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Is the GOP race for Colorado governor heading into mandatory recount territory?
Luige DelPuerto
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Updated 25 minutes ago
Not yet — not until the race tightens further as election officials tally more votes. The race for governor in the Republican primary between state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer and ministry leader Victor Marx tightened on Tuesday night to roughly 1,400...
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Colorado Politics
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Updated 1 hour ago
By Thomas Buckley My oncologist asked: “Polycythemia Vera. Do you know what that means?” Earlier, I lived in blissful ignorance, unaware I potentially carried a myeloproliferative neoplasm encoded within my DNA. “Yes,” I answered, “A rare form of blood cancer,...
5 takeaways from Colorado’s shocker of a 2026 primary election
Ernest Luning
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Updated 1 hour ago
Voters in Colorado’s Democratic primary on Tuesday night mostly let their elected officials know that they’re fed up with the party’s Washington politicians and ready to back the most aggressive fighters they can find. At the same time, the voters...
Tina Peters visits President Donald Trump in the White House
Thelma Grimes
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Updated 1 hour ago
Since her release from prison, Tina Peters has reemerged on the political circuit — appearing over the weekend at the GOP Freedom Fest in Castle Rock and then visiting the White House on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump....
Melat Kiros shocks 15-term incumbent Diana DeGette, winning Colorado’s 1st CD Democratic primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 9 hours ago
In the equivalent of a political earthquake, 29-year-old Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeated 15-term U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s Denver-based 1st Congressional District primary, according to unofficial election results Tuesday night. The Associated Press called the race at 10:03...
Dwayne Romero wins Democratic primary, will face Republican Jeff Hurd in Colorado’s 3rd CD
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 12 hours ago
Democrat Dwayne Romero has defeated challenger Alex Kelloff in the primary in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, where Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd fended off a challenge from a former state lawmaker, according to The Associated Press. In returns posted at...
Democrat Jessica Killin claims victory in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 12 hours ago
Jessica Killin walked out to the song American Girl in a bright red dress to claim victory in the democratic primary race for Congressional District 5 at a hotel in downtown Colorado Springs on Election Day. She beat her fellow...
Incumbents lead in Arapahoe County commissioner race
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 12 hours ago
Both incumbents on the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners appear to be winning the Democratic primary election, according to the early and unofficial tally on Tuesday night. In District 2, incumbent Jessica Campbell is leading Angela Garland by 34 points,...
Colorado voters pick state Senate primary winners
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 12 hours ago
Colorado voters on Tuesday night picked winners in the Republican and Democratic primaries in an election that will shape the contests in the general election later this year. The eventual winners will join the Colorado General Assembly in January 2026....
John Hickenlooper fends off challenge from Julie Gonzales in Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 12 hours ago
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper defeated progressive challenger state Sen. Julie Gonzales Tuesday in Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, notching a win for one of the state’s most enduring politicians on a night when voters appeared to be fed up with...