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( – promoted by Colorado Pols) I had the opportunity today to interview State Treasurer Cary Kennedy. She is easily the most personable elected official I have met to date (and that is a very high standard). She does an amazing job of connecting with people. She also clearly loves her job and feels very […]

Breaking from the Rocky Mountain News, not really a surprise: Gov. Bill Ritter this morning named Grand Junction lawmaker Bernie Buescher as Colorado’s new Secretary of State. He will replace Mike Coffman, who was elected to Congress last month. Buescher was a member of the state legislature’s powerful Joint Budget Committee, but lost in his […]

In an email sent to supporters last night, which may do more harm than good: The Governor’s office has announced the three finalists for Secretary of State.  I am one of them. Mike Coffman will be resigning at the end of the year so the Governor, who makes the appointment, will be choosing the new […]

Ok, let’s get your list of tonight’s winners and losers. Colorado perspective but national too. Tonight’s winners: The American people & the country. The National Democratic party – President, more Senate/House seats. Betsy Markey (and team) – a gigantic win. “Boulder Liberals” (and their standard-bearer Mark Udall) – preferred over Republicans by 10% of the […]

We did the first round of our “Political Draft” in honor of April’s NFL Draft. Tonight is the NBA Draft, so we thought it would be a good time for Round 2. We took the top vote-getters (anybody who received more than 4 votes) from the first draft poll and put them in a poll […]

You have provided your input, and now here’s our rundown of the 2007 Winners in Colorado Politics. Although 2007 was an off-year for elections, there were still plenty of winners and losers in Colorado politics. Fateful decisions were made that will portend good or ill in the all-important coming year. As with our 2006 roster, […]

Leslie Herod, an staffer for Governor Bill Ritter, is making plans to enter the already crowded primary to succeed term-limited Rep. Rosemary Marshall. Herod is expected to receive significant support from both the African-American and Gay and Lesbian Communities and should be well-funded. Herod would enter a busy field that already includes Beth McCann, Cindy […]