(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(R) Janak Joshi
80%
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
60%↓
40%↑
(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%
After yesterday's poll from NBC/Marist reassured Colorado Democrats with apparent growing leads in the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races, a new poll out from Quinnipiac University today restores a healthy sense of fear: Despite stronger voter optimism about Colorado's economy than found in many states, the race for governor is tied, with 43 percent for Democratic […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Sheriff Terry Maketa is in trouble. Accused of sexual harassment and misusing his department's funds, he is now facing an energetic effort to recall him from his elected office. Volunteers must gather 45,000 valid signatures by July 12, in order to initiate a recall election. Many of his staff have resigned […]
UPDATE: 9NEWS' Kyle Clark follows up, as this story finally stretches its legs: Republican Bob Beauprez, who will face Governor John Hickenlooper in November, distinguished between the civil war he said Obama is risking and a peaceful civil war through the ballot box that Beauprez championed… On Focus Today, Beauprez went on to distinguish between the […]
(Don't blame Jason, we added the photo – Promoted by Colorado Pols) The response to El Paso Sheriff Terry Maketa's troubles shows off talk-radio's ability to surprise and entertain. Here are some thoughts on Maketa's situation aired on KVOR's (CO Springs) Jeff Crank show on May 31, shortly after the photo of the shirtless Sheriff […]
Gov. John Hickenlooper signs gun safety legislation, March 20, 2013. Photo via AP's Ivan Moreno UPDATE #3: From Gov. John Hickenlooper via AP/9NEWS: The judge today offered a thorough and reasoned opinion and recognized that the state's new gun laws do not unduly burden anyone's Second Amendment rights. We appreciate the good work that the […]
UPDATE: Gov. John Hickenlooper seeks to clarify his remarks today, FOX 31's Eli Stokols: In his first interview on the subject, Hickenlooper told FOX31 Denver that he wasn’t aware he was being filmed last Friday during a meeting with the sheriffs in Aspen when he appeared to backpedal on the magazine ban, agreeing with one sheriff […]
Governor John Hickenlooper has ascended the political ladder in Colorado with several parts of savvy politician mixed in with a folksy-schtickiness that, for the most part, has served him well. But as we pointed out last year, the "Hick Schtick" has been losing some of its power as Hickenlooper's political opponents learn how to use […]
Gun-rights activists and the Republican legislators who love them are crowing about news reports Friday from a meeting in Aspen of the County Sheriffs of Colorado, wherein Gov. John Hickenlooper reportedly apologized to the state's elected county sheriffs for the handling of the passage of new gun safety laws in the 2013 legislative session. As […]
El Paso County Republican Terry Maketa, otherwise known 'round these parts as The Shirtless Sheriff, apparently created a video that he shared over the weekend with El Paso County Sheriff's Office employees. In recent weeks, The Shirtless Sheriff has been under withering criticism from the media and public officials alike over alleged misbehavior that includes […]
One of the leading voices among Colorado's elected county sheriffs in the backlash against gun safety legislation passed in 2013 was El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa. You can see Maketa on the cover of the August 2013 issue of NRA Magazine (above), front and center in the gray shirt. More than just a vocal opponent, Maketa […]
WEDNESDAY UPDATE #3: Here's the video of what we can only describe as a rambling and not very apologetic Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman this morning, addressing his wrongheaded outburst yesterday against Senate President Morgan Carroll: We're not sure what he's trying to say, but based on what we already know (below), it's fairly ridiculous. This is when […]
TUESDAY UPDATE: A reader points us to an appearance last night on The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell by recalled Colorado Senate President John Morse, in which Morse slams Weld County Sheriff John Cooke's stated goal to repeal the post-Columbine Amendment 22 background checks at gun shows: Would it have made a difference in Morse's […]
FOX 31's Eli Stokols reports on undeniably tough numbers for Colorado Democrats, in a poll released yesterday from Democratic-aligned (but considered highly accurate) pollster Public Policy Polling: Republicans hold a five-point edge over Democrats on a generic ballot heading into state legislative races next year. According to PPP, a typically Democrat-friendly polling outfit, voters across […]
Taking a page out of former President Bill Clinton's playbook (or James Carville, if you'd rather), Gov. John Hickenlooper provided a glimpse at what is likely to be a central theme of his re-election campaign in a fundraising email to supporters this afternoon. Given his rather tepid support of Democratic-backed legislation in recent years, you're […]
As the Boulder Daily Camera's John Aguilar reports: State Rep. Lori Saine, R-Dacono, read from the floor of the Colorado House of Representatives a message from the CEO of Magpul Industries, the Erie-based weapons accessory maker, that his company would leave Colorado if the Legislature passed a measure banning the sale of magazines containing more […]
UPDATE: Dr. Seth Masket of the University of Denver writes for Pacific Standard: In one sense, this is an interesting case of civil disobedience: A citizen knowingly and publicly committed a crime to draw attention to a problematic law. In another, this is a pretty astounding case of a crime being manufactured to demonstrate the […]
Repeat that title three times fast while (mostly behind a paywall) the Greeley Tribune reports: Weld County Sheriff John Cooke will leave law enforcement after 35 years to run for the state Senate in 2014. Cooke, the Weld sheriff since 2003, is a Republican who said Monday that he will run for the District 13 seat, […]
(Bumped up for the holiday weekend by popular demand – Pols) 7NEWS reports: Ammunition magazine limits and universal background check requirements are set to take effect in Colorado on Monday, even as county sheriffs fight to overturn the new laws in court. But after months of tense debate among state officials, the signature pieces of […]
The Black Forest Fire, now the worst wildfire in the history of Colorado in terms of the number of homes destroyed, reached 75% containment yesterday afternoon. On Sunday, El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa posted on his Facebook wall that, although he's been very busy, he hasn't forgotten about that lawsuit seeking to overturn gun safety […]
Yesterday, apparently under the radar of most local media, Gov. John Hickenlooper filed a motion in federal District Court requesting an injunction legally binding the enforcement of House Bill 1224, the bill restricting ammunition capacity to 15 rounds, to the technical guidance on the new law issued by the Attorney General a few weeks ago. Here's […]
A truly fascinating letter to the editor published in the Hartford Courant late last week, attributed to a federal inmate in the federal Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) "Supermax" prison near Florence, Colorado. As a lifelong career criminal, although I no longer enjoy the right to keep and bear arms, I'd like to take a moment to […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Colorado’s 2013 Legislative Session is in the books, er, I mean binders. It was a doozy. Shit got done. Progress got made. And the women who make up 41% of the folks representing Coloradans at the Capitol were a huge reason why. We decided to take a look back at some […]
On May 17th, a press conference was held at the offices of the right-wing Independence Institute, featuring attorney Dave Kopel and most of the state's elected county sheriffs announcing their lawsuit against two gun safety bills passed this year's legislative session. Present at the press conference was, as we reported that afternoon, a 2010 GOP state […]
THURSDAY UPDATE #2: Media Matters weighs in with gusto: Kopel is not a reputable source of information in the gun policy debate. [Pols emphasis] During a December 2012 appearance on CNN to discuss a high-profile shooting involving an NFL player, Kopel falsely claimed that there is no link between gun availability and homicide rates, even though […]
A brief roundup of reporting on the release late Friday by Colorado Attorney General John Suthers of long-awaited technical guidance for law enforcement on the implementation of House Bill 1224, the bill limiting gun magazine capacity to 15 rounds. Suthers' release of this guidance, which lays out the plain language of House Bill 1224 and seeks to […]
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