WATCH: COLORADO POLITICKING | Unpacking the 2021 election and reports on income taxes paid by Gov. Jared Polis
This week on Colorado Politicking, senior writer Joey Bunch political correspondent Ernest Luning join legislative reporter Pat Poblete in breaking down Colorado’s 2021 election as well as a report showing Gov. Jared Polis paid little or no federal income taxes in the nine years before the Democrat was elected governor.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear set to headline Colorado Democrats’ annual fundraising dinner
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 days ago
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, one of the Democrats’ top 2028 presidential prospects, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Colorado Democratic Party’s annual fundraising dinner in June in Denver, the party said Friday. Serving his second term as...
Colorado sues Trump administration over elections order
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Colorado has joined a coalition of states in suing President Donald Trump over his new executive order on elections, arguing the directive unlawfully intrudes on their authority to run their own voting systems and threatens access to mail ballots for...
Denver Democrat Neal Walia lands endorsement from Ro Khanna in Colorado’s state House District 9
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
California Rep. Ro Khanna on Friday endorsed legislative candidate Neal Walia in the race for an open state House seat, praising the Denver Democrat’s commitment to public service and progressive goals. Walia, who mounted an unsuccessful challenge against U.S. Rep....
Redistricting fight escalates as Colorado Title Board clears competing ballot proposals
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 days ago
Colorado’s title board on Wednesday gave final approval to multiple ballot measures related to congressional redistricting, setting up a series of proposals that could alter how the state draws its U.S. House districts for the 2028 and 2030 elections. The...
Judge rules that Colorado law makes it too hard for parties to bar unaffiliated voters from primaries
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 days ago
A federal judge ruled in favor of the Colorado Republican Party late Tuesday, saying that a portion of the state law that allows unaffiliated voters to cast ballots in party primaries is unconstitutional because it imposes an unrealistic burden on...
Colorado leaders say Trump’s executive order targeting mail voting violates state election authority
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 days ago
Colorado leaders criticized President Donald Trump’s new executive order issued Tuesday, arguing that its creation of a national voter‑eligibility list and new limits on mail voting violate states’ constitutional authority to run their own elections. President Donald Trump has frequently...
Phil Weiser wins top spot in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary at party’s state assembly
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
Attorney General Phil Weiser’s name will appear first on Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary ballot after his overwhelming win Saturday at the party’s state assembly in Pueblo. Weiser joins U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in the June 30 primary for the office...
Denver Democrat Diana DeGette trails challenger Melat Kiros at assembly as both qualify for primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 week ago
U.S. Rep Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, qualified for Colorado’s June primary by the skin of her teeth Friday at the party’s district assembly, where the 15-term incumbent received fewer than half as many delegate votes as her challenger, 28-year-old...
Federal judge upholds constitutionality of Colorado campaign contribution limits
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
A federal judge upheld Colorado’s individual campaign contribution limits as constitutional on Thursday, finding that three Republican plaintiffs failed to prove the campaign finance framework violates their First Amendment rights. U.S. District Court Senior Judge John L. Kane recognized that...
Seligman, Bridges, Gonzales lead downballot races heading into Colorado Democrats’ state assembly
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
As Colorado Democrats prepare to designate candidates to the June primary ballot at the party’s state assembly in Pueblo on Saturday, three candidates appear poised to win top-line designation in downballot statewide races, according to data compiled by the state...
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