(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%
Republican candidates have been getting creamed in Colorado for more than a decade now. There are a lot of reasons for the GOP’s persistent failure to attract interest from voters — more than we could possibly explain in one sitting — but near the top of that list would be the Colorado Republican habit of […]
Fresh off his victory lap from the passage of the least popular major piece of legislation in our lifetimes, which President Donald Trump naturally calls the most popular legislation in not just American but all of human history, Trump has returned to his previous pet project of wrecking the global economy through the imposition of […]
Now that President Trump has signed his “big, beautiful, bullshit bill” into law, we’re getting a better sense of just how bad things are going to get as a result of cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from social safety net programs so that rich people can finally get a nice tax break. There is […]
Longtime political observers, and readers of Colorado Pols, are probably familiar with what is (sadly) one of the more common dumb mistakes that campaigns can make in Colorado: Highlighting a mountain range in campaign materials that is not actually a landmark found in our state. Using a geographically-incorrect image of a random mountain range is often […]
As Ernest Luning obligingly reports for the Colorado Springs Gazette, a Republican you may have heard of, though you’d be excused if you hadn’t, has filed to run for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate to face incumbent Sen. John Hickenlooper in November of 2026. Though we’d be surprised if perennial loser and former state […]
We took note on Monday of the Colorado House Republican caucus election that resulted in the elevation of Rep. Carlos “Who?” Barron as the new House Minority Whip for the GOP micro-minority. The fact that the House GOP elevated someone who just completed his first legislative session to its #3 leadership position is a curious […]
As Nick Coltrain reports for The Denver Post, lawyers for pillow salesman and 2020 election fraud conspiracy enthusiast Mike Lindell maybe weren’t taking all that seriously his doomed defense in a defamation case brought by a former employee of Dominion Voting Services: A judge fined two attorneys for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell $3,000 apiece Monday for […]
In a deliberate effort to minimize the political damage in the upcoming midterms from the cuts in the Republican budget bill signed into law last week by President Donald Trump, some of the most painful retail-facing provisions of the bill like the new reporting requirements to qualify for and retain Medicaid health coverage were written […]
Yesterday, Axios broke the news currently roiling the MAGA world who would rather be celebrating the passage of the “We’re All Going To Die Act” budget bill signed with excessive fanfare by President Donald Trump on July 4th: after months of delay following a teasing non-release by Attorney General Pam Bondi of what was purported […]
As Caitlyn Kim reports for Colorado Public Radio, what may be the greatest act of political self-sabotage of our lifetimes is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law, as the Senate’s even more pernicious version of the Trump reconciliation budget bill given the Orwellian official name “The One Big Beautiful Bill […]
Today is the 183rd day of the year, which means we are officially more than halfway through 2025. 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. […]
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” –Mark Twain
We wrote last week about an appearance by Colorado’s harmonic convergence of carpetbagging controversy Rep. Lauren Boebert on the Glenn Beck TV Prime Time with Alex Stein Show, in which Boebert expressed support for the pardoning of fellow reality TV star Joe “Tiger King” Maldonado, currently serving federal prison time for his murder-for-hire plot against […]
Throughout the debate and especially after voting for what polls say is the most unpopular major legislation in decades, America’s Most Vulnerable Freshman™ Rep. Gabe Evans has resolutely defended the bill’s cuts to Medicaid funding, which Evans duplicitously insists are not cuts at all–and only aimed at eliminating “wasteful” coverage handed out to undocumented immigrants […]
State Rep. Ryan Armagost (R-Berthoud) is resigning his seat in the legislature and dancing his way down to Arizona, which leaves a “leadership” hole in the House micro-minority that could create a whole new set of problems for the GOP. As The Colorado Sun reports: House Minority Whip Ryan Armagost of Berthoud, a fierce gun […]
As an antidote to the overwhelmingly negative press about America’s Most Vulnerable Freshman™ Rep. Gabe Evans’ work in Washington, Evans has leaned heavily photo ops at places around the district under the guise of “learning” about nonprofits and businesses who drive the economy in his swing congressional district and meet the basic needs of residents. […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally published at the Colorado Times Recorder It’s been a rough couple years for food banks and the families they serve, particularly for the Weld Food Bank in Evans’ home county. Demand has been skyrocketing ever since the pandemic’s expanded SNAP benefits ended in March 2023. In the following six months, the […]
The right-wing Alliance Defending Freedom announced in May the lawsuit on behalf of Camp IdRaHaJe near Bailey over new Colorado Department of Early Childhood policy promoting gender equality, with all the fire and fervor of religious freedom endangered by the “woke” agenda to turn John into Jill some afternoon while they’re at school: Alliance Defending […]
In the 2024 election, former radio host Jeff Crank became just the fifth different person to represent the Colorado Springs-centered fifth congressional district. Just like the other four people who preceded him, Crank is a Republican. As Colorado has become a solidly-blue state over the last 10+ years, CO-05 is the one congressional district has […]
As the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Sam Klomhaus reports, a former U.S. Postal Service worker in Grand Junction was sentenced to five years in the Colorado state hoosegow for her part in a crackpot scheme to “test” the state’s election security by stealing and voting 19 ballots that didn’t belong to her–otherwise known as election fraud: […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr is diligently working on making Americans more deader (more MAMD than MAHA), and he continues to pursue his anti-logic policies while completely ignoring requests for more information from Congress. On Tuesday during a hearing of the Subcommittee on Health of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, ranking […]
Some politicians seem to have an innate gift for making absolute fools of themselves. Congressman Jeff “Bread Sandwich” Hurd (R-Grand Junction) appears to be just that kind of politician. Hurd has somehow found a new way to make a complete ass of himself when it comes to the widely-despised “big, beautiful, bullshit bill” currently being […]
As Colorado Public Radio’s Caitlyn Kim reports, Washington is abuzz this morning after a group of Democratic U.S. Senators led by Colorado’s Sen. John Hickenlooper pulled off a protest concert inside the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which was taken over by the Trump administration soon after taking power, after Donald Trump personally objected […]
In case you missed the big news on Saturday evening (North American time), President Trump backtracked on years of anti-war claims by ordering the bombing of three sites believed to be key to Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions. As Michael Burnbaum and Natalie Allison report for The Washington Post: Trump’s decision to strike Iran marked an […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Via the Colorado Times Recorder “I have stopped all government censorship and brought back free speech in America,” President Donald Trump told Congress in March. “It’s back.” He was referring to one of the many executive orders he signed on inauguration day: “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship.” “The previous administration trampled free […]
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