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Conservative activist Aaron Wood enters race for Colorado state GOP chair

(Republished by Colorado Pols under a Creative Commons license) by Quentin Young, Colorado Newsline January 10, 2023 Aaron Wood, a conservative activist based in Highlands Ranch, on Monday announced his candidacy for the top leadership position in the Colorado Republican Party. The current chair, Kristi Burton Brown, announced last month she would not seek a […]

Get More Smarter on Tuesday (Jan. 10)

Vote early AND often for Denver Nuggets’ players Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and Aaron Gordon as NBA All-Stars. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get More Smarter Podcast. And […]

New Legislative Session, Same Nonsense from Republicans

UPDATE: The unintended money quote today from frosh Rep. Ken DeGraaf of Colorado Springs: It’s all too true. —– The Colorado legislature kicked off its 2023 session with many new names and faces…and some oddly-familiar rhetoric. After the 2022 “Bluenami” in Colorado that saw Republicans get hammered across the state, we wondered if the GOP […]

Kevin McCarthy’s Speaker Bid: The 15th Time’s A Charm

UPDATE #9: After 15 rounds of voting, Kevin McCarthy will barely become the next Speaker of the House with the final six “Never Kevins” including Rep. Lauren Boebert voting “present.” —– UPDATE #8: The U.S. House floor erupts in chaos as the 14th vote for Speaker comes down to two intransigent members, one of which […]

Get More Smarter on Thursday (Jan. 5)

Believe it or not, there are other political stories not related to the GOP’s persistent inability to select a House Speaker. Let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio learner, check out The Get More […]

Will The Real Ken Buck Please Stand Up?

Throughout the stalemate in the U.S. House over the selection of the next Speaker of the House that has dominated national political news all week, Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado has become increasingly vocal about the dilemma faced by would-be Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Although Rep. Buck has voted for McCarthy in each of the six […]

Still No House Speaker After Six Rounds of Voting

UPDATE #13: After a brief gavel-in, the leaderless U.S. House is in recess until noon Eastern tomorrow. —– UPDATE #12: The GOP circus is officially in recess until 8:00 pm EST. —– UPDATE #11: Kevin McCarthy fails on Ballot #6 with the same number of Republicans (21) refusing to support his candidacy. House Republicans reportedly […]

Race for State GOP Chair More Muddled than Ever

As The Colorado Sun reports in its “Unaffiliated” newsletter, a potential top candidate for State Republican Party Chairperson has decided to remove his name from consideration: Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams says he has decided not to make a bid to chair the Colorado GOP. “I have some family milestones that I want to focus […]

Top Ten Stories of 2022 #9: Temporary Relief For Abortion Rights

Just one of several convergent storylines around the issue of abortion rights that we’ll be discussing in our ongoing recap of the top stories in Colorado politics for 2022 is the legislation passed this year by the Colorado General Assembly expressly codifying abortion rights into statute. This legislation was forced by the widely-expected and since-fulfilled […]

Top Ten Stories of 2022 #10: The Faithful Choose The Crazies

In order to understand the historic disaster that unfolded for Colorado Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections, a good place to begin is the results of the Republican Party state assembly in April. Historically, winning the state assembly is not a reliable predictor of success in the primary election, but it is a reliable indicator […]

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