(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%
Colorado voters will choose a new Governor next November, and if 2017 is any indication of what to expect, then the 2018 election is going to be a wild ride. For the third time in the last four cycles, there will be no incumbent on the ballot for Governor. Numerous candidates from both sides of […]
UPDATE: Here’s a telling quote in a story from Mark Matthews for the Denver Post: “I think people really are ready for somebody who is not a part of the establishment, and that is certainly yours truly,” said Tancredo in a phone call confirming his bid. —– Ernest Luning has the scoop for the publication formerly known […]
MONDAY UPDATE: It’s Paul Manafort, reports CNN: Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is turning himself in Monday to Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Manafort was indicted under seal on Friday and is planning to turn himself in, the source said… The indictment of […]
CNN not quite caught up with the breaking news: Departing the White House for his golf club in New Jersey, Trump told reporters Price was a “very fine man,” but that he was undecided on his fate. “We’re going to make a decision sometime tonight,” Trump said. He bemoaned the optics of the matter, which […]
As Ernest Luning reports for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman, two-time gubernatorial candidate and former Congressman Tom Tancredo has re-affiliated himself with the Republican party in advance of a potential third bid for governor in 2018: If former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo decides to jump into Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial primary, there’s one step he […]
It looks as though it may be Tom Tancredo time once again in Colorado. Ernest Luning has the news for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman: A Golden-based political action committee began circulating a petition Tuesday urging Tom Tancredo to run in next year’s GOP primary for governor of Colorado, but the former five-term congressman […]
As John Frank reports for the Denver Post, the 2018 Colorado gubernatorial race just got a lot more expensive: Democrat Mike Johnston will report raising more than $625,000 for his gubernatorial campaign to open the year — a sum his campaign touted as a record haul. The former state senator entered the 2018 race for Colorado’s governor Jan. 17 and […]
Three polls out in the past 24 hours show a stabilizing picture of the presidential race in Colorado–first, GOP-aligned Magellan Strategies’ poll out late yesterday: Our final survey of likely voters in Colorado finds Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 6 points, with 44% supporting Hillary Clinton and 38% supporting Donald Trump, Libertarian candidate Gary […]
A release from NARAL Pro Choice Colorado announces a press conference tomorrow on House Bill 16-1218, which they describe as a “mandatory transvaginal ultrasound” abortion restriction bill, ahead of debate in a Colorado House committee: For the second straight year, anti-choice legislators have introduced legislation that would mandate transvaginal ultrasounds, a 24 hour waiting period, and non-medical propaganda […]
The Denver Post’s Mark Matthews wrote in detail this past weekend about the Republican U.S. Senate primary race, which could emerge as the main event at tomorrow evening’s Republican precinct caucuses after the highly debatable decision by Colorado Republican Party leadership to cancel that party’s presidential straw poll: [F]or two candidates, El Paso County Commissioners […]
The post-Iowa speculation on the right side of the aisle in Colorado is taking its usual turn for the comedic–here’s the always colorful Adams County Republican John Sampson, sounding off darkly about coin tosses that decided a few precincts in the admittedly close Democratic contest between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders: That’s not exactly right, of course–coin […]
As Roll Call reports, Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) will have breakfast tomorrow with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who hopes to pursuade Coffman to challenge Democratic incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet in 2016. Judging from the headline of the Roll Call story (“What if Mike Coffman Says No“), somebody may have more than egg on their […]
TUESDAY UPDATE: It now appears as though both of Suppes' Twitter accounts (@DonSuppes and @DonSuppes2014) have been deactivated. Perhaps the links below were just the tip of the ol' Twitter iceberg for Suppes. —– UPDATE: Don Suppes appears to understand the problem with his social media posts, though it seems he is still trying to […]
TUESDAY UPDATE: The Denver Post's Lynn Bartels: “It’s no surprise that the biggest defenders of Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock, who both made national headlines for their crass and demeaning comments on rape, are parachuting into Colorado to help Congressman Gardner, who wrote a bill to make abortion a felony in cases of rape,” said […]
A story from FOX 31's Eli Stokols looks in detail at billionaire Tom Steyer, who was in Aspen yesterday for the American Renewable Energy Day summit conference–talking about his ambitious plans to aggressively take on politicians in 2014 and beyond who deny the general scientific consensus that human activity is contributing to global climate change: […]
