DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(R) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Jena Griswold
60%↑
40%↑
(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
(D) Jerry DiTullio
60%↑
30%
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Somebody
80%
40%
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Manny Rutinel
(D) Yadira Caraveo
45%↓
40%↑
30%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(R) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Jena Griswold
60%↑
40%↑
(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
(D) Jerry DiTullio
60%↑
30%
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Somebody
80%
40%
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Manny Rutinel
(D) Yadira Caraveo
45%↓
40%↑
30%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
April 11, 2025 10:04 AM UTC
21 Comments
Salazar pointing out he was in the positions BEFORE Bennet and Weiser is an odd choice. I'm not certain what he gains by reminding people of wins in the 90s and 2004.
And his reference to the nominee "must be ready to represent every corner of our state—especially our rural communities"—suggests he may not be fully satisfied with urbanites Weiser and Bennet.
Would it be a wild idea if Salazar runs with Bennet as Lieutenant Governor?
And the ticket of Salazar/Bennet could face off against the Republican ticket of Owens/Beauprez. /s
Bennet isn't going to drop out of the Senate to be a Lt. Gov. And I doubt Salazar would win a primary against Weiser and Bennet.
As long as we are spit-balling possibilities, can someone offer some females we ought to be considering?
Reverse Bennet and Salazar. Bennet as Gov and Salazar as LtGov. But yeah, more female candidates for Gov would be nice but some of the best candidates are running for other offices at the moment.
I think by definition the Lt. Gov will be a Latina.
…"must be ready to represent every corner of our state-especially our rural communities"…is code. It is a cryptic assurance to the Oily.Boyz that he will be as accommodating to their wishes as he has always been. I worked with Ken in the 90s. An effective legislator but another of those politicians who has, in my opinion, long been far too friendly with the big players.
Yep, it’s absolutely pandering secret-handshake drivel. Colorado’s four corner counties, Moffat, Baca, Sedgewick, and Montezuma have a combined population of about 46,000; not even a decent sized front-range suburb or bedroom community. They contain almost a whopping 0.7% of the state’s population. There’s another 99.3% of the non-corner population of Colorado that really should receive about 99% of the gubernatorial attention and cincern.
Also, wondering why we’ve seen no diary or comment about this week’s Weld County oil mess and evacuations courtesy of Chevron?
Ken was involved in the politics of ” the Invasion of the Piceance” which, to me, meant trying, as president of the Grand Valley Citizens Alliance, to slow the ravaging habits of wildcat drillers and roughnecks in Garfield county. Bennet and Hickenlooper were involved, as well.
The photo above shows three powerful men sharing an inside joke. That is as close to an accurate description of the way it works in Colorado politics, as any words I could conjure.
Those three are all inside members of the “17th Street Club”. No denying it.
Feel free to move back to Texas anytime.
I'm sorry, Marla. I am a bit unclear about to whom you are referring. Would you mind clarifying that? By the blog format, you are referring to BenFolds5.
Thanks
Perhaps Marla knows something about me that I had never known about myself?
I, myself, have spent quite a bit of time in Texas, but I am not from Texas. I have no desire to, ever again, visit the Lonestar State.
Ken Salazar is now 70.
Too old.
Dems need to shift to younger.
No political support for anyone on Medicare.
(I am 76)
Ken Salazar, a truly nice person, has always been a ponderer. Recall his time in the Senate during the end of the Bush lite debacle? And prior, also his time as AG during the Owens administration? Ken was a tremendous ponderer always, and then too almost always a dependably certain accommodationist.
Salazar may have preceded both Bennett and Weiser in office, but Colorado has been better served by neither having followed closely in his footsteps.
Thankyou for your service, Mr. Salazar. Please enjoy your retirement.
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Salazar needs to stay retired, maybe volunteer with a NGO somewhere, perhaps Panama?
So the legislature and CDP are debating ways to make vacancy committees more open and representative, and Bennet launches by saying he'll wait and appoint his own successor? Talk about tone deaf.
‘Scuze me there, Meiner…
When was Bennet NOT tone deaf? Lately, his rhetoric has “soared” as high as his indignity. But Sen. Bennet has, since I first met him, been a tepid voice for consumers and the dispossessed. I will say it again. Senator Bennet was appointed to the 17th. St. Club
There is not a poor man among them, I do not believe.. Decisions that economically challenged people face every day are unknown to those guys (above) except as some period of semesters in college, perhaps.
Bennet's consistent pursuit of legislation that would permanently expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).has been one theme that suggests he is not entirely co-opted by the elites of our country.
His efforts to work in a bipartisan manner in the Senate will make for some interesting comparisons to Weiser's greater confrontations with the Trump, Musk, and Project 2025 agendas.
The Denver Post editorialized that Bennet should resign if he's going to run for governor but made no such demand of Weiser, who is in office now too. So much for DPo thinking things through.
That said, I'd prefer Bennet pick his successor than Polis. Can't count on Polis anymore since he jumped on the RFKjr bandwagon
I'm always amazed at these suggestions that in order to run for a different office, elected officials should have to resign their current office. If the concern it that time and energy is necessary to seek election, then shouldn't the same demand be placed on office holders seeking reelection?