(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%
What do you need to know about new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson? Well, we’ll tell you in a moment. But there’s a shorter version of this answer: Congressperson Lauren Boebert is a YUGE fan of the four-term Republican from Louisiana. Boebert, in fact, stood literally right next to Johnson during his first press […]
UPDATE #3: Colorado Congressman Ken Buck did what Buck does — he Buckpedaled. After pretending for weeks to be really concerned about whether the next House Speaker nominee embraced The Big Lie from the 2020 Presidential election, Buck just…stopped caring: .@RepKenBuck makes a distinction between Jordan & Johnson’s j6 involvement; however, he didn’t ask him his […]
We’re taking a break from wondering if Congress will ever again function normally in order to point you to some absolutely breathtaking corruption currently taking place in one Colorado Springs school district. We haven’t seen any other reporting on this story, but we absolutely should; this is one of those tales that needs to be […]
UPDATE: It’s almost like Republicans are trying to PROVE that they’re shutting down the government for no reason: WHAT DO WE WANT? “Now!” WHEN DO WE WANT IT? “What?” —– The federal government will officially shutdown at Midnight tomorrow (think Saturday night), as hard-right House Republicans drawed themselves another dumb line in the sand today […]
Below are some of the claims Coffman made about his time on the streets, followed by my perspective from what I witnessed. Coffman: “I never met anybody in the encampments that, you know, mentioned a desire to get a job or move away from there. I think it’s very sad.” (KHOW Dan Caplis Show 5/19/21) […]
Members of the House of Representatives return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday and may get down to the business of casting votes as soon as tomorrow evening (but probably not, given House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s “Freedom Caucus” problem). Not much has changed on the looming government shutdown question since McCarthy adjourned early last Thursday. McCarthy […]
UPDATE #2: Congress is indeed adjourned and Members are headed back to their home districts (or in the case of Rep. Lauren Boebert, wherever it is she goes when she’s not in Congress). House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is not in good company, either presently or historically: Per the great @kristin__wilson Since 1995 house has failed to […]
Over the last couple of months, we have probably spent more time in this space discussing the Colorado Libertarian Party (LPCO) than we have over the course of the entire previous decade. Third parties in Colorado rarely take on much relevance because of their fairly small memberships and overall lack of organization; in fact, most […]
On Friday evening, Colorado’s perpetually embattled GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert issued an apology for getting caught vaping inside Denver’s Buell Theater after days of denials, along with other unspecified ways in which Boebert said she “fell short” of her values a week ago resulting in Boebert and her companion being kicked out of the performance […]
The story of far-right GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert’s ejection from Denver’s Buell Theater Sunday night after causing a disturbance during the performance of the new Beetlejuice musical took a damaging turn yesterday, after new video surfaced conclusively disproving Boebert’s contention that she was not vaping during the performance before she was booted out. NBC News: […]
On this day in 1985, Super Mario Bros. was first released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t forget […]
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, […]
We haven’t done one of these roundups in awhile, and we need to get back in the habit. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And […]
(Updated Tuesday with must-read response from Rep. Ken Buck — Promoted by Colorado Pols) UPDATE: Congressman Ken Buck has responded to Todd Watkins’ call for Colorado Republicans to support the Jan. 6 prisoners. In a letter of his own dated Sept. 1, Buck points out multiple incorrect assertions and calls on Watkins to […]
Former President Donald Trump already held the record of being the first current or former U.S. President to be indicted for a crime. Trump has probably now put that record forever out of reach after Monday’s big indictment in Georgia marked his FOURTH in just the last four months. Yet as Peter Baker explains for […]
[mantra-pullquote align=”right” textalign=”left” width=”60%”]“I hope the media is not here, because we’re going to look terrible.” — State Rep. Anthony Hartsook (R-Douglas County), speaking at Saturday’s GOP Central Committee meeting.[/mantra-pullquote] Voting members of the Colorado Republican Party’s “central committee” met over the weekend and decided against opting out of a system that allows Unaffiliated […]
Colorado’s most controversial Republican, by a long mile, Rep. Lauren Boebert unexpectedly came within a mere 546 votes of losing her seat in Congress in 2022 to upstart conservative Democratic candidate Adam Frisch. After spending her first two years in office mired in bookkeeping scandals and voting against funding she later took credit for, the […]
It’s hot out there, but it’s going to get a LOT hotter next week. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And don’t forget to find […]
(The fact that this movie even exists is bizarre enough — Promoted by Colorado Pols) By James O’Rourke, Colorado Times Recorder This month, conservatives have lauded the breakout success of Angel Studios’ new thriller film “Sound of Freedom.” Released on July 3, it has held its own in the box office against major blockbusters, even […]
We wrote on Thursday about Colorado Democrats’ opposition to Congressional Republicans holding military funding hostage for a variety of pet causes. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) has been refusing to approve Department of Defense (DoD) reprogramming requests — which significantly impact many service members in Colorado — as part of an effort […]
Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation have joined Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Denver) in blasting a decision by the Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee to block critical defense and military spending over a dispute about the location of Space Command Headquarters. Here’s the press release, via the office of Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Denver): […]
We’re 18 months away from the next big election, which means it’s time again for partisan groups pretending to represent a “third option” for voters to crawl back out of the sewers. The ‘No Labels’ group has been getting a lot of press lately as it works to get a “Unity Ticket” candidate for President […]
Tomorrow is the big day in Denver’s runoff election for Mayor and three contested city council races. In the totally unscientific reader polls we’ve conducted before and since the first round of voting in April, former state Sen. Michael Johnston has enjoyed a consistent edge over business lobbyist Kelly Brough. Here’s one more chance for […]
We’re one day away from Game 1 of the NBA Finals — in Denver! The Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat tip things off at 6:30 pm on Thursday. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of […]
The two finalists for Denver Mayor — Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough — are actually quite similar in how they would approach many of Denver’s most pressing problems in the months and years ahead. These similarities were again obvious in a recent debate hosted by Denver7, Denverite, and Colorado Public Radio. As Conrad Swanson wrote […]
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