(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%
Former Colorado Republican Party chairman Ryan Call, who was a major player in Colorado politics before being ousted in 2015 at the onset of a major scandal that scrambled the state GOP for years afterward, has been relatively quiet in recent years. In September of 2020, Call basically eighty-sixed himself from a future in Republican […]
(It’s war. For Colorado Republicans, it’s always war. – Promoted by Colorado Pols) Republican leaders expressed what appeared to be cathartic disagreement yesterday over whether to support a move by Colorado’s Republican Party to recall a state lawmaker for backing a gun-control bill, after the lawmaker, whose his son died in the Aurora theater massacre, […]
Colorado Republicans sure are enthusiastic about the office of State Treasurer. Republican Brett Barkey, currently the District Attorney in Judicial District 14 (northwest Colorado), officially joined the GOP field for Treasurer on Aug. 11. We apparently missed the news of Barkey’s announcement — it’s never a good idea to send out a press release on a Friday […]
MONDAY UPDATE: A telling “Retweet” from ousted GOP chairman Ryan Call says it all: And with that, Ryan Call washes his hands of you. FOX 31: Just four months after helping to engineer the Colorado GOP’s first big statewide victory in 12 years, Chairman Ryan Call is out of a job. Steve House was elected […]
In the race for chair of the Colorado Republican Party, activists who led recall efforts against Democrats in 2013 have been on the talk-radio circuit dredging up their attacks on the current GOP Chair, Ryan Call, who's facing a serious challenge from former gubernatorial candidate Steve House. On Monday, for example, Mike McAlpine (who led […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Appearing on KNUS 710-AM’s Jimmy Sengenberger Show Saturday, Colorado GOP Chair Ryan Call emphasized his support for Colorado’s 2013 recall campaigns, when, in fact, Call flat out opposed at least one recall effort. “From a tactical perspective, frankly, the worst thing that I could do is to get to the head of […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) It's not easy to fact check some of the allegations flying around in the contest between Ryan Call and challenger Steve House to become chair of the Colorado Republican Party. But it's worth a try, especially when the salvos appear in the media. On public television Friday, for example, the Independence […]
Colorado Republican Party Chair Ryan Call is facing a tough re-election fight against former Adams County GOP Chair (and candidate for governor) Steve House. We've gone through some of the reasons that Call might be ousted despite a fairly successful 2014 election season, with perhaps the main point of contention over Call's annual salary as […]
The campaign by grassroots Republicans to oust Colorado Republican Party chairman Ryan Call continues, with supporters of Call's opponent in the upcoming leadership (s)election Steve House circulating a list of "grievances" against Call that some of our readers will remember fondly: What is the Record of the Chairman in the Last Four Years? – 42% increase in […]
State Republican Chair Ryan Call looks to have serious opposition in his bid for re-election from former Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve House. We told you this fight was coming back in December; despite a pretty successful 2014, Republican Party activists are not sold on Call and are not happy that he continues to take home […]
UPDATE: In a statement earlier today, Democratic CD-5 candidate Irv Halter calls on Rep. Doug Lamborn to condemn Gordon Klingenschmitt's remarks: “Gordon Klingenschmitt offended Coloradans from both parties and all walks of life with his offensive and out of touch comment comparing a U.S. Congressman to ISIS,” said Halter. “His statement shows that he has no […]
As the Durango Herald reported over the weekend, Republicans in Colorado are still looking for that elusive candidate to challenge either Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper or Sen. Mark Udall. We've discussed many times in this space that Colorado Republicans are basically paralyzed under the vice grip of the Tea Party and the far-right; the only […]
When it comes to Ryan Call, Ken Clark and Jason Worley are not impressed.
In the past week on Grassroots Radio Colorado (airing weekdays from 5 to 7 p.m. on KLZ 560 AM), show hosts Worley and Clark have been heard to call for current GOP State Party Chairperson Call to own up to his responsibility for the devastating November election losses “like a man”, and step down from his leadership position.
Last Friday on Grassroots, Arapahoe County Tea Party Chair Randy Corporon was filling in as guest host, as he often does. Worley and Clark were on a “top secret” special assignment. The guests that day, freshman State Representative Justin Everett (HD-22) and John Ransom from Townhall.com/Finance pleaded with Corporon to throw his hat into the race for the GOP Chairmanship. Their enthusiastic request was modestly evaded.
And then yesterday, Mark Baisley, Douglas County GOP Chair, appeared on Grassroots to announce his candidacy for the position.
Ryan Call probably isn’t too worried.
