(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 9NEWS’ Kyle Clark reported on Friday, the Trump administration’s goal of freeing the last incarcerated co-conspirator in once-and-again President Donald Trump’s failed quest to prove the 2020 presidential election he lost was decided unfairly shifted gears, with a formal request from the Justice Department for ex-Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters to be transferred to […]
Buried at the bottom of yesterday’s Unaffiliated newsletter from the Colorado Sun is an item Democratic insiders have been anticipating for some weeks, rumblings of an impending primary campaign challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper: Annie Orloff, managing partner at the Democratic political consulting firm the MAC Group, posted job descriptions on LinkedIn over the […]
As 9NEWS’ Jaleesa Irizarry reports, now that the federal government has re-opened without a deal to extend the health insurance premium tax credits that make coverage affordable for millions of Americans, negotiations over such an extension which in theory has enough bipartisan support to easily pass are getting underway. With Republicans aware they now have […]
Republicans lost damn near every race they contested in the 2025 election. Some in the GOP aren’t wasting time looking for somewhere else to fail in 2026. Aurora City Council member Danielle Jurinsky was one of the more notable losers from the 2025 election cycle. The nutball MAGA incumbent needed to be one of the […]
President Trump is totally not worried about the release of more information related to the Epstein files, so he and the White House are doing what totally not-worried people do in this situation… They’re freaking the fuck out. As we noted earlier today, Democrats released new information related to deceased billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, including […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s 2017 all over again, but bigger, better, and BLUE-YER as Democrats from all sides of the spectrum ride an anti-Trump wave to huge win margins across the country that are sending Republicans into the long, dark teatime of the soul. We unpack the results of the 2025 […]
In Donald Trump’s first Presidential administration, he was often mocked for regularly claiming that the White House was two weeks away from unveiling a health care plan that would be cheaper and more effective and better tasting than the Affordable Care Act (ACA). During the 2024 Presidential election, Trump took that idea to a new […]
As Politico’s Kyle Cheney reports, Donald Trump’s quest to rewrite the sordid history of the 2020 presidential elections into martyrdom for himself and co-conspirators who abbeted his two-month temper tantrum over losing his bid for re-election took another step forward with pardons issued to a variety of marginal figures, including names Coloradans will recognize: President […]
As The Washington Post reports, Republicans across the country are still trying to understand how the 2025 elections went so horribly wrong for the party in control of Congress and the White House: Republicans are reeling after Democrats swept off-year races in several blue and purple states across the country on Tuesday, blaring a warning […]
The federal government shutdown is now officially the longest in U.S. history (surpassing the 2018-19 shutdown also under President Trump’s watch). After Tuesday’s massive election victories, Democrats have new reason to stick to their shutdown narrative about holding the line until Affordable Care Act subsidies are renewed. Republicans, meanwhile, have a new set of terrible […]
Assessing Tuesday’s unexpectedly historic off-year elections as the final results trickle in, one of the biggest shock victories for Democrats in Colorado is what appears to be the dismantlement of Aurora Mayor and former GOP Congressman Mike Coffman’s carefully and expensively crafted Republican-in-all-but-name majority on the Aurora City Council. If the results hold giving Democrats […]
Whoa. No, seriously: WHOA! It would be hard to overstate how bigly Democrats won on Tuesday, both here in Colorado and throughout the country, but we’re going to try! The 2025 election was a MASSIVE repudiation of all things MAGA and Donald Trump that should send shivers down the spine of every Republican running for […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the money is pouring into primary elections in Colorado, but, really just for one party, can you guess which one? Best friend of the pod Christy Powell is back to break down the third quarter fundraising results in Colorado. Also, the shutdown shitshow continues into its sixth week, and […]
The ongoing federal government shutdown will take its place as the longest in U.S. history this week, surpassing the 2018-19 shutdown (also under President Trump) that only ended after Trump caved on demands for Congress to fund a wall along the southern border. Americans have largely blamed Republicans for the shutdown since the beginning; those […]
The sticker shock on 2026 health insurance costs has arrived, and it’s a doozy. As the federal government shutdown enters a full month with no indication of a deal on the horizon, Republicans are starting to see the problems ahead even as they stonewall efforts by Democrats to extend federal subsides for the Affordable Care […]
(Moths to the electoral flame — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder Earlier this month the Colorado Title Board set the title for Initiative 149, “Right to Life from Conception.” The initiative is the latest personhood effort from Angela Eicher and Faye Barnhart of Brush, who have consistently submitted anti-abortion ballot […]
The Colorado Libertarian Party is dead. Long live the Colorado Libertarian Party. As Seth Klamann reports for The Denver Post, the CLP’s weird quasi-alliance with the Colorado Republican Party that led to a strange “Libertarian Pledge” is now a thing of the past: Two weeks ago, the leadership of the Libertarian Party of Colorado sued […]
(If Gabe’s lips are moving, he’s probably lying — Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder With the government shutdown now in its third week, the point of contention remains Americans’ health care premiums, which are still set to skyrocket next year. Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO) says he is opposed to […]
Last week we dug through the campaign finance reports for major races in Colorado in 2026, and while we provided some brief analysis for every race, we thought it would be worthwhile to look a little closer at the top contest on the ballot: The open seat for Governor. Here’s how the fundraising numbers compare […]
The first federal government shutdown since 2018 is now in its fourth week. There is still no apparent end in sight. Here’s the latest in our weekly-ish shutdown updates, beginning with some staggering new poll numbers from The Associated Press: About 6 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about their health costs going […]
As Ernest Luning reports for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman, a long-rumored Independent candidate in Colorado Springs has jumped into the race for Congress against incumbent Republican Rep. Jeff Crank: Army combat veteran and author Matt Cavanaugh on Tuesday launched an independent bid to challenge first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in […]
The second big “No Kings Day” protest took place on Saturday and attracted an estimated 7 million people across the country . The vast majority of protestors peacefully demonstrated in a manner that defied the silly Republican talking points that you were a “terrorist” or “hate America“; this sort of public protest is exactly what […]
THURSDAY UPDATE: Wednesday was the deadline for most campaigns to submit Q3 (July – September) fundraising reports. The last fundraising quarter of the year is often much weaker for candidates because of the holiday season, so Q3 numbers can offer the best look at a campaign’s finances until early next year. We’ll run down the […]
An email blast from Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado this morning warns of the approval of the ballot title for a new flavor of the “Personhood” abortion ban ballot measures that Colorado voters have rejected at the polls repeatedly despite nearly 20 years of fruitlessly trying: Yesterday, the Colorado Title Board approved a title for an […]
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Federal Government Shutdown enters its second-ish week and Democrats seem to have the upper hand, at least so far. Then, can puppy-killer DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and her masked goons defeat an army of grannies with ukeleles and people in inflatable costumes in war-raveged Portland, Oregon? Even though 2026 […]
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to stay in the loop with regular updates!
