Author: Ernest Luning

Former U.S. Rep. Greg Lopez kicked off his third run for Colorado governor Monday, saying he intends to put “people over politics” in a bid to fix a state he described as broken. The 60-year-old Lopez, who served six months in the U.S. House of Representatives last year after winning a special vacancy election, said…

Voters in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District will have a chance to attend a town hall with a member of Congress later this month, but it won’t be with U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, the first-term Republican who represents them. Instead, the Colorado Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee are planning to hold what they’re calling…

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, officially launched his campaign for governor Friday, saying that solutions to the state’s challenges won’t come from “Washington’s broken politics.” Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, a former five-term congressman and potential presidential candidate, is term-limited after next year’s election. The 60-year-old Bennet faces a primary against two-term state Attorney…

Weeks of waiting for Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet to announce whether he’s decided to run for governor in next year’s election could be nearing an end. Bennet, the state’s senior U.S. senator, plans to make an unspecified announcement Friday morning at Denver’s City Park, multiple sources familiar with the event told Colorado Politics on Thursday…

U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd, a freshman Republican from Western Colorado, is sponsoring legislation amid President Donald Trump’s rapidly shifting trade war to set guardrails around the president’s ability to impose tariffs unilaterally, without lawmakers having a chance to weigh in. The Grand Junction attorney told Colorado Politics that the bipartisan bill he introduced this week…

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday formally sidelined a proposal pushed by Colorado Democrat Brittany Pettersen to permit remote voting by new parents after the measure’s GOP sponsor reached a deal with House Speaker Mike Johnson. Pettersen, who gave birth in late January and has traveled to Washington with her newborn son…

The House Democrats’ national campaign arm said Tuesday that first-term U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans is on the group’s initial list of targeted Republicans, virtually guaranteeing that Colorado’s 8th Congressional District will again be one of the most competitive seats in the country in next year’s election. Evans, a retired police officer and former state lawmaker…

Democrat Jena Griswold, the Colorado secretary of state, raised more than $185,000 in her first 24 hours as an announced candidate for attorney general in next year’s election, her campaign said Tuesday. The sum appears to be a record for single-day donations received by a state-level candidate since Colorado’s current campaign finance system was established…

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced Monday that she is seeking the Democratic nomination for attorney general in next year’s election, promising to “stand up to Donald Trump to protect our rights and freedoms.” “Attorneys general are on the front lines of defending our rights and our freedoms, which are under massive attack from…

Colorado Democrat Brittany Pettersen gained an unexpected ally after House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled the chamber’s floor activity for the rest of the week after failing to quash her bid to let new parents vote remotely. Two days after the Republican speaker suffered a rare loss on a procedural vote designed to kill a bipartisan…