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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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
March 19, 2019 12:54 PM UTC
14 Comments
There's no bipartisanship because Democrats are jamming their socialist agenda through no matter what. I'm with Pat Neville, fuck these guys. Democrats can't be negotiated with, they must be defeated by any means necessary.
Fluffy, your side lost fair and square last November. Get over it.
You lost because your candidates suck. Your party sucks. Your platform sucks.
You guys are sore losers that can't take getting your asses handed to you, so you try to rig the game.
Sorry Patrick, but . . .
. . . you’ve just received your official kiss of political death.
PS. You deserve it!
Poddy Mouth and Boy Neville since last November
I hope our side is going to respond in kind by targeting the most vulnerable RWNJs. Although there aren’t many left.
Go for broke. Go after as many as possible. Target Boy Neville and make him the avatar of all the Republican bullshit we want no part of anymore.
Hi. I'm Patrick "Boy" Neville. I'm an overgrown man child that got made Republican minority leader thanks to my now deposed Daddy and his RMGO buddies. Under my "leadership", I cost us 5 seats in the house and helped pave the way for the largest Democratic House Majority in modern times. But RMGO still wants me in place because I'm a butthurt sore loser who will try to recreate 2013 Recalls, because it's the only way I have a prayer of winning in this state.
The Neville Family – Trying their damnedest to make Tom Tancredo and Douglas Bruce look reasonable.
The assumptions behind Rep. Neville's recall effort reflects his lack of knowledge about representative government, his political blindness rooted in ideological rigidity, and above all, his disrespect and contempt for the voters of Colorado.
Representative government is rooted in the belief that we elect our representatives to conduct our public business, in this case our legislative business, for a term of years. If we disagree with how those individuals conduct themselves, we elect someone else at the next election. Recall, like impeachment of the executive, is reserved for extraordinary circumstances. Although legally available, it should not become the norm and certainly should not be turned to every time there is a policy difference over legislation. If Rep. Neville doesn't like the legislation that is enacted, he can challenge it in court, initiate a measure to the ballot, or campaign against the opposition party in the next election.
Its also disingenuous and arrogant to say there is "widespread opposition" to the legislation the Democrats are promoting and enacting. Most of the legislation, at least in principle, was discussed in the 2018 campaign and yet, the Democrats won in a landslide in the state House and Senate. His ideological rigidity prevents him from recognizing the fact his policy preferences simply don't have majority support at the moment, either in the legislature or among the voters.
Above all, his recall effort represents his contempt and disrespect for the voters of Colorado. The Republicans campaigned and lost the 2018 election. Whether a particular piece of legislation is unconstitutional or against the wishes of the voters will be decided by the courts and the voters. I suspect he realizes the Republican Party of Colorado represents an ever shrinking minority of our voting population and the only way he can elect more Republican legislators is through a recall election where a small number of voters turnout.
The thing about it is, he's doing them more harm than good in the long term. Hell, even in the short term.
I agree.
The problem of using recalls to game the system could be solved by changing the law or constitution to require a minimum number of yes votes to be at least 50% of the total votes cast for all candidates for that office in the last election. No recalls due to a minority of voters who are more angry than the majority who think things are fine.
There are always problems or loopholes in any set of rules, but clearly this one needs to be cleaned up.
Time to update the state constitution to explicitly state "losing an election" and "passing legislation you don't agree with" are not valid nor legal reasons for recall.