U.S. Senate
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(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(R) Somebody
80%
20%
Governor
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(D) Joe Neguse
(D) Phil Weiser
(D) Jena Griswold
60%
60%
40%↓
Att. General
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(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Alexis King
(D) Brian Mason
40%
40%
30%
Sec. of State
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(D) George Stern
(D) A. Gonzalez
(R) Sheri Davis
40%
40%
30%
State Treasurer
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(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
(D) Jerry DiTullio
60%
30%
20%
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Somebody
80%
40%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) Somebody
90%
10%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Somebody
80%
20%
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Yadira Caraveo
(D) Joe Salazar
50%
40%
40%
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
January 04, 2018 12:58 PM UTC
4 Comments
this caucus process is just dumb and undemocratic. Just let the people vote in a primary. And Colorado should consider a run-off to avoid having someone with 25% support win.
No runoff. Plurality winner in a race with 6 or 7 RWNJ trying to outdo one another would be great. The wackiest would win. Remember Dan Maes? And that was the result of one on one primary.
Actually, the caucus process is quite democratic, plus it provides for debate, questions and answers, plus allows the major political parties to decide who THEIR candidates will be on the primary ballot. If candidates are going to carry the name of a major political party, the party should have a say in who they will be.
I can't speak for the Republicans, but the Democratic Party is very careful to make the caucus and assembly processes open, and guided by law and rule. Once candidates gain access to the primary ballot (through the caucus/assembly, or by petition) then everyone gets to vote in the Primary (Dems vote for the Dem candidates, and new this year, unaffiliateds pick a Dem or Repub ballot).
Not really. How can any process be democratic that requires people to be in a specific location during a very narrow time to have their vote count? My wife wanted to caucus in 2016, but was unable to because she was held over late at work by something that came up at the time of the caucus. Voice silenced. I had even switched briefly from unaffiliated back to D because she wanted me to come to support her (it would have been her first, ever). This is true primarily for poor and working class people, which causes caucuses to skew elite.
It's well and fine for parties to have caucuses, they're private organizations, not public ones, but they will have to find ways to allow voting by folks who can't attend to be "democratic."