Author: Ernest Luning

A sharply divided Colorado Republican Party elected former House Minority Whip Richard Holtorf to fill the state GOP’s vacant vice chair position Monday night during an online meeting that laid bare ongoing disputes that have consumed the state party for more than a year. Roughly 400 Republican state central committee members cast their votes for…

Democratic congressional candidate Jessica Killin, an Army veteran and former chief of staff to second gentleman Doug Emhoff, raised more than $750,000 in the first 24 hours after launching her bid to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, her campaign said Wednesday. It’s more than Crank has raised all year,…

State Sen. Jessie Danielson, a Wheat Ridge Democrat and veteran political organizer who helped write Colorado’s election laws, on Tuesday announced she’s running in the 2026 primary for secretary of state, the state’s top election official. “I’m running for secretary of state to defend a democracy under threat and stand up for the patriotic election…

Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans raised nearly $850,000 in the second quarter for his 2026 reelection bid in Colorado’s most competitive congressional seat, his campaign said Tuesday. Evans is defending the closely divided 8th Congressional District, the state’s newest district, after unseating Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo by fewer than 2,500 votes in last year’s election.…

Colorado Springs Democrat Jessica Killin, an Army veteran and former top congressional and White House aide, announced Tuesday that she’s challenging first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, predicting that the reliably Republican district is poised to flip in next year’s election. “I’m running for Congress because Washington needs leaders who…

Colorado gubernatorial candidate Michael Bennet, the state’s senior U.S. senator, raised more than $1.7 million in the year’s second quarter, the Democrat’s campaign said Monday. Bennet finished the fundraising period — his first in the race — with more than $1.3 million in the bank and logged contributions from more than 6,400 donors, his campaign…

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper’s campaign said Monday that the Colorado Democrat brought in more than $1.5 million in the second quarter and finished the fundraising period with more than $2.7 million on hand for his 2026 reelection bid. The quarter’s haul pushes the former two-term governor’s total fundraising since his election to the Senate in…

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe said Friday that Republican congressional candidate Hope Scheppelman, who is mounting a primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, “inaccurately” claimed the tribe invited her to attend a sweat ceremony earlier this month and misrepresented the event in online campaign posts. In a strongly worded…

Colorado’s Republicans plan to fill the state party’s vacant vice chair position later this month in an election pitting two starkly different visions of the state GOP and the party’s path back from the sidelines in a state that’s turned an increasingly brighter blue in the decade since Donald Trump emerged as the Republican Party’s…

Colorado Democrat Jena Griswold, the term-limited secretary of state, plans to report that her campaign for attorney general raised more than $800,000 in the year’s just-completed second quarter, her first in the race. Griswold finished the quarter with nearly $700,000 cash on hand, her campaign said. She’s one of five Democrats running to succeed term-limited…