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 22, 2022 01:50 PM UTC
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Holtzy FTW !!! He was just such a freaking sniveling weasel.
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This is actually tough because it depends upon how you look at the contestants.
On the one hand, if you had a credible candidate with a realistic opportunity to win, then Scott McInnis 2010 is the winner because you had: (a) a candidate who had years in state and federal office, (b) with an ability to raise money, (c) running for an open office, and (d) in a wave-election year for his party. Yet he still screwed it up.
On the other hand, you’ve got several people who were in over their heads from the start, flailed around in the deep water, and ended up drowning, to wit: Dan Maes, Levi Tillemann, and Jon “Great Dane” Keyser. Although not listed, I would probably add Roger Edwards’ primary challenge in CD 6 in 2018 to the list.
And some – Both Ways Bob, Walker Stapleton and Bob Schaffer – ran awful campaigns during election cycles where even the best candidate running the best race would probably have lost.
I would say that Daryl Glenn actually exceeded expectations when you look at how relatively close he came to Bennet in 2016.
When all was said and done, I voted for McInnis because of his incredible ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in 2010.
P.S. Refresh my recollection but didn’t Tillemann do something weird on camera for attention in his primary race? Something akin to Alex Walker’s recent shitstorm on-line advertisement in CD 3.
You’re clearly way overthinking this . . .
It’s as easy as A, B, C, . . .
. . . Roger Edwards (in every race he ever ran).
(. . . And then, at a distant second, there was that fairly popular incumbent Senator who somehow managed to lose to fucking Cory Gardner? . . .)
Edwards came pretty close to taking out Coffman in the primary before he ( Edwards) withdrew, IIRC the straw poll. There were some kind of shenanigans around that.
Perhaps Pear can refresh our memories on that one.
I was also surprised not to see Udall on that list, as much shit as Pols gave him for focusing on abortion.
And, let’s face it, no candidate should focus on abortion. Abortion just happens to be critical to bodily autonomy for women. But so are availability of child and health care, housing and the spectrum of evonomic issues.
But lazy political consultants go “female vote = abortion”, “ Latino vote = immigration”, “black vote= police /crime”, etc. , and for white male uneducated voters, reflexive fear and grievance about all of the above.
I thought Roger Edwards failed to get the 30% he needed to qualify for the primary. I don't think Coffman was ever in any real danger …. until he faced Jason Crowe in November.
So, you’re thinking maybe, less than 30% (. . . the number that sticks in my recollection is ~17%?? . . .) and failing to qualify for the primary ballot at the nutter assembly isn’t “close”?? . . .
But lazy political consultants go “female vote = abortion”, “ Latino vote = immigration”, “black vote= police /crime”, etc.
On this point, you and I, are in complete agreement.
Came to say the same thing about Udall. None of the other campaigns mentioned started with the advantages of Udall who then blew it in the lead up to the election. Udall's 2014 campaign is EASILY the worst Colorado campaign so far this century.
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I heard he had some lasting medical problems from doing this. That's a huge OD of pepper spray to the eyeballs.
Pepper spray….that was it! Thanks for the reminder.
Scooter's legendary cheapness did him in. Had he compensated Rollie Fisher fairly, he would have had a loyal partner at the trough. But he didn't.
You mean Fisher would have stayed silent about the plagiarism?
He really is cheap. I remember him bragging about sleeping in his own in DC. At least Lamborn found space in the Capitol basement where his son could sleep.
The RMAC is still being represented. Go BHSU Yellowjackets!!!
Wow, we could get Maes/McInnis in the semifinals!
Given the cluster cluck that was the 2010 Republican gubernatorial race, that would be fitting.
When you list Brauchler 2018, I’m wondering what you mean — his race at first for Governor, his race for Attorney General — or both.