(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Janak Joshi
80%
20%
10%
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Hetal Doshi
40%↓
30%
30%
(D) Jeff Bridges
(R) Kevin Grantham
80%↑
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(D) Milat Kiros
(D) Wanda James
70%↓
20%↑
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Alex Kelloff
(R) H. Scheppelman
60%↓
30%↓
20%↑
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) E. Laubacher
80%
20%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
53%↓
48%↑
(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%
We can’t close out the week of news without a mention beneath the din of historic presidential indictments and local Republican existential crises of more positive headlines for Colorado’s freshman Rep. Yadira Caraveo, who as we’ve discussed in this space is following the low-drama high-productivity track that GOP sophomore self-immolator Rep. Lauren Boebert should be […]
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, a Republican, has served in elected office since basically just after the dinosaurs went extinct. This year, Coffman is running for re-election AND pushing a ballot initiative that would give the next Aurora Mayor — which he hopes will be him — significantly more power. As we discussed in this space […]
“When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.” –Oscar Wilde
We took note earlier this week of defeated 2022 GOP gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl’s latest venture, peddling “woke free” household products from a MAGA-themed multilevel marketing organization (MLM) known as “Patriot Switch.” Patriot Switch features the usual Amway-style network marketing hype about someday replacing the traditional retail economy with reliance on “home businesses” hard-selling overpriced […]
(A must-read — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Vince Bzdek, the editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette, had already forced Megan Schrader to lower her ethical bar — as a journalist — well below her comfort level. Her months-long investigation of Republican Senate candidate Robert Blaha had been, as she tells it, gutted by Bzdek at […]
ABC News joined every business outlet in the land, even most of the Fox News family of partisan political news spin doctors, in reporting today on unassailably strong economic numbers for the first half of 2023: U.S. economic growth accelerated over three months ending in June, blowing past economist expectations and tamping down concerns about […]
Colorado’s Rep. Ken Buck appeared on CNN yesterday to level some of the harshest criticism we seen from Buck yet against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, slamming McCarthy’s appeasement of the far right of the House caucus by encouraging impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden: Republican Rep. Ken Buck, a member of the conservative House Freedom […]
“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.” –Benjamin Disraeli
Last week, Colorado’s nexus of narrow-minded nuttery Rep. Lauren Boebert earned another round of negative press after she brusquely tossed in the trash a pin memorializing one of the victims of the Ulvalde, Texas school shooting given to her by a gun safety activist. Support for gun rights isn’t supposed to automatically translate to hostility […]
CNN reports on the drama within the U.S. House Republican majority over a push to “expunge” former President Donald Trump’s two impeachments from the congressional record, a demand made by Trump personally but running into a wall of opposition that includes a number of not-so-MAGA Republicans: Multiple sources tell CNN that calling a House vote […]
The 2022 Republican nominee for governor of Colorado, Heidi Ganahl, has been working to re-establish her brand after losing to Gov. Jared Polis by almost 20 points last year in what’s generally considered to be one of the worst statewide campaign in the state’s history. Last spring, Ganahl re-launched the podcast she used as a thinly-pretensed […]
awesome + uniting USWNT player ratings: Sophia Smith perfect with brace in FIFA Women’s World Cup debut; Lindsey Horan dominates Grichuk’s go-ahead RBI single in the ninth rallies Rockies past Marlins 4-3 ‘Racers are going to fly’: Colorado Dragon Boat Festival features new fleet of boats awesome + controversy Mike Johnston sworn in as Denver […]
CBS4 Denver reports on the latest impact area for Colorado’s foremost controversy-seeking missile, Rep. Lauren Boebert–this time leaping into the debate over a new video from conservative country music star Jason Aldean shot in front of a Tennessee courthouse with, to say the least, a problematic history. Colorado’s Republican congresswoman recently joined Arkansas Gov. Sarah […]
As Lauren Penington reports for The Denver Post: Denver District Attorney Beth McCann announced Thursday she will not seek re-election in 2024 to a third term. “It has been the honor and privilege of my life to head up the Denver District Attorney’s Office and the amazing team of committed dedicated employees for the past […]
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 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 […]
Congressperson Lauren Boebert (R-ifle) just can’t stop being Lauren Boebert…and it may damn well mean the end of her short political career. After narrowly winning re-election in 2022 — beating Democrat Adam Frisch by a mere 546 votes in a district that SHOULD be safe for a Republican — Boebert briefly seemed to indicate that […]
For the first time in 12 years, Denver has a new Mayor today. Mike Johnston took the oath of office today to become the 46th Mayor of the City of Denver, formally ending the 12-year tenure of Michael Hancock. As Joe Rubino reports for The Denver Post: In his inaugural address, Johnston started by running […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Colorado GOP Civil War enters the Endgame stage…maybe. Just when we thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse or any stupider, it does. Republican Parties in Arizona and Michigan are as broke as the one here in Colorado — what’s the connection? Friend of the show […]
(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 […]
As the Washington Post reports, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever oral contraceptive available without a doctor’s prescription. Making oral contraceptives available over the counter builds on the 2010 Affordable Care Act’s provision that eliminated insurance copays for the medication: Federal regulators Thursday approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill available in […]
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): […]
(Republished under Creative Commons license by Colorado Pols) by Quentin Young, Colorado Newsline July 13, 2023 The Colorado secretary of state declined to say whether she will grant ballot access to former President Donald Trump, who is running for president in 2024. “We are going to officially decline to comment at this time,” Annie Orloff, […]
Stay cool out there, friends. 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 us on Facebook and Twitter. FIRST UP… ► […]
Breaking news this morning from Colorado Public Radio’s Caitlyn Kim and Bente Birkeland, reporting that 2022 CD-8 Republican nominee Barb Kirkmeyer will not be coming back in 2024 for a rematch: “My passion has always been for Colorado. In 2024, I believe the best way for me to serve our great state is to run […]
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