President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Kamala Harris
(R) Donald Trump
80%↑
20%
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) V. Archuleta
98%
2%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Marshall Dawson
95%
5%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(R) Jeff Hurd
(D) Adam Frisch
50%
50%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank
(D) River Gassen
80%
20%
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) John Fabbricatore
90%
10%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen
(R) Sergei Matveyuk
90%
10%
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
52%↑
48%↓
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
June 26, 2018 07:27 PM UTC
40 Comments
Best two got it.
Nope-
Best two are Polis and Johnston.
But our elections are rigged in a way that almost always allows a crappy candidate into the general.
Best two refers to one of each major party
Victor Mitchell sure impressed me more than Stumblebush. But at this point, I'm a Jared man.
Any port in a Trumpstorm!
Bummer. Not excited about voting for Polis. But better than the alternative.
You’ll get slammed for talking like that around here.
Yeah but we do it with humor and style. Compare that to the petulant pouting of the other party's victimized robots and you can easily discern the quality of our comments.
Meh; I can probably survive that.
You can always waste your vote on the Green Party candidate and then leave the rest of us with the mess Governor Stapleton creates.
Where the hell did
StapletonStumbleton take that picture, walking out of an airline bathroom?I will proudly vote for Polis, Johnston seemed to over perform. He'll be back.
He looks like he just cut the cheese and thinks he is getting away with it because his don't stink.
G.G., he always has that expression on his face.
Probably needs to see a GI specialist then.
So, who is going to take on Smiling Cory?
Every mother loving son, daughter, nephew, niece, auntie, uncle, friend and stranger from Holyoke to Dove Creek. I have friends who have never volunteered for a campaign who are planning on spending 2020 working to defeat the weasel. The little people are going to show up for that race.
Hickenlooper should take on Gardner in 2020.
Perlmutter
Hick IS NOT national material.
The criteria for a national candidate changed after 2016 dramatically.
Polis should pick Kennedy as his running mate to unite the party.
Johnston will probably be back for Perlmutter's seat if he goes after Gardner in 2020, or Senate if Perlmutter stays put. Neither Kennedy or Johnston could compete with Polis' bank account. Hopefully neither can Stumbleton.
He should offer Kennedy the lt gov nod. She may take it, or decide she's rather be mayor of Denver.
Cary Kennedy is toxic for independents. She got her support from teacher unions and refused, during one television debate, to give any instances where she wouldn’t do what they wanted.
That plays well in two places: a Democrat caucus meeting and a GOP attack ad.
Just sayin’
Just sayin without thinkin’?
No, he shouldn't.
And if he offers, she should say no.
It wasn't the bank account, though $ talks and….something walks
better candidate, better campaign
trump tweets are obnoxious is not a campaign message
Polis spent $11 million. Hell yes, it was the money.
Then how come Victor Mitchell didn’t do well in the GOP Primary? Jared is a lot more formidable then the caricature the GOP pretends he is.
Did you watch him debate? Very well prepped.
You're overlooking the millions spent attacking mitchell by third party group's. They spent a ton of money on Staplegun.
These were the cards we were dealt:
Money is speech, super PACs, Citizens United, etc., etc.
We can either complain, pretend things are different and lose, or we could play with hand we are dealt and play to win. I choose Option #2.
Walker Stapleton is going to have to liquidate his trust fund to finance his campaign. Will he do it?
It was not Jared's money, it was Jared. From CNN:
One question, David, and everybody else who stoutly insists Jared didn't have to spend $11 !million to buy this election.
Why did he spend the $11 million if he was going to win anyway?
Don't worry, RandR, I'll vote for the guy. But as a feminist symphathiser who really wanted to see our first woman governor, I need a little hurting time first.
It is a considerable solace that he is gay and might knock down that barrier.
Pax Vobiscum.
Everybody comes to the race with advantages & disadvantages. For example, all things being semi-equal, you vote for the female candidate. Cary had that from lots of people.
As to the money, there have been numerous studies that found candidates with the largest amount raised tend to overwhelmingly win. But that self-funders tend to lose. In general.
Having the money helps. The giant help is it frees up his time. I'll bet Cary Kennedy & Michael Johnson spent the last 18 months sitting in a room dialing for dollars. That's time they can't spend elsewhere.
But Stapleton is a great example of, if you lean on that money, you're not going to win. He got the primary but he's going to get his ass kicked in the general with that same approach.
All four candidates were able to present themselves to the voters in a large number of ways. And I think it's a good thing that the vast majority of voters were good with any of them. But Jared clearly was more compelling for most – and I think that was primarily a combination of who he is and what matters to him.
Unfortunately, Hick is looking at being President. He could win US Senate easily against That"different kind of Republican" Gardner.
Rumors I've heard: Stan Garnett running for U.S. Senate, as well as Mike Johnston.
Elections matter. “Winners make policy. Losers go home.” – Mitch McConnell. Will Jared be compelled to move “to the center” after winning or will he hear Americans’ rejection of the status quo and revulsion at Donald Trump.
When people start to hear voices in their head it is time to get some help.
What was that?
Good article, Zap.
As far as if Jared will "move to the center" if elected: His record shows him staying pretty true to his values under pressure to moderate in Congress – he's considered both one of the most liberal Reps, and one of the more bipartisan ones.
I have some lingering distrust of Polis after he sold out the people's ballot initiatives for a do-little O&G commission; However, his record again shows that he has a unique way of creating unlikely partnerships to solve problems. That instance with the O&G commission, his approach didn't work, at all.
That's still better than Frackenlooper or the horrors that Stumbleton would allow. We just have to keep the pressure on, is all.
Agreed.
Another way of looking at Jared's efforts on O&G is he had two options, thought one of them made more sense, and it turned out to be a mistake. That happens. If you try sometimes you will fail. Keep in mind he tried, and will try again.
That's the thing I like about Jared — not just his policy positions that I agree with — but the overwhelming determination and persistence he exhibits when he goes after an issue. He won't sit back like Hick and let the General Assembly try to guess what he will or will not support.