As promised, 9NEWS' Brandon Rittiman "Truth Tested" yesterday a pair of ads running from a Democratic-leaning group targeting the Republican gubernatorial primary. We discussed yesterday the incremental preference Democrats logically have for Republican candidate Tom Tancredo over frontrunning GOP opponent Bob Beauprez, which is primarily Beauprez's cash and the need to divert resources to counter it. Neither of […]
UPDATE 1/1 #2: The Denver Post's John Ingold: Colorado's ambitious experiment in cannabis policy hit a historic milestone Wednesday, when licensed stores began making the first legal sales of recreational marijuana anywhere in the world. A few people queued up outside pot shops early Wednesday to celebrate and claim bragging rights, but longer lines began […]
UPDATE: In response to claims by Tom Tancredo to CBS4 that he was being verbally harassed by "thugs" immediately prior to the video clip of him flipping off a pro-Evie Hudak cameraman, we received a longer version of the video clip in question showing the moments prior to Tancredo's gesture. As you can see, the altercation Tancredo […]
Over the weekend, the editorial board of the Denver Post weighed in on the Gubernatorial candidacy of Republican Tom Tancredo, who surprised many last week by throwing his hat in the ring for 2014. And what did the Post have to say? Well, they're about as excited for another Tancredo candidacy as a kid who […]
As The Hill's Jonathan Easley reports: The Republican National Committee (RNC) and Democratic National Committee (DNC) clashed Wednesday over a new RNC ad that the DNC says cruelly exploits the Newtown shootings. The ad, called "The First 100 Days," criticizes Obama on the failure of his legislative agenda, including gun control, so far in Congress. […]
In this article I have compiled an extensive (but, incomplete) chronology of events and statements surrounding the Colorado General Assembly's breach of Colorado PERA pension COLA contracts in 2010. Colorado PERA retirees have filed a lawsuit, Justus v. State, asking that Colorado courts protect the retiree's accrued, earned, contracted Colorado PERA public pension benefits. (More […]
January 2008 U.S. Government Accountability Office, “State and Local Government Retiree Benefits: Current Funded Status of Pension and Health Benefits,” (GAO-08-223.) The GAO report notes on p. 15, “Many experts and officials to whom we spoke consider a funded ratio of 80 percent to be sufficient for public plans for a couple of reasons. First, […]
Three years ago, the Colorado Legislature and its pension administrator Colorado PERA hit upon the idea of reducing state debt by taking back accrued public pension “COLA” (cost-of-living) benefits from retirees in the pension. They retroactively seized these accrued pension benefits in a bill, SB10-001. The members of the Colorado PERA pension whose COLA benefits […]
No longer will the Jefferson County Clerk’s Elections Division be tucked away at the far end of a long hallway on the Taj Mahal’s second floor. Instead, the ballot counters and administrative staff will tomorrow be opening the doors of their new digs a few blocks away at the Laramie building.
That means it’s time to update your rolodexes! From the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder:
(Golden) – The Elections Division of the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder will be moving to a new location beginning Feb. 27, 2012. The office will move from its current location on the second floor of the Administration and Courts Building to the Laramie Building on the Jefferson County government campus in Golden. The new Elections Division address is 3500 Illinois Street, Suite 1100, Golden 80401.
“This move will allow us to consolidate and improve our processes by having all election-related activities under the same roof,” said County Clerk and Recorder Pam Anderson. “The Elections Warehouse, Mail Ballot Processing Center and Ballot Counting Room are already located in the Laramie Building, so it will be nice to have our elections administrative staff headquartered there as well,” she added.
It certainly will be “nice” to have everything in one building, although Anderson (or whoever writes the press releases in the clerk’s office) probably should’ve included thrown in a few words about increased efficiency or transparency for good measure. Of course this move is nice – if it wasn’t “nice” or “good,” why would you send out a press release about it?
If you’re going to include quotes in a press release, you ostensibly want those quotes to be tossed into a newspaper article. But the fact that something’s “nice” isn’t newsworthy, so why not say something a little more worthwhile? Anderson should’ve either crafted a better quote or included no quote at all and plainly released the information on the move.
Regardless, the next time you walk into the Taj Mahal intent on paying the elections division a visit, hop back in your car and drive two blocks down the road to the new office in the Laramie building. It’ll be real “nice.”
“If not me, who? If not now, when?” ~ Rabbi Hillel For politicos like us, there are many times we find ourselves sitting in a room full of intelligent, thoughtful, passionate people arguing about politics. We rant, we rave, we get exasperated, and we bemoan. We complain, we beseech, we persuade, and we commiserate. But […]
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