ELECTION 2020 | Colorado Politics’ election night coverage
The reporters and editors of Colorado Politics, the Colorado Springs Gazette and the Denver Gazette kept their trained eyes on the field as Election Night turned into judgment day for politicians and causes on the 2020 ballot.
Here’s a roundup of the stories the team produced:
Gazette, Centennial Institute cosponsoring Republican gubernatorial debate Tuesday
The Gazette
the-gazette@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 33 minutes ago
The Gazette and the Centennial Institute are cosponsoring a Republican gubernatorial debate Tuesday at Colorado Christian University, featuring candidates state Rep. Scott Bottoms, a Colorado Springs pastor, and longtime GOP insider state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer. Candidates will field questions on...
Tina Peters thanks Polis for shortening her sentence, calls Colorado Democrats’ censure a ‘travesty’
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 days ago
Two days after the Colorado Democratic Party formally condemned Gov. Jared Polis over his decision last week to shorten Tina Peters’ prison sentence for tampering with election equipment, Peters heaped praise on the term-limited Democrat and slammed his party for...
Attorney general candidate Doshi puts ‘Hetal to the metal’ in Colorado Democrat’s 1st TV ad
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Democratic attorney general candidate Hetal Doshi makes clear how to pronounce her first name in the former federal prosecutor’s first TV and digital ad, which launched statewide on Friday, just over two weeks before ballots start going out to Colorado...
Legal filings escalate tensions in Colorado House District 6 Democratic primary
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 days ago
With the Colorado primary just weeks away, the Democratic race in Denver’s House District 6 has erupted into dueling complaints and legal challenges, underscoring the district’s long‑running divide between moderates and progressives. In Denver’s House District 6, the Democratic primary...
Colorado Democrats formally rebuke Gov. Jared Polis for shortening Tina Peters’ prison sentence
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 days ago
The Colorado Democratic Party on Wednesday formally censured Democratic Gov. Jared Polis for reducing the prison sentence of Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted of election-related felonies, and barred the term-limited governor from speaking or appearing as an...
Colorado Democrats launch petition to censure Gov. Jared Polis for releasing Tina Peters
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 days ago
Hundreds of Democrats, including party officials and current and former legislators, have signed a petition urging their party to formally censure Gov. Jared Polis over his decision to grant clemency to Tina Peters. The governor’s decision means Peters, the former...
Democrat John Hickenlooper launches 1st ad in Colorado’s US Senate primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 week ago
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper hits screens Tuesday with his reelection campaign’s first statewide ad, recounting highlights of the Colorado Democrat’s business and political career. The 30-second spot, set to air on digital and streaming platforms, lands six weeks before the...
Colorado county Republican chair arrested in sting on allegations he tried to pay for sex with a child
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 week ago
Hunter Rivera, the 24-year-old chairman of the Weld County Republican Party, was one of two men arrested Thursday on suspicion of trying to buy sex from Larimer County Sheriff’s Office investigators who posed as minors as part of an operation...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis grants clemency to Tina Peters, makes her eligible for release from prison
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday granted clemency to Tina Peters and made the former Republican county clerk eligible for release from state prison as soon as early June, capping months of speculation that the Democratic governor would shorten a...
Grand jury indicts 2 petition circulators in 2024 signature-forgery case
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
A statewide grand jury has indicted two petition circulators on allegations that they forged signatures while gathering support for a proposed constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot. The Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser’s office said the circulators — Cherell Long...
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District attorney pleads guilty, receives probation for initiating drug deal in office
The district attorney who took a bottle of hydrocodone pills from a coworker after asking if she was “gonna help the sister out” pleaded guilty on Monday to drug and official misconduct charges. Brittny Beth Lewton, the 13th Judicial District Attorney, asked an office employee to give her a bottle of prescription medication on July […]
Judge greenlights lawsuit against Adams County deputy in 84-year-old inmate’s death
A federal judge has allowed a claim of deliberate indifference to proceed against an Adams County jail employee who neglected to intervene after hearing about the poor health of an inmate, who then died hours later. Marciano Briones was incarcerated at the Adams County Detention Facility on Dec. 27, 2016, when another inmate approached a […]