(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%
UPDATE: Bennet’s campaign tells the Wall Street Journal’s anonymous source “thanks for speculating” in a report at the Denver newspaper today, but he’ll be serving his full term regardless of what happens in November. And the Secretary of State’s spokesman Rich Coolidge confirms that Bennet’s term runs until the next Congress is sworn in January–assuming […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Every day, every hour, we hear it. Colorado is over taxing, Democrats want to spend more of your money, Hickenlooper raised taxes, taxes are killing our business environment. Bennet is spending like a drunken sailor, everyone in congress is spending money like drunken sailors. We need to lower spending […]
I will spare others the need to roll out the tired cliche: “Democratic capitalism is a flawed system…but it’s the best system yet invented,” or somesuch. At what point do we concede: our society is not coping with a whole set of problems that require urgent attention–economic stagnation, inability to provide useful employment to all […]
. The SOS posted a non-answer to Ryan Call about vacancy boards and replacing candidates. http://www.elections.colorado…. This specifically doesn’t answer a question about residency requirements. I’m asking about the Calendar: what is the last date that Dan Maes could drop out and the GOP vacancy Committee could appoint a replacement ? . . […]
(Come back soon. Me, I’m voting Democrat this fall. – promoted by ClubTwitty) I’m outta here, at least for a few days. I’ve been a regular member of this community for a long time now, and I’ve gone away due to real life scheduling for short stints. This is the first time I’ve left because […]
Aspiring candidates be advised there are a few prerequisite steps before you send out campaign literature.
Step 1: Make sure everything’s spelled correctly. Step 2: Make sure the supporters listed are actually supporting you.
Simple enough, right? Well, as reported in the North Denver News http://tiny.cc/66xve apparently a group of people in House District 4 weren’t afforded the courtesy of a phone call before their names appeared on a campaign mailer for Amber Tafoya touting her endorsements in the Democratic primary. We were just forwarded an angry email signed by four activists demanding an apology and retraction from Tafoya, and clearing the air that they-well, at least three of them– are supporting Dan Pabon for the seat being vacated by term-limited Jerry Frangas.
The fourth signer is Vivian Stovall, a familiar name to many readers of this blog, who is none too pleased that someone is falsely assuming she’s supporting anyone in the primary while she’s a party officer. Suffice it to say, you generally don’t want to be on Vivian’s bad side, as we’re sure Tafoya is learning today.
One could debate if the potential fallout from such an elementary mistake actually does much damage (presuming more people read the mail piece than hear about the letter). But it has to rock a campaign in a week, when ballots are actually in people’s hands, that they have to publicly acknowledge people are actively supporting an opponent or risk further outrage over an error that was obviously their own fault. Plus, it must be a little disheartening to know that the donor money invested in an expensive mailer just landed across the district with a resounding thud.
The letter is printed after the jump. (cross-posted at Coloradopols – http://www.coloradopols.com/di… )
Aspiring candidates be advised there are a few prerequisite steps before you send out campaign literature. Step 1: Make sure everything’s spelled correctly. Step 2: Make sure the supporters listed are actually supporting you. Simple enough, right? Well, as reported in the North Denver News http://tiny.cc/66xve apparently a group of people in House District […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) In a debate with Ken Buck on Sunday’s YourShow, Adam Schrager’s thoughtful public affairs TV show on Channel 20 that solicits questions and show-topic ideas from viewers like you, Jane Norton cited Schrager’s own Truth-Test reporting to support her contentions that 1) under Ken Buck, the Weld County DA […]
Journalists may not like to think of themselves as grade-school teachers for public officials and candidates, but they often serve this function. Are candidates following the rules? Who’s at fault when candidates fight? Are they doing what they said they’d do? In the case of McInnis, journalists have fulfilled this role in catching McInnis’ […]
Recently, The Colorado Statesman took an in depth look at a shot Romanoff fired over the bow during his debate with Senator Bennet on April 23. During the final exchange of the night, Romanoff questioned whether a campaign contribution from a private, for-profit college had influenced Bennet’s actions on a Senate committee last month when, […]
