We’re in the closing days of the 2023 session of the Colorado General Assembly, and it’s crunch time to make sure some of the most important priorities of the year don’t get lost in the shuffle. Action item #1 this week: It’s time for consumers and the gig workers we all rely on to work […]
Ernest Luning of the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog reports: Adam Frisch, the Democrat seeking a rematch against Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, raised more than $1.7 million in the first quarter for his 2024 bid in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, his campaign said Thursday. The former Aspen City Council member received nearly 50,000 individual […]
Democrat Lesley Smith announced on Thursday that she will not seek re-election to her statewide CU Regent seat in 2024 and will instead run for what will be an open seat in the state legislature. Smith will be running for the seat in HD-49, which is a safe Democratic district. This isn’t ordinarily the kind […]
NBC News reported Monday on the rollout by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee–DCCC or “D-Trip” if you want to say it like the cool kids–of their initial slate of 31 Republican-held seats races they’ll be working to flip in 2024. And after coming within 546 votes of losing her on-paper R+9 seat last November, Colorado’s […]
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In the battle for the U.S. House majority in 2024, political prognosticator of record Larry Sabato says the initial landscape is a tossup–an easy call to make in a chamber where a tiny majority flipping between the sides is the general rule. Major unknown variables in the presidential race make hard predictions more than a […]
(Tainted is as tainted does — Promoted by Colorado Pols) In her Denver Post column yesterday, Krista Kafer is correct when she says that the Colorado Republican Party needs to “elevate” leaders who aren’t tainted by Trump. “The party also must resuscitate its image by elevating leaders untainted by Trump, election conspiracy theories, or other […]
That’s the big news today via the Colorado Sun’s Jesse Paul: Democrat Adam Frisch, a former Aspen city councilman who narrowly lost his bid in November to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, will run again to represent the 3rd Congressional District in 2024. “November’s election results show us that Boebert is weak and will be defeated, […]
NOTE: Percentages reflect Colorado Pols’ estimated chances of winning in the 2024 General Election in Colorado. Numbers are not intended to estimate final margin of victory. *Indicates incumbent LAST UPDATE: July 22, 2024 PRESIDENT (TO WIN COLORADO) (D) Kamala Harris* (80%) Remember, this is about who is most likely to carry Colorado. The Biden/Harris ticket beat […]
awesome + uniting Boulder LGBTQ ally Clela Rorex celebrated on what would’ve been 79th birthday You can ride the bus or train for free in August Colorado Unemployment Rate Hits Record Low since 2020 awesome + controversy Wolf advocacy groups say Colorado can support at least 750 wolves Colorado voters will decide in November whether […]