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%
December 11, 2013 11:34 AM UTC
7 Comments
Triangulation as executed by Dems has been failing now for several election cycles. (See J. Salazar, B. Markey.) Those in the true Professional Left need to realize that fact and explain it to the elected leaders they serve and advise.
Did this position need to be filled by a Republican (i.e. was there a partisan requirement of some sort), or is this a move by the Governlooper to show his Democratic base that he'd rather have moderate Republican votes than Democratic votes?
This isn't the first time Hick has made an appointment that is disappointing to his base.
Yes, it was a requirment that he pick a Republican.
Yawn. He's going to continue to do it until he's out of office. Won't someone challenge the nincompoop? I might have to vote for Tancredo.
As someone who testified in support of reasonable environmental legislation a handful of times before Mr. Vaad's committee in the Legislature, I can say that Mr. Vaad never met a piece of environmental legislation that he liked.
With several big dockets coming before the PUC in the next year, this move does not bode well in moving the needle further away from fossil fuels. Of course he supported the 2010 CACJA, oil and gas industry was hugely in favor of it, and he is from Weld County. Last time I checked, there aint much coal up there.
I certainly think there were better R's to nominate based on their voting records. Losing a primary to the Crazy Lady doesn't mean you are a "moderate". Frackenlooper disappoints again…
Gov. Frackenlooper is at least consistent with his obesience to O&G. Apparently, Weld County is becoming the center of his universe.
Vaad was selected by Xcel. He's a 70-something genial former legislator. By all accounts, he is a very nice person but, mark my word, he will be essentially a rubber stamp for what Xcel wants. He will follow the lead of the present Chairman, Joshua Eppel, who has been and will continue to be very accomodating to Xcel. Winners? Xcel and Comcast and other smaller gas and electric utilities. Losers? Backers of solar – especially rooftop solar and, most especially, ratepayers. Ratepayers will take it in the shorts. My advice? Buy Xcel stock. Colorado (Public Service Electric and Gas) represent more than one-half of Xcel's net profit.