(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%
Yesterday, another awesome crowd turned out in Denver’s Civic Center Park to demonstrate against the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. The situation is Washington is getting worse with each passing day, and it is critical that no Supreme Court nomination be allowed to go forward as long as the president is […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Colorado Republican leaders said today that a portrait of Trump will adorn a wall at the Colorado Capitol by late 2018 or early 2019. But in light of recent crimes apparently involving Trump, would they halt the placement of the Trump portrait if the president were impeached, convicted of crimes, or […]
It’s eerily quiet out there for the middle of August. In previous years, August was a month for politicians to engage with the citizens they represent back home at public town hall events. That’s changed since Republicans took control of Congress, and last year you may recall that persuading Sen. Cory Gardner to come out […]
This weekend, Donald Trump’s scandal-plagued Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke showed up in Steamboat Springs to speak at a conservative conference. Outside, over a thousand people were waiting to hold him accountable. [1] When it comes to protecting our Western public lands, water, and clean air for future generations, the disaster of the Trump […]
In the end, the threats couldn’t hold them back. This weekend, students gathered at the Colorado State Capitol to march in support for reducing gun violence across America. Part of a nationwide March on the NRA, they joined thousands of students and other Americans concerned about gun violence to call for real solutions instead of […]
August will be a very important month for the resistance in Colorado. Traditionally, the month of August is a time for political leaders to return home from Washington to get feedback from their constituents about their agenda. But since Trump became President, Colorado Republicans have become just plain fearful of the very people they represent. […]
This past weekend, a strange political convention came to town. Democrats for Life of America (DFLA), an anti-choice organization claiming to be the “pro-life voice and wing” of the Democratic Party, hosted its inaugural conference in Denver ahead of the 2018 elections. Representative Jovan Melton, Representative Leslie Herod, and Senator Rhonda Fields joined ProgressNow Colorado, […]
Brett Kavanaugh. Vladimir Putin. Donald Trump. Walker Stapleton. This past weekend, resistance events across Colorado set the stage of the biggest summer of organizing ahead of a major election in at least a decade. Conservatives like Walker Stapleton and Cory Gardner tried to assure the party faithful that all is well and Donald Trump is […]
Last weekend, thousands of Coloradans marched in downtown Denver, in solidarity with protests occurring in cities around the nation. After the Trump administration’s disastrous policy of separating families at the border broke down under international condemnation, hundreds of children remain separated from their parents—and Trump’s inhumane persecution of asylum-seekers and families coming to America for […]
Election Day is here! After months and months and months of campaigning, tonight we will finally find out Colorado’s General Election matchups. To get you prepared for Primary Day, here’s a brief list of where our attention will be focused: ♦ Do the favorites hold in the race for Governor? For many months, we’ve […]
FOX 31 reports while we shake our heads incredulously: More than 3,100 votes have been thrown out in Colorado because unaffiliated voters turned in Democratic and Republican ballots… Secretary of State Wyane Williams acknowledges the votes will be discarded but said the number is not as high as some predicted a few years ago. “Several […]
Last week, the Trump administration’s incompetent and hateful policy of family separations at the southern border fell apart as outrage from the overwhelming majority of Americans forced the President to do something he swore only hours before that he couldn’t. Public officials from all stripes traveled to Texas this weekend to show their support for […]
UPDATE: A statement from faith leaders of the Colorado Governor’s Clergy Council slams the use of Christian liturgy to justify family separations: Also Thursday, the Colorado Governor’s Clergy Council—comprised of 25 religious leaders in the state—issued a statement calling for further action from Congress to address the separation issue and for other state faith leaders […]
As I write this message, a humanitarian crisis is unfolding on the nation’s southern border. Thousands of children are being forcibly separated from their parents and housed in facilities that meet the literal and moral definition of internment camps. Taking innocent children from their families and placing them in internment camps is wrong. What is […]
In the words of Sen. Cory Gardner, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy: “The Trump Administration, under Congressional direction, deserves praise for abandoning the failed policy of strategic patience and pursuing a maximum pressure campaign that has resulted in unprecedented sanctions against this heinous regime,” […]
This weekend, a who’s-who of the far right gathered in Denver for the Western Conservative Summit. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, two of the most anti-Colorado members of the Trump administration, headlined an event that seems tailor-made to showcase the very worst in American politics today. As usual in the era […]
Eight states held Primary Elections on Tuesday night, including California, the most populous state in the country. There were a few positive developments for Republicans, but for the most part Democrats were the big winners in Tuesday’s elections — results that don’t fit with President Trump’s claims today that a “red wave” is coming. Here are […]
June 1 was my second anniversary as the executive director of ProgressNow Colorado. I wanted to take just a moment to talk about the experience. Since our founding in late 2003, ProgressNow Colorado has served as the state’s first line of response in support of progressive solutions to the problems our state and nation face. […]
If you missed this story from the Colorado Independent last week, you almost certainly weren’t alone; publishing a story on a Friday afternoon before a three-day Holiday weekend is the news equivalent of throwing rocks at the sun. But just because the story might have gotten lost doesn’t mean it isn’t important. As Corey Hutchins reports […]
Colorado’s economy is booming, but not everyone is sharing in the good times. With the cost of living in Colorado soaring, thousands of working families are forced every year to turn to unscrupulous “payday lenders” who charge incredibly high interest rates on small loans. Because of the high cost of borrowing from payday lenders, borrowers […]
Another terrible school shooting. Once again the debates over how to stop the carnage of mass shootings begin, the talking heads recite their talking points, and politicians weigh the cost/benefit of saving lives versus pleasing big donors. It’s a sad, predictable cycle that frustrates everyone except those who benefit from the deadly status quo. We […]
The 2018 session of the Colorado legislature is finally over. With your help, the progressive coalition of civic engagement groups, lawmakers, and concerned residents of Colorado just like you fought back against the far-right fringe, stopped terrible laws like abortion bans and drastic weakening of our state’s common-sense gun laws, and even made some progress […]
This week, the 2018 session of the Colorado legislature comes to a close. The political news headlines are almost always about the bad news and gridlock in Washington, D.C. In some years, our Colorado General Assembly stands in contrast to dysfunctional politics at the national level. Unfortunately, in 2018 we’ve seen repeated examples of partisan […]
In America today, no institution is more crucial to our success and at the same time vilified than our public education system. Without education, Americans can’t compete. But, here in Colorado our teachers lack the most essential resources they need to carry out their responsibilities in the classroom—and when teachers go home at night they […]
This morning, news broke that Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is not running for re-election. What does this mean for our race? This means that Republicans expect a flood of retirements and accept the likelihood of losing the House. It means Republican held seats like Colorado’s 4th Congressional District will be in play, and […]
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