(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%
On Thursday in the State House of Representatives, a handful of Republican lawmakers strode to the podium during a discussion about the Equal Rights Amendment to barf out a litany of complaints about issues ranging from abortion to the very existence of transgender people. It was a disgusting breach of decorum and common decency from […]
The month of March is recognized as “Women’s History Month” — officially established by Congress in 1987 — which made today a good time for the State House of Representatives to discuss a resolution marking the 100th anniversary of the first effort to establish the Equal Rights Amendment. While you might not expect this to […]
Some of the most-viewed clips of video from this week in Congress feature a running exchange between Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin and Colorado’s maven of misinformation Rep. Lauren Boebert, beginning when Boebert seized on the “low confidence” assessment by the Energy Department that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in a Chinese lab leak, and proceeded to […]
“The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.” –Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
If it’s true that the month of March will come in like a lamb and out like a lion (or vice-versa), what do you make of today? Sort of a lamb/lion hybrid? 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 […]
A free-ranging debate between six candidates for Colorado Republican Party chair last Saturday was sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld County, a group that does a pretty good job of wrangling Republican candidates for all sorts of different candidate forums. The moderators were Jesse Paul of The Colorado Sun and Ernest Luning of the […]
As the Denver Business Journal’s Greg Avery reported last Friday: Wells of Colorado’s two biggest local oil producers pumped $3 billion in profits last year, and the companies see production holding steady in 2023 despite freezing temperatures sharply cutting production to start the year… PDC Energy, which has some production in West Texas, expects to […]
We’ve got another busy week ahead in the Colorado legislature, and if you live in Denver there are numerous opportunities this week to learn more about candidates running in your rapidly-approaching city elections! Let’s get right to the action: Action item #1 this week: THANK YOU to everyone who contacted your lawmakers in support of […]
We wrote last week about answering one of the bigger questions from the 2022 election cycle: Are Democrats in Colorado really a lot better than Republicans when it comes to both governing and campaigning, or are Republicans just THAT BAD? The answer, as we discussed, is simple: “Yes.” Colorado Public Radio reports on another proof […]
Republicans in Colorado are working with historically small minorities in the state legislature, with just 19 of 65 seats in the State House and 12 of 35 seats in the State Senate. These micro-minorities, combined with ineffective or altogether absent leadership, makes it relatively easy for a few lawmakers to become the face of the […]
Denver Post political reporters Seth Klamann and Nick Coltrain followed up on the antics yesterday from Rocky Mountain Gun Owners at a press conference announcing new gun safety legislation, in which the “no-compromise” gun rights group’s executive director Taylor Rhodes disrupted the event from the sidelines and later accused Sen. Tom Sullivan, career postal service […]
Denver7’s Meghan Lopez reports on the press conference by Colorado Senate Democrats today announcing four new pieces of legislation intended to curb gun violence. All of the legislation announced today concerns lawful access to weapons, not outright bans on any particular type of firearm: Democratic lawmakers have unveiled a series of bills that will add […]
In the battle for the U.S. House majority in 2024, political prognosticator of record Larry Sabato says the initial landscape is a tossup–an easy call to make in a chamber where a tiny majority flipping between the sides is the general rule. Major unknown variables in the presidential race make hard predictions more than a […]
(Been waiting for this shoe to drop — Republished under CC license by Colorado Pols) by Quentin Young, Colorado Newsline February 22, 2023 Colorado attorney Jenna Ellis, one of the central figures in former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, is the subject of a formal professional misconduct complaint that’s expected to […]
We nearly missed this arrow of flaming untruth from GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs on Friday afternoon, responding negatively to a new policy from the Department of Defense assisting service members stationed in anti-abortion states with obtaining care: While nobody ever accused Rep. Lamborn of being a compelling advocate for or against any […]
It’s cold and snowy in much of Colorado, but a massive winter storm sweeping across the United States will focus most of its wrath on the northernmost states. 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 […]
Last Friday, Colorado received another stark reminder of the continuing danger to our most basic rights. Three far-right bills to criminalize and impose non-medical burdens on abortion rights were killed in the Colorado House after hours of testimony. During the hearing, Republican Rep. Scott Bottoms sickeningly likened abortion to the Holocaust. [1] None of these […]
Denver7’s Meghan Lopez reports on the death of three Republican anti-abortion rights bills in a marathon hearing on Friday, featuring the usual crowds of religious right witnesses who generally speaking aren’t there to talk about any particular bill but to testify to an Audience of One how much they disapprove of abortion rights. The crowd […]
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Adam Frisch, the Democrat who came within 546 votes of making Lauren Boebert a one-term Congresswoman, announced an eye-popping fundraising haul of over half a million dollars… since Tuesday, when he announced his intent to run again next year. As a blue wave rolled across Colorado last November, its high water […]
Following endless and largely fact-free claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential election, Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 BILLION defamation lawsuit against Fox News and parent company Fox Corporation. As the case winds its way through the American legal system, it has regularly revealed information demonstrating the fallacy of election fraud […]
(Tainted is as tainted does — Promoted by Colorado Pols) In her Denver Post column yesterday, Krista Kafer is correct when she says that the Colorado Republican Party needs to “elevate” leaders who aren’t tainted by Trump. “The party also must resuscitate its image by elevating leaders untainted by Trump, election conspiracy theories, or other […]
Longtime readers will remember the strange story of Rhode Island import to Fort Collins Steve Laffey, who sought the Republican nomination unsuccessfully for both governor and the CD-4 congressional seat in the 2014 elections. Laffey never got traction in either of those races despite the endorsement of Herman Cain in the 2014 CD-4 primary, and […]
UPDATE: As expected, Senate Bill 101 failed to make it out of the Senate State, Military and Veterans Committee on Thursday and is now officially dead. Republican State Sen. Larry Liston was the only ‘YES’ vote. —– There is an effort underway by the likes of “Unaffiliated” voter enthusiast Kent Thiry and Republican State Sen. […]
Earlier this week the House of Representatives concluded “Second Reading” debate on HB23-1165, legislation that would expand local control by allowing Colorado counties to decide whether it is necessary to prohibit the discharge of firearms in a particular area within the county. As Marianne Goodland explained for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman: […]
“I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.” –Robert Frost
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