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(R) Greg Lopez
(R) Trisha Calvarese
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President (To Win Colorado)
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(R) Donald Trump
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(D) Diana DeGette*
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CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
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CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Dave Williams
(R) Jeff Crank
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CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
90%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
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State Senate Majority
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September 18, 2013 07:52 AM UTC
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Jesus! Agree, a flashlight under his face was not a good idea for a head shot.
The good part is that the governor's salary is a fat raise for Gessler, who's been struggling to live on his $67,000 a year so much he had to raid the office piggy bank for stuff like traveling to the RNC.
Goddamn. It is good to be a registered Republican voter. Popcorn time.
It is clear to me that the remaining country club Republicans urged him to run so as to prevent the nutjobs from completely taking over the party.
Scott needs to get out in front and shoot some immigrants so as to cut off Greg and Tom.
Scott is running to prevent the the nutjobs from taking over? Wow. Just goes to show how much nuttiness it takes to be considered a true nutjob in today's GOP.
Just like about every other R candidate for statewide office lately, Gessler believes being a partisan dick is enough qualification itself, instead of actual accomplishments. Maybe they'll figure it out someday.
"He's heard the concerns of Coloradans about rising electricity rates caused by Democrats?". Somebody at the state party needs to stop letting any Republican get away with spouting this talking point. We've had, on the average, 10% annual increases in our rural electric rates from Tri-State over the past 15 years. Where was the outrage? Renewable standards didn't have one damn thing to do with those rate hikes. SB252? After all the faux outrage known as "The War on Rural Colorado" about what the 2% annual cap really meant, they all now agree that it's…drumroll….2% Period. That talking point fizzled like the "IRS targeting" talking points when subjected to the light of day, also known as 'facts'. As an IOU, Xcel Energy has had the slowest growth in rate hikes of any IOU in the nation – that's because of our high penetration of wind energy in the system.
If anyone at state headquarters is reading this – STOP letting these bs talking points go unanswered.
I say this with some hesitancy (but not much) — the state party is not well-versed in rural Colorado issues, and I'm not sure they're very motivated to educate themselves in this area. Some of us think the party should create and support a rural Dem task force or network of some kind. So few Dem legislators get elected in rural Districts but with some work we could make inroads there.
The other problem with this narrative is that even if the state party puts out a disclaimer of outrage over another lie who is going to print it? The volume of outrage necessary to rebut everyone of these lies would fill the Denver daily daily.
The bright light beneath him? It's from Tom Tancredo's soul.
. . . that, or that creepy bartender talking with Jack Nicholson from The Shining!
I'm delighted the Guesser is running for Governor. We might get a real Secretary of State. Too bad that he and Tancredo have some kind of gentleman's agreement not to trash each other. We'll see how long that lasts.
And Hick, if you want to keep your job – start getting serious about environmental regulation – ie, limiting and restricting fracking in CO. I know they contribute to you, but they don't vote, at least, not yet. And if you get those know it all national Dems people in- at least listen to what your local people are telling you, and give it equal weight when you make decisions.
Bowman, good points. Hope someone's listening.
If the greens revolt, it will only mean putting Gessler in the Governor's Mansion. Hate to say it, but y'all need to swallow it on fracking for another year. It is not, an will never be, the issue that wins him re-election, so stop trying to get him to focus on it.
He's already "focusing" on it, but in the wrong way – by suing Colorado communities who are trying to protect the health and welfare of their people by banning or regulating fracking. Suing local subdivisions of the state on this kind of issue is foolish.
Like it or not, O&G is a big part of this state's economy. It's bad enough that the right is going to be singing a false aria about gun rights and soft on crime, don't really need the "Heez tirrrkk errrr JERRRBBSS" derp on top of it – oh, and making him a flip-flopper. That ALWAYS plays well here.
Swallow it and get the guy you agree with 90% of the time, or make it an issue and get the guy you agree with 0% of the time.
The aria about O&G is as false as the one about guns, Orange Free..
The last time a looked (3 yrs ago, maybe) O&G was only a part of the resource recovery industry that checked in at a whopping 4% of the states' economy. It is, however, unrivaled at the damage it does to the rest of the economy.
The majority of Americans believe many untrue things about the industry. It owns the advertising media…perhaps literally as well as figuratively.
It doesn't matter if it's 4% or 40%, it's 30,000+ jobs in the state and if they start the mudsligning about him killing job creation, he has to spend time and money debunking it, leaving less time and money to focus on other messages.
OrangeFree, you are correct. We'll just have to support Hick regardless to make sure he isn't replaced by someone much, much worse. Better Republican lite than a flat out rightie wacko crook with veto power. With any luck, the political landscape will offer better options in subsequent elections.
Scott Gessler for Governor: because campaign contributions are so much easier to misappropriate than discretionary funds!!!
Gessler should resign as Secretary of State right now. He's running for another statewide office, and therefore his ability to fairly administer his own potential election is a conflict of interest.
He should at least resign before primary planning kicks in next year. As we've seen, Gessler is fond of making rulings – rulings that are often overturned, but which favor his POV. He has a clear conflict of interest and a proven desire to use his position for partisan gain.
Well, at least we know Gessler won't be running for SOS again. Who do the Ds have besides Ken Gordon — a good man but one who didn't run a very good campaign last time?
And who also tends to rub a lot of people the wrong way. Would not recommend Gordon.
Joe Neguse announced a month or so ago.
forgive the senior moment, OrangeFree. I just spaced out Neguse.
It's all good, I completely forgot Gordon was in as well