. What for? Let’s dig in… When and Where Will this Circus […]
UPDATE: House Republicans appear to have already deleted the post from ‘X’ that we included below… —– The Colorado legislature is only required by the State Constitution to do one thing in every legislative session: Pass a budget for the state fiscal year that begins on July 1. There is no avoiding this duty for […]
Back in February, we took note of a QAnon-sized hissy fit thrown by freshman Rep. Brandi Bradley of Highlands Ranch, who was so bitterly incensed at the Democratic supermajority for killing her bill imposing mandatory minimum sentences on a range of sex offenses that she appeared to condone death threats made about the legislation directed […]
Republicans in the Colorado House of Representatives waste a MASSIVE amount of time talking about ridiculous ideas, making utterly disgusting speeches, and allowing folks like Rep. Ken “Skin” DeGraaf to mutter big words he recently gleaned from a thesaurus. No subject is too far out of bounds for the GOP micro-minority. Democratic House Speaker Julie […]
Is there any idea that is just too stupid and ridiculous for Colorado House Republicans to attempt? We can now definitively answer that question with a resounding “No.” On Wednesday, the micro-minority caucus of House Republicans drafted a letter demanding that Democrats in the House bring their resolution to the floor to impeach Secretary of […]
As Bente Birkeland and Caitlyn Kim reported Wednesday for Colorado Public Radio: Former President Ronald Reagan famously quipped that the Eleventh Commandment was, “thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican.” As Colorado GOP chair Dave Williams approaches his one-year anniversary in the job, it’s a commandment he regularly breaches. Under his leadership, Williams is […]
Colorado Public Radio’s veteran Capitol correspondent Bente Birkeland reports on seething acrimony from certain excitable members of the GOP House micro-minority, over bills this year that pertain to the decidedly not intertwined issues of protecting LGBTQ+ rights and penalties for crimes related to human trafficking and sexual assault on minors. The fact that we are […]
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