He has endorsements from approximately half of the current County GOP Committees that will eventually vote to decide who leads the state party, as well as support from GOP notables such as AG John Suthers, and Rep. Cory Gardner.
Call’s ascendency two years ago came in a firestorm of name calling and finger pointing around previous Chairman Dick Wadhams, who withdrew his candidacy for reelection after the debacle that was The McInnis-Maes-Tancredo Show and Ken Buck’s losing challenge to Democrat Michael Bennet’s senate seat.
Stating his frustration with trying to herd the un-herdable cats of Colorado’s GOP, Wadhams said in a recent Lynn Bartels blog post for the Denver newspaper’s political blog, The Spot (January 11, 2013) “he was “tired of the nuts who have no grasp of what the state party’s role is.”
From an absurd fluff piece in the Durango Herald Saturday, we must conclude…not this planet: Social issues won’t be winning elections this year, and Colorado’s Republican Party chairman knows that… The Hispanic vote will play a major role in the election this year, especially in swing states such as Colorado and Nevada where that demographic […]
FOX 31’s Eli Stokols reports: Colorado GOP Chairman Ryan Call, who is now focused on improving the party’s standing with Latino voters ahead of the November election, told FOX31 Denver Friday that he’s disappointed that House Republicans this week killed a measure that would have made college more affordable for undocumented students who qualify… “I […]
Not like we haven’t been saying it for years, but we wanted this report from FOX 31’s Eli Stokols noted for the record–a recognition by Colorado Republicans of a serious problem. Sort of. A Wednesday article in the New York Times uses two Colorado Republicans to underscore how tough talk on illegal immigration in GOP […]
It’s a funny thing about all this clamor and staged hand-wringing over whether, or when, Colorado Senate President Brandon Shaffer plans to start a run for the CD-4 seat presently held by freshman GOP Rep. Cory Gardner–as FOX 31’s Eli Stokols reported Tuesday: Looking to keep the pressure on Senate President Brandon Shaffer following last […]
Check out this video clip from 9NEWS’ Your Show interview with new Colorado GOP chairman Ryan Call this week–who was it trying to make those cuts to education smaller again? Really? Host: Can you provide some more instances where Republicans have reached across party lines at the state level? Call: Well even most recently–and the […]
Ryan Call is picking up some of the most important endorsements possible in his run for chair of the Colorado Republican party, according to this news release: Attorney General Suthers and State Treasurer Stapleton join Legislators and Party Leaders from Across the State in Endorsing Ryan Call for State GOP Chairman Denver – Ryan Call […]
Denver GOP Chair Ryan Call is reportedly weighing a run at becoming the next Colorado Republican Party Chair. Call became the head of the Denver Republicans after Mary Smith stepped down in 2008.
Call has been involved with GOP politics in the state for over a decade. An attorney, Call served as legal counsel for the Colorado Republicans under outgoing State Chair Dick Wadhams, and was the Denver County Chair of the 2008 presidential campaign of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
If Call does end up running, he will face a field of candidates that includes State Senator Ted Harvey of Highlands Ranch among others. The Republicans will pick their new state leadership on March 26th in the conservative stronghold of Castle Rock.
(Doubling down on the crazy? – promoted by Colorado Pols) In a Post titled, “It’s Alive! Despite GOP Warnings, Ponzi Scheme Meme Is Alive and Well on Capitol Hill,” Talking Points Memo’s Evan McMorris-Santoro reports today that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WIS) has joined Rep. Mike Coffman in saying, on the radio, that Social Security is […]
Colorado GOP chairman Dick Wadhams announced today that he is hiring “wunderkind” operative Ryan Call (isn’t that what they called John Marshall?) as political director and counsel, presumably because Wadhams finally realized that he can’t collect every paycheck. Call comes to the Colorado GOP on a “leave of absence” from the storied law firm of […]
(Very fine Libertarians — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder Leaders of the Colorado Republican and Libertarian parties held a joint public discussion on the Twitter Spaces platform last week. Billed as a “Special Session Recap,” the online event drew a few hundred listeners curious to hear the state chairs […]
Last week, as readers will recall, GOP Rep. Ryan Armagost resigned suddenly as the special session of the General Assembly kicked off in order to avoid an expected resolution from majority Democrats censuring Armagost for his churlish behavior toward a female colleague. Armagost had already given notice of his resignation and was excused from attending […]
State Rep. Ryan Armagost (R-Berthoud) is resigning his seat in the legislature and dancing his way down to Arizona, which leaves a “leadership” hole in the House micro-minority that could create a whole new set of problems for the GOP. As The Colorado Sun reports: House Minority Whip Ryan Armagost of Berthoud, a fierce gun […]
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