Author: Dick Wadhams
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Another of Marx’s claims — his primary lead — was fake news | Dick Wadhams
Self-declared exorcist of demons and swashbuckling rescuer of 45,000 innocent women and children, Victor Marx narrowly won the Republican nomination for governor despite claiming he had a 44-point lead just weeks before the election. Marx received 39.9% while state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer won 39.4% and state Rep. Scott Bottoms was at 21%. Marx won by…
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Add Lynn Bartels to Colorado’s roll call of legends | Dick Wadhams
A few weeks after the Rocky Mountain News shut its doors forever in 2009, more than 600 Republicans gathered for the state party’s annual Centennial Dinner. Lamenting the historic significance of the loss of one of Colorado’s great daily newspapers, the state chairman noted the presence that evening of former Rocky political reporter Lynn Bartels…
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Marx, Bottoms, a primary death wish for Colorado GOP | Dick Wadhams
Colorado Republicans stand on the brink of total irrelevance and embarrassment if they nominate one of the two nonsensical, buffoonish candidates running for governor, Victor Marx and Scott Bottoms. Republicans are already in a very defensive, tenuous position as Democrats have had absolute control of every facet of Colorado state government for the past eight years. Term-limited Gov.…
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Michael Bennet is the $2.5 million corporate man | Dick Wadhams
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has learned a lot after 20 years in the Senate. He is an accomplished dancer — at the old Washington, D.C., two-step of saying one thing but doing another. Do what I say, not what I do. Bennet has piously and self-righteously declared he does not seek nor accept corporate contributions for his campaign for governor. For one thing, corporate contributions…
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Colorado GOP plays with fire as primary approaches | Dick Wadhams
Over the next several weeks, the Colorado Republican Party will make consequential decisions that will determine just how relevant it will be in 2026 and beyond. The 600-member Colorado Republican State Central Committee will meet on May 30 to elect a new state chair following the resignation of Brita Horn. The Colorado Republican Primary Election…
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Colorado needs another Bill Owens — who kept up our roads | Dick Wadhams
By Dick Wadhams The silence is deafening within the Democratic primary for governor on the need to build and improve roads in Colorado after 20 years of neglect. The Democratic contestants, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Attorney General Phil Weiser, talk about liberal touchstones such as mass transit and bike lanes that few Coloradans find…
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Voters sour on Dems — as Republicans head for the cliff | Dick Wadhams
By Dick Wadhams The ravages of eight years of total Democratic control of state government and twenty consecutive years of Democratic governors are souring voters on their candidates in 2026 as Colorado continues to decline. Meanwhile, rather than embracing an opportunity to restore some competence and balance to state government with mainstream conservative policies and…
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Threats inside and out loom for Colorado’s Republicans | Dick Wadhams
Colorado Republicans made strides in 2024 despite an insidious state chairman who tried to defeat successful Republican candidates. Newly elected U.S. Reps. Gabe Evans, Jeff Hurd and Jeff Crank fought off unethical opposition from their own state party chairman, making the Colorado congressional delegation a 4-4 partisan split. Strong state legislative leadership resulted in the…
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Mum on his own replacement, Bennet disrespects voters | Dick Wadhams
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is playing an arrogant game of hide-and-seek with Colorado voters as he seeks to abandon his Senate seat to become governor. Bennet insists that if he is elected governor in November, he will wait until he is inaugurated in January 2027 before he resigns from the Senate so he can unilaterally…
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Colorado’s GOP at its best — and worst | Dick Wadhams
By Dick Wadhams Colorado Republicans are fighting to be relevant in the face of gross mismanagement by Democrats who totally control state government. While the Colorado Republican Party is mired in controversy, several Republican elected officials and candidates represent the very best of what the party should be and how the state should be led.…