Author: Ernest Luning

Declaring that it’s “time for a new generation of leadership,” Denver Democrat Melat Kiros, the daughter of Ethiopian immigrants and a former corporate attorney, on Wednesday launched a primary campaign aimed at unseating 15-term U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, who has represented Colorado’s 1st Congressional District longer than Kiros has been alive. “I’m a proud Democrat,…

Former Republican state Rep. Janak Joshi filed paperwork Monday to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper’s bid for reelection, becoming the first experienced GOP candidate to take on one of Colorado’s most enduring politicians. Known for his unrelentingly conservative approach during his three terms as a state lawmaker from Colorado Springs in the last decade,…

Colorado’s Republican House members stuck with President Donald Trump Thursday, with all four voting to pass the GOP’s massive package of tax cuts and spending reductions in time to meet the president’s Fourth of July deadline. The state’s Democrats, meanwhile, joined every member of their party in opposition, blasting what one called a “reckless and…

A year from now, Colorado’s 2026 general election ballot will be set, and the primary winners will be embarking on their four-month sprint to November. More than that, it’d be foolhardy to say. As a saying attributed to Yogi Beara goes, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” It’s become customary at this…

Colorado Democrat Eileen Laubacher, the retired rear admiral and former top National Security Council staffer challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, raised $1.9 million in her first quarter in the race, her campaign announced Wednesday. The first-time candidate finished the year’s second quarter with almost $1.1 million cash on hand, her campaign said. Laubacher plans…

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser, Colorado’s term-limited attorney general, plans to report that his campaign raised more than $1 million in the second quarter, pushing his total fundraising for the year past $3 million, his campaign said Wednesday. Weiser is facing U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in next year’s Democratic primary for the office held by…

Colorado Democrats warned Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s budget bill will leave struggling Americans poorer while rewarding the wealthy with big tax breaks as the Senate narrowly passed the legislation following a tense, around-the-clock session. At the same time, the state’s top Republicans praised Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” as a blueprint for prosperity…

Jeff Crank’s day started before dawn. Nearly six months into his first term in Congress, the Colorado Springs Republican drove up Interstate 25 in the dark on the morning of June 17 to the Aurora studios of talk radio station KNUS 710, where Crank joined local talkers Jeff Hunt and Bill Thorpe for an hour-long…

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and her three fellow Republican members of Colorado’s congressional delegation are backing rival candidates to fill the state GOP’s vacant vice chair position in next month’s party election. The state party’s central committee is scheduled to convene on the Zoom teleconferencing platform on July 21 for a special meeting to replace Darrel…