Recently, The Colorado Statesman took an in-depth look at a shot Romanoff fired over Senator Bennet’s bow during their debate on April 23. During the final exchange of the night, Romanoff questioned whether a campaign contribution from a private, for-profit college had influenced Bennet’s actions on a Senate committee last month when, Romanoff charged that […]
When it should have been a massacre. This CO Senate primary, for me, is one of strong, conflicting emotions. On one hand are many of my old friends — people from three different neighborhoods over the years — people with whom I have worked, walked, had meetings, made posters, planned rallies, cheered and cried. They […]
The good news – great news really – is that the Building Excellent Schools Today program works. In 2008, when legislative leaders and state administrators put their heads together, the result was a terrific piece of legislation. In a nutshell, the BEST initiative was designed to parlay School Trust Land, State Lottery, and other capital […]
Mr. Speaker, We met early last fall when you had joined the race for Senator. We had the chance to speak one on one about the issues you felt were important to Colorado. I was new to the party and didn’t know your background. I did my research and was impressed. You seemed like someone […]
Our medical system is in trouble in lots of big and small ways. My health insurance premium climbed 13% this year (COBRA). That is almost five times the 2009 inflation rate of 2.7%. (1) Yet health insurance profits are not particularly high, ranging from 2% to 4%. (2) Compare that to Apple at 16% (Net […]
Andrew Romanoff held a press conference today to announce that he is still running for the U.S. Senate and will not seek any other office or accept any other job offer in the meantime. So there’s that. On one hand, this is the first good bit of strategy (okay, really the only strategic move) that […]
Over the weekend I read a post on this site that garnered considerable praise. But even after reading it three times, backwards and forwards, I couldn’t fully understand the author’s meaning. Was he/she refuting a single poster on another blog who apparently found Grover Norquist an attractive one-night-stand, and declaring that she was The Biggest […]
I certainly applaud Andrew Romanoff’s effort to come out against corruption and special interests in Washington and I am inspired by his message. It signifies to me a legislator who not only has the right message but one who will fight on behalf of Main Street in Washington. It’s a bit conflicting that so many […]
To vote for a health care reform bill that offers some goodies but not everything, or to vote against it because it offers some goodies but not everything? Should senators vote for the current bill out of concern that they won’t come back to the subject soon if ever? Or should they vote against the […]
If you’ve never had the pleasure yourself, let us be the ones to tell you: it takes a long time to drive from Denver to Durango. It’s an absolutely beautiful drive that takes one through the wild, craggy heart of our majestic state, but it’s a seven-hour affair on a good day. Fortunately, as the […]
A subtle demarcation, but we begin to see it–in ways like Denver Post reporter Jessica Fender’s (not generally considered unfriendly to the GOP in her coverage) Politics West summary of Josh Penry’s press conference yesterday. The clock ticking down to the 2010 gubernatorial race may ever-present for political buffs, but rumored candidate and Senate Minority […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) The Bell Policy Center is a state partner of the Working Poor Families Project, which this week released Principles for State Implementation – guidelines for states on spending of stimulus funds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The principles cover two broad themes: (1) spending […]
from Politico A devilishly clever last-minute insert to the House version of the stimulus bill has made it through the conference report — a requirement that governors spend their stimulus allocations within 45 days. We keep it regardless, but control of it moves to the legislature. My bet is we’ll see Ritter out there with […]
Alright all you Colorado Pols lovers out there – it’s expansion time. You’ll still find all of your favorite political news and gossip at Colorado Pols, but now you can dig a little deeper in parts of our fair state where you’re particularly interested.
Think of Denver Pols as part of one big happy Colorado Pols family, which also now includes Jeffco Pols.
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) … they don’t even wait for the election to put up Obama impeachment websites! Impeach, expel Barack Obama Why investigate Senator Obama? Barack Obama was in the Illinois Senate for 8 years and was elected to the US Senate from Illinois in 2004. Senator Obama has been rushed to […]
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