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%
August 23, 2019 01:59 PM UTC
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Colorado voters will be the ultimate arbiter in this case. I'm not upset that John jumped in and I'm not going to trash him; I'll vote for him if he's the victor. I'm only annoyed by the narrative that there is only one person in Colorado today that can beat our junior senator. There is only one, and it's going to be the he/she that captures the hearts and minds of Colorado voters between now and next November. Let's have a primary based on winning the voter with the ideas and vision that in many cases have already been implemented here. We have the number one economy in the nation and we're one of the best places to live, work, farm and be educated. Build on that narrative and may the best man/woman win.
Amen.
Indeed, welcome to all candidates and may the strongest prosper on behalf of all of us….
Here's a first take on the criteria I'm going to be using. I'm not certain of the order of importance after the first.
All good points JID.
With your kind indulgence, I will add one.
> not an oil and gas industry shill.
Thank you.
P.S. Don't knock Trish Zornio. I've never met the lady but followed the research trail mj laid out on her. She seems like a very bright, dedicated woman and head to head, she'd kick Gardner around like a soccer ball. We can take pride in an exceptionally talented field, including a long overdue influx of women.
And give Alice Madden a close look.
Yes, and he also may close a door. Let me be clear, I'll vote for Hick when (not if) he is the nominee through the party process. I also think it's absolutely his right to enter the race. That said, his entry isn't just walking through a door into a crowded room, it's opening a door onto a different room, while closing a door others were hoping to open.
If you look at the field before Hick, you had a crowd of rather progressive candidates who were making a proposition to Colorado voters: one of us can not only beat Cory Gardner, but we can do so from the Progressive wing of our Party rather than triangulating up the imaginary middle. It's a risky proposition on the surface, but it also acknowledges the extent to which Colorado's electorate has polarized to political extremes as much or more than the national electorate. Yes, we may be a purple state in 2019, but it is now because the red and blue are so strong, not because they mix in the middle as they did a decade or more ago.
Now enter John Hickenlooper, a candidate who made his career more than a decade ago in a reddish-purple state by triangulating up a far more robust political middle with a folksy style that comforted those more red than blue.
Hick doesn't open a door into the more progressive, contemporary race posited above, but rather to an older, more comfortable political space for many Democrats, and also for many Republicans, Gardner included. In doing so, he also begins to close the door on those bold enough to attempt campaigns that might change Colorado's political future, just as Hick did over a decade ago.
If Hick wins, which he likely will given his name recognition and financial backing, the door to that political future may remain closed for six or more years. We can speculate whether this is an accident of politics, or an intentional outcome, but the result will be that Colorado will see more moderate Democrats in future races, even though the majority of their Party continues to lean to their left.
If, on the other hand, Hick loses either the primary or the general it will be a testament to the fact that some of the more progressive candidates were correct in their analysis of Colorado's changing political landscape. More than that, it will be another statement to go along with the results in 2016 and 2018 that the Party will ignore at it's own peril after 2020.
Hick has indeed walked through an open door, but if we are honest it is a door to Colorado's past more than Colorado's future. Hopefully, Hick can find a way to leave the door to that more progressive future open just a crack. If he does, he'll find he can not only win, but win over more of his own Party.
You're right, JiD. Hick is a step back to the past, but right now, that looks pretty good to me. A past when Congress did what we sent them there to do: pass sensible laws, keep the President in check and pass budgets on time. That's a past I can live with.