(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%
I was astonished to find my local progressive station running the Bloomberg News. Here is what I found : radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/88602/kkzn-denver-to-drop-liberal-talk/ “AM 760” KKZN Thornton/Denver is next in line to shift to another Talk variation following similar moves in recent months at sister stations in Portland and Los Angeles…. Clear Channel registered RealTalk760.com last December that […]
Denver Post Politics Editor Chuck Plunkett has obviously never heard about the number one rule of holes: STOP DIGGING! Yesterday we followed a rather bizarre decision by Plunkett to remove a story posted to the newspaper's political blog "The Spot." Plunkett took down a story Tuesday night about Republican Congressman Mike Coffman written by reporter […]
UPDATE: Mike Coffman's Democratic opponent Andrew Romanoff responds: The Ryan budget does not reflect the values most Americans share. It would force middle-class families to pay more in taxes, students to pay more for college, and seniors to pay more for health care. The House I led balanced the budget every year. But we didn’t do […]
AP's David Espo takes a high-level look at the last few remarkable days of Colorado politics: Republican Rep. Cory Gardner, moving toward the middle in a Senate race with national stakes, said Tuesday he abandoned his longtime support for measures giving legal rights to fertilized human eggs because it is a "settled issue" at home […]
Congressman Cory Gardner's surprise flip-flop on Personhood last Friday continues to rage as a story this week, with another Colorado Congressman now ensnared (Rep. Mike Coffman) and a strange new battle — among anti-abortion groups, no less — about whether we can really believe Gardner's Personhood reversal. In other words, Gardner's attempt to ditch Personhood […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) You hear complaints about The Denver Post’s reduced coverage of politics, but the newspaper still has more political reporters than any other news outlet in Colorado. And it’s still the state’s leading source of political news. So, to show what’s happened to political journalism in Colorado, I thought I’d compare the […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Conservative activist Kelly "ish" Maher, who was a guest host on KNUS' Kelley and Company Friday, asked U.S. Senate candidate Amy Stephens a question that's been an obsession on conservative talk-radio lately: Maher: "Potentially, let's say, you make it out of the primary. And you are in a primary with some […]
Legislators and state officials kept piling into Denver’s largest synagogue – Governor John Hickenlooper, Congresswoman Diana DeGette, former CO Senator John Morse, Senator Irene Aguilar, and many more. Before long, the enormous sanctuary which seats more than one thousand guests was full, with some well-wishers standing in the back. Two weeks after his death, and […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) After a six-year run at The Denver Post, as a reporter and editorial writer, Tim Hoover left the newspaper Friday to be Communications Director for the Fiscal Policy Institute. It's a certainty that Hoover's fair-and-accurate writing will be missed by reasonable progressives and conservatives alike. This week, Hoover answered a few […]
The deadline for 3rd Quarter political donations is Monday, and while we likely won't start hearing about Q3 totals until mid-October, we can still look ahead at which candidates are under the most pressure to show a strong three months. Because of the holidays and the general lack of interest from non-politicos at such an […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Just as Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo started pleading with Colorado Republicans to stop beating up each other, GOP strategist Dick Wadhams took to the radio waves to slam down Tancredo as unelectable. On KNUS' Backbone Radio show Sunday, Wadhams amplified on an a Sept. 1 Denver Post op-ed, where he […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will be in Colorado Wednesday to help raise money for Andrew Romanoff and other Democratic congressional candidates, FOX31 Denver has confirmed. Pelosi, D-California, will appear at a morning fundraiser for Romanoff, the former statehouse Speaker who is challenging Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, for his 6th […]
Below are the updated fundraising numbers for Colorado Congressional candidates through Q2. The list is ordered by the amount of Cash on Hand at the end of the quarter. Democrat Andrew Romanoff leads all candidates in Cash on Hand amounts, while his opponent, incumbent Rep. Mike Coffman, raised the most money in Q2 alone. Click […]
With the 2013 legislative session behind us, we've updated The Big Line with our latest projections. Of note: It looks more and more as though Republican Scott Gessler will run for Governor rather than Secretary of State (as we suggested last year), so we've moved his line "off" the board for SOS. With Gessler off […]
Democrat Ken Gordon is currently the only Democrat registered as a candidate for Secretary of State in 2014, but is he really a candidate? It sure doesn't seem likely. Since filing his paperwork in December, Gordon has done little other than try to raise money for Democrat Andrew Romanoff in his bid for Congress in […]
The Q1 fundraising numbers are now available for all of Colorado's Congressional candidates. We've laid things out in a handy table format below, organized by total amount of cash on hand. Numbers in red indicate that the candidate spent more money in Q1 than he or she raised during the same period. Candidate Office Q1 […]
Periodically we have run a "mailbag" at Colorado Pols, generally dubbed "Ask Alva." We put out the call for questions in late March, and now we give you the answers. For our next "Ask Alva" feature, we expect you to do a lot better with the questions. We had a lot about technical problems (we're […]
*NOTE: Percentages reflect Colorado Pols' estimated chances of winning a particular race Numbers should not be read as estimations of final margins of victory. U.S. SENATE (D) Mark Udall* (60%) Polls are all over the place, and all may be inaccurate anyway. Dems quietly growing more confident by the day. (R) Cory Gardner* […]
If you were to Google the name of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper as recently as a couple of months ago, you'd see articles such as John Hickenlooper 2016 Presidential Buzz Continues, Dispite His Best Efforts but now, if you Google his name, most of the search results are Gov. John Hickenlooper Tells Senate Committee He […]
As support grows for former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff's bid to unseat incumbent GOP Rep. Mike Coffman in 2014, there's been an…unsettling detail nagging at many Democratic political insiders. Kurtis Lee of the Denver Post reported as Romanoff announced his CD-6 bid, and commenters here have noted Romanoff's pledges to shun donations from political action committees […]
Politicians have always grasped with a difficult period early in a potential campaign: How do you make it known that you are a serious candidate for higher office without really committing to running for said office in case you find out nobody cares? We saw this play out over the last two days with State […]
UPDATE: FOX 31's Eli Stokols confirms: On Tuesday, Newell issued a statement to FOX31 Denver confirming her daughter’s post. “Yes, the rumors are true,” Newell said. “I’m seriously considering a run at Congressional District 6 in 2014. “In the last couple of months, citizens and political leaders across the state have come to me with […]
Late last night, Kate Newell, daughter of recently re-elected Senator Linda Newell, posted this to her facebook page: Kate Newell 9 hours ago near Denver So proud of my mama, who (after being asked too many times to count) has decided to seriously consider running for/serving as Congresswoman for CD 6! Excited to see where this faithwalk […]
Hey Democrats, want to know who is screwing you over at the Capitol? Sen. John Morse of Colorado Springs. Morse is an arrogant foul mouthed jerk, and he is beyond politically clueless: he’s a liability to his entire caucus and party in his leadership position. 1. Per diem scandal 2011: remember this? Morse claimed per […]
Corroborated with our own sources, this bit of gossip posted today by the Colorado Statesman appears to be entirely accurate as of this writing: [F]rom deep (arctic deep) in the Andrew Romanoff camp we’re able to report that the former U.S. Senate hopeful and speaker of the Colorado House is still undecided about getting into […]
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