Author: Ernest Luning

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen on Monday asked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to preserve federal funding for an opioid overdose prevention program that distributes naloxone, a medication the Lakewood Democrat credited with saving “countless” lives, including her mother’s. In a letter requesting a meeting with Kennedy to discuss possible funding cuts,…

Colorado’s 2026 election could wind up filling both of the state’s U.S. Senate seats, though if that’s what happens, the second instance would be the result of a political bank shot. Only one seat will be on next year’s ballot, as Colorado’s junior senator, Democrat John Hickenlooper, seeks reelection to a second term. At the…

As President Donald Trump passes his 100th day in office — marking the end of a commander-in-chief’s traditional “honeymoon” period — it’s been anything but business as usual for members of the state’s congressional delegation. In just over three months, the Trump White House has flooded the zone with daily — sometimes hourly — actions,…

Democrat Brian Mason, the 17th Judicial District attorney for Broomfield and Adams County, on Wednesday endorsed fellow elected prosecutor Michael Dougherty for Colorado attorney general in next year’s Democratic primary, saying Dougherty’s leadership on critical public safety issues facing the state make him the right candidate for the job. Dougherty, the Boulder district attorney and…

President Donald Trump on Monday endorsed U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, the first-term Republican in Colorado’s most competitive congressional seat. “Congressman Gabe Evans is an America First Patriot who is doing a fantastic job representing Colorado’s 8th Congressional District!” Trump said in a post on the Truth Social site. “A decorated Army Helicopter Pilot and former…

When Brita Horn took over as chair of the Colorado Republican Party after winning a vote at a state GOP meeting late last month, the volunteer fire department chief and rancher’s wife from Routt County faced the prospect of trying to lead a sharply divided party still reeling over a months-long attempt by some Republicans…

Two-term Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, a 56-year-old Democrat, launched his campaign for governor at the beginning of the year saying there was a “straight line” between his work as the state’s top lawyer and the issues he described as crucial for Colorado’s next chief executive to address, including housing affordability, public safety, environmental protection…

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper raised more than $1 million for the year’s first quarter and finished the fundraising period with nearly $2.25 million on hand, the Colorado Democrat’s campaign said Tuesday. Hickenlooper, a former two-term governor who has yet to draw a Republican challenger, started the year with a little over $1.4 million in the…

Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans raised $839,000 in the year’s first quarter in Colorado’s battleground 8th Congressional District, his campaign said Tuesday. The first-term lawmaker from Fort Lupton plans to report finishing the quarter with $750,000 cash on hand in the state’s newest and most competitive House district, where Evans unseated Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo…

Former U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo, the Thornton Democrat who lost her bid for a second term last year in one of the closest congressional races in the country, announced on Tuesday that she wants a rematch with Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District. Ahead of her run, Caraveo has also opened…