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%
February 10, 2013 09:25 AM UTC
12 Comments
Waller's line: "We're not going to be the kind of caucus that puts our thumbs on people." is pretty much an abdication of party leadership. Why not just admit they're still terrified of RMGO, Colorado Right-To-Life and the Tea Party die-hards?
I think it's imperative that Colorado not be allowed to forget what a right wing tool Josh Penry was. And is. The change Penry wants is whatever fake change is needed to keep the oil and gas industry with representation.
Indeed, JeffcoBlue,
I know who Josh hangs with..Gertie and Pita know even better than I.
Josh has the scent of money and power in his nostrils..he is intoxicated with it. He knows what to say and DO to prove he is sincere…but it won't happen. He has, as you suggest, condensate in his veins and fracking fluid on his breath.
I happen to be one of Steve Humphrey's constituents and while I didn't vote for him, his platform was almost certainly not what won him the election. He won a primary against a conservative republican and was only opposed by a non-campaigning libertarian in the general election. There was no actual choice involved when it came to his platform. It's possible that the overwhelmingly republican district would've sent him to the statehouse anyway, but we weren't offered a choice.
My neighbors may be conservative, but they're not stupid. A quixotic socially conservative agenda isn't on any of our priority lists.
Cool so he's out in 2014 then, right?
Totally. Well… except we've got Renfroe in the Senate for comparison, so social conservative flakes may well represent the district. We'll find out in 2014 if anybody bothers to put up some opposition.
So, no. We've got eight kickass years of Humphrey!
To paraphrase:
Knuckle-dragging bible thumpers need representation too.
Save yer breath Pols.
I've been reading these stories about how the Repubs need to change and how we need a responsible conservative voice to validate the political conversation since the election and frankly I don't give a damn. There will always be a Republican party,whether they call themselves Royalists or Federalists or Whigs or whatever, because the desire of the haves to exploit the have nots is hard wired into our species. They're like the Borg–just in a regenerating stage right now, but they'll be back.
If Dems want a conversation with center-right moderates they can have it in their own party–that's where all the moderate Republicans ended up (including our governor, bless his heart).
Right now the Dems focus needs to be on formulating and implementing sensible progressive policies that actually benefit the lives of ordinary folks going forward, whether by legislation, executive action or what have you, to move the state and the nation off the stalemate we've been on and deal with the structural flaws and the really serious problems we face. If the Repubs are in disarray, that's their problem not mine. I realize they are still potent to obstruct to the max (and the Dems are mostly quite content to enable that, they are mostly bought and sold by the same masters.) But I'm a lot more interested in what the Dems are doing with this opportunity than with psychoanalyzing the Republicans.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
PS, first post on the updated site, we'll see how this goes.
You don't think we're really concerned about GOP disarray do you ? For those of us old enough to remember the long decades of Dem disarray, Dem circular firing squads, talking about the poor Rs is more recreational. But I agree we should be more concerned about …
Dear BC and RD:
The Republicans are a dangerous and delusional bnch who hang on a leg like a bulldog and will never let go of their deceitful and treacherus ways. If they can't gain power by reasonable and legal means, they'll do it through devious and unethical means. It's all the same to them.
I agree that we need to persistently, consistently, skillfully and fearlessly push forward with every tool available for economic justice, environmental causes and Peace.
I know we can't take massive GOP electoral failure for granted, especially with so many R majority state legislatures gerrymandering the hell out of everything. But, for so long, they were the party of steam roller hegemony while Dems were the party of self destructive, self doubting, scared out of their minds chaos, you can't blame us for enjoying the present GOP disarray just a little, can you?
Trust me, I take nothing for granted. But we do seem to be paying attention and reacting to dastardly schemes, like rigging the electoral vote, in a more forceful and timely manner these days.