(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Janak Joshi
80%
20%
10%
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Hetal Doshi
40%↓
30%
30%
(D) Jeff Bridges
(R) Kevin Grantham
80%↑
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(D) Milat Kiros
(D) Wanda James
70%↓
20%↑
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Alex Kelloff
(R) H. Scheppelman
60%↓
30%↓
20%↑
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) E. Laubacher
80%
20%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
53%↓
48%↑
(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%
As the Colorado Statesman’s John Tomasic reports, the conclusion last week that an abandoned oil and gas well was responsible for a massive explosion that destroyed a recently-built home in Firestone, killing two people, hasn’t persuaded Firestone’s representative in the Colorado General Assembly, Republican Rep. Lori Saine, that any legislative action is needed: State Rep. […]
Yesterday, 9NEWS’ Kyle Clark visited the Colorado Capitol trying to get a comment on a story we first reported on Monday: eye-popping allegations from GOP candidate for governor and state Rep. Scott “There Is No” Bottoms of Colorado Springs detailing the existence of not one, not two, but three separate pedophilia rings in the Colorado […]
UPDATE: The Colorado Sun has more on the GOP’s freefall and the next steps: Holtorf’s last day as vice chair will be Feb. 28. The party must hold a special central committee meeting to elect his replacement. It’s likely to devolve into a public airing of grievances. Gas up the clown car! —– Same circus, […]
After easily the most controversial and internally divisive two-year term as chairman of the Colorado Republican Party in recent history, former state Rep. Dave Williams announced in February that he would not seek a second term, which was widely speculated to indicate a patronage appointment to a federal job in the Trump administration was in […]
When Brita Horn was running to become the next leader of the Colorado Republican Party, she and her allies presented her as a more rational and capable choice for GOP Chair in comparison to outgoing Chairperson Dave Williams. While that was an incredibly low bar for any sentient organism to clear, we’ve seen from Horn’s […]
As Ernest Luning reports for the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog formerly known as the Colorado Statesman, the Colorado Republican Party ended the tumultuous era of chairman Dave Williams on Saturday, now a relic of history along with the “Let’s Go Brandon” slur Williams tried to use as his middle name for ballot purposes. Williams’ […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: It’s Bernie Sanders vs. Lori Saine as the always-cantankerous candidate for Colorado GOP chair organizes counter-protests for each of Sanders’ stops in Greeley and Denver: We hope both sides keep it neighborly. —– Denverite’s Kyle Harris reports on a big upcoming weekend for pressing the political flesh, with perhaps the largest crowd expected […]
Colorado Republicans will choose a new State Party Chair on March 29 when they meet in Castle Rock. While current Chair Dave Williams isn’t seeking another term (as Colorado Pols first reported earlier this year, Williams is waiting on a job in the Trump administration), the Williams banner is still being carried by the GOP’s […]
WINNERS Campaign Fundamentals Running for elected office is hard, but it isn’t particularly complicated. You shake a lot of hands, raise a lot of money, and then use those funds to get your name and message out to potential voters. There were a lot of candidates who lost on Tuesday after failing to check some […]
As the Denver Post’s Nick Coltrain reported on Friday afternoon, Gov. Jared Polis signed a consequential piece of gun safety legislation that will result in the end of a longstanding controversial policy, or rather a loophole in policy, that allowed lawmakers and some staff at the Colorado State Capitol building to bypass the Colorado State […]
Yesterday the Colorado House debated and eventually gave initial passage to Senate Bill 24-131, a bill that would prohibit firearms in certain “sensitive spaces.” The bill’s original broad scope was pared down considerably in amendments, but one amendment along the way more or less has become the focus of debate over the entire bill: prohibiting […]
Marianne Goodland of the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog reports on a surprising twist in the debate over legislation that would allow for additional areas where firearms including concealed weapons are banned across the state. Although the bill’s original scope was scaled back in amendments, a location added to the list of gun-free zones could […]
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On this Friday before the federal holiday Monday commemorating civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Colorado House passed its customary resolution honoring Dr. King with lots of specification on both sides. In previous years, this resolution has witnessed more than its share of controversy, from the “sponsorship boycott” last year in which […]
Early in the summer, Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dave Williams announced that he had formed an alliance of some sort between the Colorado GOP and the Colorado Libertarian Party (LPCO). Nearly four months later, the results of this alliance have proven to be a bit elusive. The stated goal — from Williams’s point of view, […]
As the New York Times reported this week, the culture war backlash from the far right against all things “woke,” which seems to mean every inclusionary policy put in place since the civil rights era half a century ago, has come full circle to claim one of its earliest allies: Chick-fil-A drew fierce criticism this […]
The month of March is recognized as “Women’s History Month” — officially established by Congress in 1987 — which made today a good time for the State House of Representatives to discuss a resolution marking the 100th anniversary of the first effort to establish the Equal Rights Amendment. While you might not expect this to […]
TUESDAY UPDATE #2: The resolution honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. passed in the State Senate on Tuesday. In the final count, only one Republican signed on to the legislation as a co-sponsor: Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen. There are 31 Republicans in the state legislature in 2023. Only one out of 31 Republicans agreed to […]
As the Denver Post’s Saja Hindi reports, and it wouldn’t be a session of the Colorado General Assembly without at least one of these so hopefully our statistical wad is now shot: Two guns were stolen from Colorado Representative-elect Ron Weinberg’s vehicle while it was parked overnight at the Colorado Capitol. Weinberg, the Loveland Republican chosen […]
It’s been over a week since the November election field was set in the June 28th primary elections, but you wouldn’t know it from the virtual absence of press coverage in what’s expected to be Colorado’s–and perhaps the nation’s–hottest congressional race for the state’s new CD-8. After a feisty three-way contest between Weld County Commissioner […]
Over the years at Colorado Pols we’ve frequently run totally non-scientific polls (like this one) asking readers to tell us who they think will be the victor in a particular race. We do this to get a sense of how perceptions might be shifting in a particular race, but we’ve also found that Polsters have […]
Last chance to weigh in on the red side of what will be one of the country’s hottest congressional races. Who do you think will be the Republican nominee for Congress in CO-08? The consensus view is the race has become a two-way showdown between Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer and Weld County Commissioner Lori Saine, but […]
(Getting wacky tobacky in the CD-8 GOP primary — Promoted by Colorado Pols) We know many in Colorado, the first state to legalize recreational pot, love their ganja, so some might say it’s risky for one Republican to pay for an ad accusing “someone” at her GOP opponent’s “headquarters” of smoking too much marijuana — […]
Ballots for the June 28th Primary Election are already being returned after being mailed out to voters early last week. Most of the action this month is on the Republican side, where there are an exceptional number of GOP battles that need deciding. In fact, we can’t recall a recent time when Colorado saw this […]
Colorado has a new congressional district in 2022, and we need you to predict its future! Our readers are traditionally pretty good about projecting the outcome in key races, so tell us: Who will advance from the June 28th Republican Primary to challenge Democrat Yadira Caraveo in the General Election? Will it be Weld County […]
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