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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REPUBLICANS
95%
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November 12, 2008 08:37 PM UTC
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Tom McClintock, right wing carpetbagger from So. CA, was in a very tight race for a open House seat in No. CA. In fact, it may just be one of the half doezen seats too close as yet to call.
It’ll be funny if that seat went Democratic when the CA GOP decided to send $2 million to Dick Wadhams to waste in CO!
What was wrong with the Dem or his/her message?
Its the Idaho of california.
No bench strength?
A sitting state Senator from the district in the primary. McClintock is beloved by the conservative community there. I think the better question is how he didn’t put the race away in a district that went for Bush by 28 points.
he beat former Rep. Doug Ose in the primary. Rico Oller, the state sen from up there, dropped out after McClintock decided to run.
For some reason I thought Oller was the former Rep and Ose was the state senator.
It will be interesting to see how this pans out
who would you like to see as state GOP chair next year?
She has a winning batting average, she has experience, she is out of work right now…
…of course, she might have to return reporter’s calls and that could be a problem. She is apparently enjoying her alone time right now.
My knowledge of the world outside of El Paso County is pretty limited. But it just so happens that I think our chair would do a good job.
It’s a win-win for everyone. The RCF can cheer that he’s not here anymore, and we have good leadership on the state level
I hadn’t heard about that. Of course, I’m the antithesis of an EPC Republican–a Denver Democrat.
I was talking about Greg Garcia, a person who I think would be a great state chair
n/t
He is personally disagreeable. When he is winning nobody cares.
When he is losing people say to themselves “why are we puting up with this guy?”
Who are his remaining allies within the state?
The offer still stands to stop the name calling, you man enough?
with your life of what Wadhams has accomplished with his, then you can hurl anonymous insults from behind a pseudonym.
Until then, try to grow up.
Come back when you have screwed up even .02% of a Senate race. Then you will be 1/100th of the way to Wadhams level.
to screw up any, TB. Allard twice, Owens twice, the highway bond/southwest light rail camaign/ shooting down Daschle in SoDak, and many more — plus earning the nickname “The Killer Cherub” from me;-)
the A-2A IIRC campaign involved the highway bonds that financed T-Rex among other things and the Southeast light rail line, not SW.
I worked hand in glove with Wadhams to win that one. I’d much rather have him as an ally than an adversary, that’s for sure.
All the campaigns listed are when there was a Republican tailwind. I will grant you that with Allen he did not know that he faced a headwind. But he sure did with Schaffer and all we got was Boulder Liberal this Boulder Liberal that.
about whether Wadhams was a factor. Nobody wins them all, Blargo, but don’t underestimate Dick Wadhams. But if Schaffer was too far to the right to beat Pete Coors, that notorious marxist, in a Republican primary, I am still amazed that anyone thought Schaffer could beat Mark Udall in a state that loves ’em in the middle. Udall’s perceived liberalism was largely on environmental issues and that’s the one kind of liberalism Coloradans endorse.
Not even the best corner man can get Don Knotts to win the heavyweight championship against Jack Johnson.
If the Rs just scapegoat Wadhams instead of rethinking this whole “drown government in a bathtub” craziness, 2010 will complete their descent into irrelevance.
and Wadhams could pronounce it as one syllable!
but with the invention of the aircraft carrier, he’s now impotent. Times change and those that are unable to adapt die off. Even if the Republicans don’t believe in evolution, it still affects them.
he’d be a dingy.
Just when he sinks beneath the waves is when he’s at his most dangerous;-)
Lawyer Lobbyist Strickland was a tailwind election. Nation as a whole was moving republican at that time. I would even say that if the Udall Schaffer campaign was run back then the result would have been much closer and Boulder Liberal probably would have won.
I am not sure if Wadhams is done but what he is doing now is no longer effective. That could change if the wind changes again, but it is starting to look like that line of attack is not working and that is Wadhams style.
I do agree with you that the republicans have more then just Wadhams as an issue. But with the current wind and the current Republican bench Wadhams style will just grate on everyone and get even fewer Republicans elected.
Or bake bread, be a circus juggler…
…and for ticket balance, they can name Ramey Johnson as vice chair.
The GOP gained two seats in the State House.
In how many legislative bodies across the US did the GOP gains seats this year? Not many. In most states Democrats increased their legislative numbers but not in the Colorado House.
Does anyone have new numbers on Newell vs. Clapp for the State Senate seat? Depending on how that turns out the GOP came out even or lost one in the Senate.
After ’06 election, there were 39 Dems and 26 Repubs. Today, there are 38 Dems and 27 Repubs.
Because Debbie Stafford was treated so shabbily by the GOP for her position on the home construction bill, she took a walk across the aisle after the ’06 election.
with only provos to go. The seat is in D hands. Details on our Denverpost blog
http://blogs.denverpost.com/op…
Thus, OQD, no net legislative gains for Rs. Election to election they picked up one out of 65 House seats in return for losing one out of 35 Senate seats. T’was not a famous victory.
If I had to trade one of the House seats for a Senate seat, I’d take it.
you think 1/35 is a bigger number than 1/65?
I thought we all got into politics because they promised us there’d be no math.;-)
More importantly, the margin. Dems could afford to lose a House member; gaining a Senate seat puts them one slot further from danger in 2010.
Rs would have to sweep all four swing seats
Isgar (open)
Morse (incumbent)
Schwarz (incumbent)
Keller (open)
In contrast, if they had won Szabo over Hudak in Windels seat, and won Clapp, they would have had 16 and winning just two of the four winnables would have put them in charge.
The JeffCo and LaPlata county seats will remain safely in Dem hands (unless of course the Rs field a fantastic candidate and the Ds get bozo the clown). The Rs could not take out Evie Hudak in what was the more vulnerable race for the Ds. Barring strange circumstances and even stranger candidate nominations, the JeffCo seats that border on Denver will become even more Democratic as time goes on. This is what has been seen in Jeffco over the last ten years and is now happening in Arapahoe. As the inner ring of suburbs around Denver age, they become more Democratic. It is a phenomenon not unique to Colorado.
La Plata County is becoming reliably Democratic.
No need to worry about Schwarz. The ski counties are also becoming more democratic (Pitkin is of course its own unique place). Additionally, you have to remember that she won district-wide in the 3rd CD as a down-ballot Dem, when she was elected regent.
That leaves Morse. As an incumbent (who is leaving the JBC because it is a problem for him)he should be okay. El Paso county is evolving. Hardly a beneficial environment for a Dem to run in still, but nothing like what it used to be.
Ellen Roberts. But will they nominate her or a wing nut? Ds could have helped Morse by putting him as president pro tem but they went for Boyd. Still, Morse looks good for now, but two years is a long time in politics. My guess is that by losing the Windels and Wards seat, the Rs set up at least 4 more years of a D senate.