President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Joe Biden*
(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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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
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
70%
30%
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
March 05, 2024 12:00 PM UTC
11 Comments
This is the best news I've read all day.
I've seen a pretty constant stream of graphics showing Lake with like a 6% lead over Gallegos, but Sinema also polling somewhere in the teens. So, getting away from the 3-way split seems promising.
Don’t let the door hit you on the ass on your way out, Kyrsten!
This means that Gallego should win unless something truly untoward were to happen between now and November.
Whaaaat? Is this satire? Where is the /s indicator?
She is such a strange bird. She started her political career 20 or so years ago an activist in the Green Party. (Yes, in the days following Ralph Nader's eventful 2000 presidential race, she was part of the migration into the Green Party.)
When she saw that getting her nowhere, she became a Dem and got elected to a House seat.
As some of you know, I am not a hard leftist but even I took umbrage at her games of footsie with right wing Republicans and major corporate interests. You dance with the one who brought, as the saying goes. A lot of people in Ariozna busted their asses to get her elected only for her to piss on their Cherrios.
As Cromwell said, "You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!"
Agreed. I know a handful of people who worked their asses off for her only to have her turn on them. She’s served more than five years so she’s eligible for pension at some point although it’s doubtful she’ll need it given there’s likely a seven-figure salary lurking for her from somewhere in the bowels of the “machine”.
Yes. Time to get paid for all of the obstruction she successfuly accomplished. Too bad about all the people she materially harmed, but she'll be a-ok.
There are persistent rumors about Congressional pensions. These days, Senators are covered under the standard FERS plan. As with most defined benefit plans, there are mandatory contributions from salary and employer matching contributions.
"Under the current pension law, the size of the pension is based on the highest three years of a member's salary, the number of years of service and a multiplier, which is 1.7% for the first 20 years of service."
PolitiFact says "A three-term congressman (or one-term senator) who has now reached retirement age [62] would be eligible for an annual pension of $17,745 for six years of work. That's generous, but not close to full pay."
It's the ability to consult, lobby, and essentially get paid for doing nothing that is the real pension for the ex-congressional officeholders
My only question is: how is she going to spend the $10M? And don't give me any legal bullshit.
She and Bimbobert are going to go on a road trip a la Thelma and Louise all over the southwest, racking up tons of miles for which she will bill her campaign account for reimbursement.