WATCH LIVE | Hickenlooper and Romanoff face off in first debate before June 30 primary
Colorado Politics has partnered with 9News to live-stream Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary debate between former Gov. John Hickenlooper and former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff.
Watch the debate below (mobile users: Click here to be taken to a YouTube link):
Colorado GOP chair Brita Horn says she’ll resign next month, points to ‘divide within our party’
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
Colorado Republican Party Chair Brita Horn said Thursday that she will resign her position next month following the GOP’s state assembly, citing what she described as an “enduring divide” within the party “marked by vitriol and hostility.” Horn’s announcement came...
Senate committee moves forward with Colorado ballot measure to redirect TABOR refunds to schools
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
A Senate panel on Thursday voted along party lines to move forward with a bill that would ask voters for permission to eliminate Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds and redirect those dollars to K-12 public education. The 6-3 vote in...
Colorado committee recommends rejecting alcohol, marijuana tax hike to fund mental health care
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
In a rare move, Colorado’s Capital Development Committee unanimously recommended that another legislative committee reject a bill asking voters to approve higher excise taxes on alcohol and marijuana to fund a new mental health hospital in Aurora. Sponsored by Rep....
Republican Jeff Crank, Democrat Jessica Killin qualify by petition for Colorado’s 5th CD primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank and Jessica Killin, one of the Democrats challenging the first-term incumbent, have both qualified for the primary ballot in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District after turning in a sufficient number of petition signatures, state election officials...
Split vote by Colorado Title Board stops ballot push to privatize Pinnacol Assurance
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
The Colorado Title Board, a three-member panel that sets the language for ballot measures, recently reversed a prior decision and blocked a proposal to privatize Pinnacol Assurance from moving forward. The main issue decided by the title board is whether...
Colorado joins multi-state call to keep ICE away from polling locations
Jacob Mauk
jacob.mauk@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 days ago
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced Monday that the state has formally requested written confirmation from the Department of Homeland Security that ICE agents will not be stationed at polling locations during the 2026 election cycle, according to a...
Can deliberation save democracy? | Vince Bzdek
Vince Bzdek
vince.bzdek@gazette.com
Updated 4 days ago
In September 2019, 523 Americans traveled to Dallas for an experiment called “America in One Room.” The gathering was designed to test a theory: Could representative citizens deliberate productively even in an era of intense polarization? The event focused on...
Redistricting scheme would give Colorado Democrats seven House members, split El Paso County | Bob Loevy
Bob Loevy
bob-loevy@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 days ago
A proposed redistricting plan, which could give Colorado seven Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives and only one Republican, would split El Paso County into two parts and thereby weaken the county’s influence in Congress. El Paso County,...
Colorado Democrats, Republicans fight over ballot fiscal information
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 days ago
Republicans and Democrats clashed anew over legislation that would require identifying which programs would see a funding reduction if a ballot measure passed, with the former saying it’s yet another way for the government to control the campaign narrative and...
Democrat Dwayne Romero jumps in primary to challenge Republican Jeff Hurd in Colorado’s 3rd CD
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
The Democrat who has been running for nearly a year to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District got some company in the primary this week. Dwayne Romero, a Snowmass Village business owner and decorated Army...
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To shouts of 'tyranny,' House voices support for school immunization bill
The Colorado House debated the bill to require school vaccinations Tuesday, the latest clash of an ongoing contentious issue at the Capitol. The bill would require parents who don’t want their children vaccinated to provide a signed note from a health care provider or to go through an online informational course from the Colorado Department […]
Hickenlooper-Romanoff square off in debate as primary nears
Former Gov. John Hickenlooper and former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff met in a key matchup for the Democratic nomination and the issues focused on the times: social justice. The two political veterans met in their first outright debate Tuesday night in a meeting televised statewide via 9News and other media partners, including Colorado Politics. The […]