(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%
Despite winning his primary bid, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay will resign from Congress rather than seek re-election, apparently because of fears that he would lose to Democract Nick Lampson. From the Associated Press: Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay intends to resign from Congress within weeks, closing out a career that blended unflinching conservatism […]
UPDATE: Rep. Tancredo has a late-running committee meeting, so we are moving the LIVE Q&A back 15 minutes. The Q&A will run from 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Colorado Pols is proud to present another Q&A, this time with Congressman Tom Tancredo, who is also in the process of running for President of the United States. […]
Political reporter Steve Grazier of the Cortez Journal will join us tomorrow for a LIVE Q&A between Noon and 1:00 p.m. Have your questions ready about Western Slope politics.
UPDATE: DeLay Steps Down as Majority Leader. From CNN: Rep. Tom DeLay said Wednesday that he will step aside as House majority leader after a Texas grand jury indicted him on a conspiracy charge. DeLay faces a single conspiracy count stemming from a long-running campaign finance investigation, the county clerk’s office in Austin told CNN. […]
Don’t forget, in case we haven’t beaten you over the head with it enough already: Denver Post political reporter Mark Couch, the author of the four-part series on TABOR and Referenda C&D, will answer your questions LIVE tomorrow from 11:00 – Noon.
Get your Western Slope politics questions ready for tomorrow, when Rep. Bernie Buescher will join us for a LIVE Q&A from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
We have speculated quite a bit about what a Tom Tancredo bid for the White House in 2008 might mean for the Republican Party nationally as it seeks support among newly-powerful minority voting blocs. An AP story yesterday, printed nationally and immediately following this week’s “Nuke Mecca” controversy, is sure to ramp up that discussion […]
(Bad product placement – Promoted by Colorado Pols) While attending her own fundraiser hosted by a Sandy Hook truther, Republican congressional candidate Lauren Boebert posed with a yard sign linking her to the QAnon conspiracies. Pueblo County Patriots Mona Demicell, an enthusiastic QAnon believer, took the photo and shared it on Facebook. The sign reads […]
(That’s pretty fast even for “Con Man Cory!” – Promoted by Colorado Pols) According to the two people he spoke with, in the space of 60 seconds last Friday, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) flipped from expressing sympathy for state Senate President Leroy Garcia and misgivings about the recall process to telling a recall booster, […]
(Gross — promoted by Colorado Pols) Every year, Republican lawmakers gather at Tom Ready’s Steak Fry fundraiser. Ready is an unapologetic racist and anti-government conspiracy theorist whose annual backyard BBQ nevertheless continues to draw GOP candidates and elected officials of all levels, including Congressman Scott Tipton. Ready’s history of overt racism, homophobia and Islamophobia has […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Former State Sen. George Rivera (R-Pueblo) has dropped his affiliation with the Republican Party because he is “absolutely disgusted with the current leadership” of Pueblo’s GOP. Rivera, who revealed his decision in a Facebook post obtained from a source, defeated Pueblo State Sen. Angela Giron, a Democrat, in a 2013 recall […]
Readers by now are very familiar with the ongoing Coffmangate scandal, in which Colorado Republican Party chairman Steve House was confronted by a cabal of fellow Republicans led by Attorney General Cynthia Coffman about his “failure” to hire former Sen. Ted Harvey as the state party’s executive director–and as the story is told, then threatened House […]
SUNDAY UPDATE #2: The Denver Post's story on Tom Ready's comments was corrected late this morning, though their 180-degree misquote of what he said is unfortunately what their print subscribers are reading today: *Editor's note: The article has been edited to correct the statement "There is still question about whether it really happened, Sal." The previous edit stated […]
UPDATE #2: In today's Pueblo Chieftain, Tom Ready responds…badly. “I was definitely ambushed, no doubt about it,” Ready said, as The Huffington Post, The Daily Koss and other Internet news services ripped him for his comments… “I know those kids were killed,” Ready said of Sandy Hook. “But there are some facts that have not […]
Pols reader and diarist mamajama55 wrote earlier about debates for Pueblo County Commissioner last night that produced a plethora of interesting statements from various candidates. But one moment in the debate was so completely ridiculous that we thought it deserved its own post. Republican Tom Ready, who is challenging incumbent Commissioner Sal Pace in Pueblo […]
UPDATE: The story of how Sal Pace outed Tom Ready as a conspiracy nut, who believes that the Sandy Hook school shootings never happened, has gone national, but you saw it here first. Here is a link to video I took of Pace and Ready's remarks, with apologies for the poor quality. The professional-quality video […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) CD-5 candidate Bentley Rayburn released a partial list of prominent elected officials and community leaders that are endorsing his candidacy for the 5th Congressional District. Continuing to build a strong grassroots campaign, Rayburn is partnering with a diverse cross section of community and civic leaders that believe in his […]
As NBC News reported over the weekend, there’s new data that once again completely contradicts messaging from the Trump administration and lackeys like Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Ft. Lupton) regarding the targets of Trump’s deportation palooza: More than a third of the roughly 220,000 people arrested by ICE officers in the first nine months of the […]
The sticker shock on 2026 health insurance costs has arrived, and it’s a doozy. As the federal government shutdown enters a full month with no indication of a deal on the horizon, Republicans are starting to see the problems ahead even as they stonewall efforts by Democrats to extend federal subsides for the Affordable Care […]
UPDATE: As the Denver Post reports: Premiums will double next year for Coloradans who buy their health insurance on the state’s individual market, with higher-income families facing increases of $10,000 or more, the Colorado Division of Insurance announced Monday. [Pols emphasis] Marketplace customers face a double hit this year. The monthly “sticker price” of health […]
An email blast from Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado this morning warns of the approval of the ballot title for a new flavor of the “Personhood” abortion ban ballot measures that Colorado voters have rejected at the polls repeatedly despite nearly 20 years of fruitlessly trying: Yesterday, the Colorado Title Board approved a title for an […]
Every election cycle brings its share of gadfly candidates, from the inexplicable first-timers to those who have run again and again (we’re looking at you, Greg Lopez). Thus far the 2026 election cycle has dozens upon dozens of candidates seeking all manner of political office. If history is any guide, 75% of these candidates will […]
The first federal government shutdown since 2018 will enter double digits by reaching Day 10 tomorrow, with no apparent end in sight. That doesn’t mean there isn’t shutdown-related news to discuss. Here’s the latest in our weekly-ish shutdown updates, starting with the latest polling from Navigator Research: Republicans Getting Hammered for Shutdown…By Republicans We’ve […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder On Wednesday, a panel of top Colorado healthcare executives warned that federal cuts to Medicaid, under the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, will affect not only Medicaid recipients but Colorado’s wider health care system, pushing up costs and the number of uninsured people across the […]
The Republican field of candidates for a race they can’t possibly win continues to grow. The latest GOP contender to join the race for Governor in 2026 is Congresswoman Lauren Boebert’s handpicked candidate: A “ministry leader” named Victor Marx who seems to spend most of his time staring off contemplatively into the distance. In addition […]
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