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%
June 21, 2013 11:29 AM UTC
23 Comments
Is this the bombshell candidate Arapadope promised? Should be humorous
I just can't believe it! Sen Randy Lee Baumgardner can't get no respect, even when he wears a semi-automatic piston on his belt in a friendly setting. C'mon, he told the Denver Post he was "considering his options." He's waiting by the phone . . .
Randy isn't going to let any little heifer get in the way of his destiny. That would be a hilarious primary
Amy! Amy! This is too awesome.
I'm a "serious candidate!"
Thank you. Oh, thank you. For bringing this back.
"God" help me, but I do so love the Air Quote Amy gif.
Let me repeat, the possibility of Amy Stephens running for Senate against Mark Udall has made my day.
Bahahaha!!!!!!!
Sje's a mortal lock. In a landslide.
Typical lefty spin from a lefty blog. The truth is, Amy Stephens is a problem solver and a reformer who knows how to reach across the aisle to get things done. If it wasn't for Amy, there would be no health insurance exchange in Colorado.
Why dont you report the facts instead of smearing a good person and leader?
Given that Amy was the one who risked her neck (for better or worse) to do healthcare exchanges, the eagerness that some (who probably love the idea of the exchanges) here to leap at the chance to crucify her is…well…"interesting".
I don't think Amy can beat Mark. But I do think she's one of the best candidates the GOP has to run against him. She's a strong enough candidate that Mark Udall will have to work in the election.
As to the exchanges, true but that's politics.
What facts in this diary do you take issue with. What are you calling a smear? Remember, it's not a smear if it's an accurate account of something the person in question did or said.
Also this is not a newspaper. This is a forum for the exchange of political info and opinion. The opinion expressed here is that, all things considered, Amy Stephens probably wouldn't be any more competitive with Udall than other potential candidates mentioned. If you disagree with that, try explaining why you think that's an incorrect analysis of her chances instead of just throwing an emotional hissy fit.
I would be remiss if I didn't comment on this whole "exchange" issue. It is a not so well kept secret in GOP circles that Amy's work on getting a health exchange in Colorado coincided with her brief, albeit fierce, bout with sanity. Amy has fought courageously with independent thinking in the past, but I have to say her current FoTF regimen of medication and prayer is working rather well. Rest assured from now on there will be rigid adherence to dogma, and none of these incidents will occur in the future.
Focus on the Family may help her win the primary; however, come the general election it's a liability.
If she runs on that accomplishment in a Republican Primary she's toast.
Gilpin Guy wrote: “If she runs on that accomplishment in a Republican Primary she's toast.”
Romney’s biggest accomplishment as Governor of Massachusetts was coming up with a plan, which the Affordable Care Act was modeled on, to provide universal insurance coverage However, his party hated the ACA and Romney had to distance himself from it—I don’t like Romney (and didn’t vote for him) but I will give him credit for his accomplishments on health insurance.
I can almost see a similar scenario panning out with State Representative Stevens. Her own party will pillory her for supporting the exchanges, however inconsistently, and she’ll have to say she didn’t really support the exchanges after all—not to mention taking some extreme positions to ensure the turnout of the base. When the general election comes around she’ll have to try to reconcile the loony positions she took to get the support (and turnout) of base voters with positions that are conducive to winning non-primary voters.
I’m skeptical that Colorado will ever be a solidly blue state—there will probably always be districts that are reliably Republican. However, until the GOP can be competitive in the Denver-Boulder metro area, they will have a difficult time amassing enough votes to win statewide elections.
Yes, yes, they're "crucifying" another GOP member. With all the crucifixions taking place, how do you silly bastards keep all your messiahs straight? At least Democrats are only accused of having one (you know…."The One", "Yer Liberal Messiah", etc etc etc…); it seems you can't swing a dead cat without hitting yet another martyr. Who knew the GOP were polytheistic?
Stephens was instrumental in getting exchanges when we did. Had she not done so the Ds would have had to do it this year.
I could never vote for anyone affiliated with FoF until and unless they would completely repudiate that organizatio which has sought to harm so many. Similarly, I could never vote for a Klan member who did not do the same.
Wasn't she also vehemently opposed to civil unions, because… you know…it infringed on other people's religious rights? (You know, the right to be a bigot)
I'm with David. Amy is able, articulate and energetic. She'd be an underdog against Udall but would at least make it interesting and force him to make some stands. Right now, she's the most attractive R name I've seen bandied about.
And when you look at her hair cut you know that the men must really be unattractive. Ugly unattractive. Super duper ugly unattractive.
Just a thought/note for Alexandra Jaffe of the The Hill, the tine of Colorado purple is a blueish purple—NOT a reddish purple.