(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%
John Aguilar of The Denver Post reports today on final discussions about a proposal to allow extensive oil and gas extraction operations to take place in and around both the Aurora Reservoir and the Lowry Landfill Superfund Site (where an estimated 138 million gallons of liquid industrial waste are buried): A contentious plan to drill up […]
The Republican nominee for Congress in CO-08, State Rep. Gabe Evans, has earned the nickname “Gabe-ish” for his propensity to answer important questions with an “-ish” at the end. That moniker turns out to have been a pretty accurate description of the Evans campaign in general as he has stumbled around blindly and struggled to […]
We’ve reached the last weekend before the June 25th Primary Election, so it’s time for one last pre-Primary poll of Pols’ readers. Our readers have traditionally been weirdly accurate at predicting the outcomes of big races in Colorado, and results from these polls also tend to give us a good idea of which candidates are […]
With the June 25th Primary Election looming every closer, it’s time to ask readers of Colorado Pols to predict the future once more. Our readers have traditionally been weirdly accurate at predicting the outcomes of big races in Colorado, and we’re asking you to do it again. Scroll through below and give us your best […]
We noted earlier this week that Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Denver) was predicting another big vote on women’s rights issues, and today it happened. As The Washington Post reports: Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked consideration of a bill to protect access to in vitro fertilization, the latest Democratic effort to put the GOP on the […]
Let’s start with the quote, because that’s the real star of this story: “I am absolutely very strong in fighting crime. We need safe communities, fully funded, and to support our police officers.” Those are actual words from the mouth of Timothy Arvidson, the Republican who has the official endorsement of the Douglas County Republican […]
Readers of Colorado Pols have traditionally been weirdly accurate at predicting the outcomes of big races in Colorado, and we’re asking you to do it again. We’ll ask these questions a few more times before June 25 to get a sense of how perceptions might be changing about the various contests. Scroll through below and […]
We’ve gone through the four big Congressional Primary races that will be decided on June 25 (CO-03, CO-04, CO-05, and CO-08). Now it’s time to hear from you. Readers of Colorado Pols have traditionally been weirdly accurate at predicting the outcomes of big races in Colorado, and we’re asking you to do it again. We’ll […]
Tuesday’s hearing in the Colorado House Judiciary Committee of a GOP-sponsored resolution to impeach Secretary of State Jena Griswold in misguided retribution for the Trump v. Anderson U.S. Supreme Court case, to which Griswold was a defendant along with former President Donald Trump, ended in humiliation for its Republican sponsors and so-called “expert witnesses” with […]
We first started taking note of Congressional funding requests from Colorado’s delegation back in 2021, when rules were relaxed on so-called “earmarks” after a 10 year moratorium on the process. As we noted in May 2021, Colorado received $123.3 million in “Member Designated Projects” and “Community Funding Requests” for local communities — every dime of […]
As readers know, a state of more or less open war exists today between the Colorado Republican Party and the conservative advocacy group Americans For Prosperity over the latter’s recent Republican primary endorsements: in the Republican presidential primary of the now-vanquished Nikki Haley, but more importantly for local consumption AFP’s endorsement of Jeff Crank in […]
As CBS4 Denver’s sometimes-unreliable political narrator Shaun Boyd nonetheless gets right his time, Democrats in the Colorado General Assembly appear to have flipped the script on Republicans, who have been cranking up the outrage machine for weeks over the Democratic majority supposedly “protecting” child sex predators–resulting in death threats against lawmakers that Republicans have not […]
Earlier this month, the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby summarized a growing list of allegations against Colorado Republican Party chairman and congressional candidate Dave “Let’s Go Brandon” Williams, who ever since taking the job last year has regularly employed the resources and brand of the state party in pursuit of Williams’ personal career objectives. After […]
There’s been relatively little coverage in Denver media, but in Colorado Springs there’s panic brewing after a busload of migrants arrived in the city this weekend, prompting an alarmed response from Republican El Paso County Commissioners who vow that Colorado Springs will not “roll out the welcome mat” like the so-called “sanctuary city” of Denver. […]
The 2024 state legislative session has gotten off to a slow start, primarily because House Republicans have been following the lead of their brethren in Congress by acting ridiculous and focusing a significant amount of time on attacking each other. Now that the Republican micro-minority in the House finally has a new “leader,” state legislators […]
UPDATE #4: In Colorado, Prop. HH is losing and Prop. II is winning — both by fairly significant margins. —– UPDATE #3: By wide margins, voters in Ohio approve a ballot measure enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution…AND say ‘YES’ to legalizing marijuana. —– UPDATE #2: Big news to start the night for Democrats. Incumbent […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) “I pick up the Bible in one hand, and I pick up the newspaper in the other. And I read almost the same words in the newspaper as I read in the Bible. It’s being fulfilled every day round about us.” – Billy Graham According to the New York Times, Pastor Jared […]
A former school teacher named Tim Hernandez was selected by a vacancy committee on August 26 to serve the remainder of the term of former Rep. Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, who resigned her seat after winning election to the Denver City Council in June. Hernandez will serve in the state legislature for one session because of the […]
As Ernest Luning of the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog reports, the Colorado Republican Party under the control of far-right former state Rep. Dave “Let’s Go Brandon” Williams has landed a keynote speaker for the state party’s annual fundraising dinner that once again promises to raise eyebrows on both sides of the aisle: Kari Lake, […]
UPDATE: Ruh, roh! Looks like Peters’ new attorney has his work cut out for him: —– As the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby reports, indicted former Mesa County Clerk and 2022 Secretary of State candidate Tina Peters is no longer being represented in her felony criminal case by noted Denver defense attorney Harvey Steinberg–and with […]
It’s time for another edition of one of our longest-running features at Colorado Pols: “At Least They’re Not Your Legislator.” Today we take you to South Dakota, where Republican State Rep. Joe Donnell — a close friend of Governor Kristi Noem — revealed that the true purpose of Mount Rushmore is to spread communism through […]
Near the end of this week’s episode of the Get More Smarter Podcast, hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii spent a few minutes discussing the absurdity of Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis waging an all-out political war on The Walt Disney Company because it disagreed with his “Don’t Say Gay” law. DeSantis is betting that […]
It’s the final full week of the 2023 session of the Colorado General Assembly. This probably isn’t the only action alert you’ll get from us this week, so let’s jump right into actions you can take both now and later to make a difference in these hectic final days. We’re close to success on legislation […]
As you’ve probably read in the news by now, there’s an important bill making its way through the Colorado legislature to increase the supply of affordable housing across the state. The reality is that Colorado isn’t keeping up with the demand for new housing. The shortage of housing is hurting everyone, and if we don’t […]
Tuesday was a huge election night in Colorado, particular in Denver and Colorado Springs. But there were other big races across the country that can tell us more about how things might look in 2024. Let’s start with the big headlines: Denver Mayor and Public Financing It appears that Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough […]
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