(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%
As KUNC’s Lucas Brady Woods reports in the Colorado Sun, the most contentious piece of gun safety legislation proposed this year in the Colorado General Assembly has entered the backroom sausagemaking phase, as proponents negotiate with Gov. Jared Polis on the right language for a bill that would have significant–but widely misunderstood–effects on what kinds […]
Democrats in the State Senate opened their legislative week by bringing to the floor a resolution condemning President Trump’s pardons of criminals involved in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection (which included 20 Coloradans). The discussion over SJR25-006 was fairly brief, with Sen. Nick Hinrichsen (D-Pueblo) delivering a speech in opposition to the pardons from his […]
President Trump and Prime Minister Elon Musk are working hard on lowering the price of eggs decimating the federal government, an effort that could soon hit home here in Colorado. As John Aguilar reports for The Denver Post: The Denver Federal Center, an institution for more than eight decades in the middle of Lakewood, faces […]
Although political news so far this year has been dominated by events in Washington, as we discussed a couple of weeks ago, back home in Denver the Republican minority in the Colorado Senate is pushing a package of bills repealing various fees charged by the state that pay for important programs and services while the […]
After last week’s tragic midair collision near Washington National Airport between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter, freshman GOP Rep. Gabe Evans has been making the rounds on cable and local news as an “expert” on operations of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter involved in the accident, having himself flown the same aircraft […]
Progress? Is that what this is? One year ago today, Republicans in the State House of Representatives made complete asses of themselves in their (annual) opposition to what is an (annual) resolution acknowledging Black History Month. The top clown in the House Republican Caucus — Colorado Springs Rep. Ken “Dildo” DeGraaf — even voted against the […]
We took note earlier this month about a discussion taking place among some members of the Colorado Springs City Council about whether to call for a third vote in six months about whether or not to allow recreational marijuana sales within the city limits. Colorado Springs voters were clear in November that they supported allowing medical […]
UPDATE: There’s nothing Colorado Republicans love more than fighting…Colorado Republicans. —– As Ernest Luning reports for the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog, embattled Colorado GOP chairman Dave Williams attempted to convene a meeting of the party’s normally pliant Central Committee to approve a set of controversial bylaw changes meant to accomplish three principal goals: […]
As the Washington Post’s Isaac Arnsdorf reports from the nation’s capitol today, where last night an American Airlines plane carrying sixty people crashed on approach to National Airport after apparently colliding with an Army helicopter over the Potomac River, resulting in the biggest loss of life due to an aviation incident in many years–and where […]
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Denver) made headlines on Wednesday by verbally pummeling Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. during a confirmation hearing for the Trump nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Apparently, Bennet was just getting started. This morning Bennet was really riled up during a confirmation hearing for Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick […]
UPDATE: WaPo reports that the White House has sounded full retreat on yesterday’s chaos-inducing funding freeze, leaving Rep. Gabe Evans and other Republicans who jumped to the administration’s defense holding the bag: The White House budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing federal grants, according to a copy of a new memo obtained by […]
Donald Trump said a lot of stuff while he was running for President in 2024. Now that he’s back in the White House, some of his top campaign promises are already falling by the wayside. As The Associated Press reports: Two months ago, in his first network television interview after the election, Donald Trump said […]
What do you get when you take an issue like reproductive rights, add a few House Republicans, and give them a microphone? A whole lot of stupid. As Marianne Goodland writes for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman: The Colorado House on Friday passed a Senate resolution on “Reproductive Rights and Justice Day,” […]
Yesterday, Billy House at Bloomberg News reported via X/Twitter on a bizarre scene outside a ladies’ room at the U.S. Capitol created by Colorado’s carpetbagging composer of controversy Rep. Lauren Boebert, who claimed in her usual high-audibility manner that she had witnessed “a man” using the facilities: I bear witness: Rep. Lauren Boebert bursting out […]
The 2025 state legislative session has been underway for more than two weeks now, but Republicans still seem interested only in talking about stuff that happened in 2024. We noted on opening day (Jan. 8) that six of the 22 Republicans in the House of Representatives voted against certifying the results of the 2024 election. State […]
One Colorado Republican in Congress is criticizing President Trump for pardoning J6 rioters who violently attacked police. It’s not former police officer Rep. Gabe Evans. He’s still in line with Trump. It’s fellow freshman Rep. Jeff Hurd. #copolitics [image or embed] — Kyle Clark (@kylec.bsky.social) January 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM THURSDAY UPDATE: Rep. Gabe […]
One of the flurry of executive orders signed by newly sworn-in President Donald Trump yesterday was an order directly challenging the established interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which holds that any person born on American soil is an American citizen. This deliberately contentious executive order is intended to kick off a […]
The Washington Post’s Maxine Joselow reports on the confirmation hearing for Denver’s pre-eminent pontiff of the Church of Petroleum, fossil fuel executive and now Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the next Secretary of Energy Chris Wright–who in the context of Trump’s historic parade of deplorable nominees for key Cabinet posts is considered relatively […]
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The final hours of Joe Biden’s presidency are ticking away, and with the once-unthinkable return to power of Donald Trump after his stunning Electoral College and popular vote victory last November–a third consecutive election without the support of Colorado voters–fast approaching, the anticipation/dread over next Monday is growing across the state and nation. Local Republicans […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees have been sucking up most of the air out of the political room this week, particularly with the rambling nonsense from a clearly-unqualified Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense. Also making the rounds in the Senate this week is North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, once floated as a […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: Readers may recall then-state Rep. Gabe Evans discussing the ins and outs of background checks based on his service overseeing subordinate National Guardsmen during legislative debate, a subject that has come up repeatedly with respect to President re-elect Donald Trump’s shady selections for key Cabinet posts. The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer reported Monday […]
As the Colorado Sun’s Olivia Prentzel reports–after the voters of Colorado Springs passed a ballot measure in November to allow recreational marijuana sales within city limits by the same shops who currently sell weed to the city’s medical marijuana patients, and at the same time rejected a measure referred by the City Council that would […]
House Republicans are hard at work this week in Washington D.C. cutting the price of eggs and other critical household items by barring transgender athletes. As The New York Times reports: A divided House on Tuesday approved legislation that aims to bar transgender women and girls from participating in school athletic programs designated for female […]
Gun rights groups in Colorado are absolutely freaking out over legislation (SB25-003) that is intended to put some teeth into an extended magazine ban passed in Colorado in 2013 that is rarely enforced. The “sky is falling” reaction is the same sort of over-the-top attack that we have come to expect from groups like the […]
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