NOTE: Percentages reflect Colorado Pols’ estimated chances of winning the General Election. Numbers are not intended to estimate final margin of victory. Candidates with an asterisk (*) are officially running, or widely presumed to be running. LAST UPDATE: October 31, 2018 GOVERNOR (D) Jared Polis* (70%)↑ The writing is on the wall. Here and everywhere […]
With Election Day finally upon us, a race that’s been simmering in the background for most of this election season could loom large for the future of one of Colorado’s foremost Republican elder statesmen–as the Denver Post’s Monte Whaley reported last week: Heated political partisanship in Colorado is reaching into the race for the at-large seat […]
Once upon a time… …Or on September 15, 2016, if we’re being specific, Congressman Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) promised to tell his constituents which candidate he would be choosing in the race for President. Here’s precisely what Coffman campaign spokesperson Cinamon Watson told the Denver Post for a story appearing on Sept. 15: “He plans on watching the debates and making […]
UPDATE: A statement from Morgan Carroll’s campaign today celebrates more than doubling Mike Coffman’s fundraising in the first two weeks of October: Yesterday, Mike Coffman released his pre-general fundraising numbers – the final filing of the cycle. In the first two weeks of October, Mike Coffman raised $211,583 – the most he’s ever raised in […]
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As Election Day approaches and Republican electoral prospects get bleaker for a host of reasons that have nothing to do with the mechanics of voting, a significant number of (generally) conservative voters have sought consolation in speculation about the possibility of widespread vote fraud that might taint the results. These theories have been greatly boosted by […]
As the Denver Post reports today, Democrat Morgan Carroll is not lacking in momentum in the final weeks of the 2016 election: In less than three weeks, Democrat Morgan Carroll has raised nearly $424,000 for her race against Republican Mike Coffman — a major October windfall that ups the ante in one of Colorado’s most expensive races. […]
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In another edition of our regular feature, “At Least They’re Not Your Legislators,” we take you to Kyrzakhistan Kryzgystuhn Kyrgyzstan, where they seem to have misplaced their constitution. From The Independent (the international one): Politicians in Kyrgyzstan have lost the country’s constitution. It emerged during a debate over planned changes to the law that nobody in the central Asian country knew where […]
UPDATE: Coffman’s hometown Aurora Sentinel is as flabbergasted by these remarks as everyone else: Congressman Mike Coffman may not know that what Donald Trump has done to women constitutes sexual assault, but we do. Women across Aurora and Colorado do. District attorneys across the country do. During a televised debate Thursday night on 9News TV, Coffman and his […]