Author: Marshall Zelinger, 9NEWS
-
Unlike other states, candidates in Colorado accept close results
—
by
Ballots are still being counted in Colorado, yet there is no outcry despite some really close races. While close elections in Arizona, Florida and Georgia have led to lawsuits, candidates in Colorado who 9News talked with are accepting the results. Three statehouse races are within a few hundred votes. The Castle Rock mayor’s race is…
-
WATCH: Aurora votes to stop red-light cameras
—
by
Voters in Aurora have overwhelmingly told the City Council to end its program of using cameras to catch motorists running red lights. Aurora Mayor Bob LeGare said he was surprised by how many voters rejected red-light cameras in last week’s election. “The question was very straightforward: If someone runs a red light, should they get…
-
Rep. Jovan Melton on arrest controversy: ‘I’ve never tried to hide it’
—
by
State Rep. Jovan Melton was just re-elected to the House of Representatives for the fourth time, despite reports that surfaced a month ago that he had been arrested twice on suspicion of domestic violence 19 and 10 years ago. In the earlier case, the Aurora Democrat was convicted of harassment, placed under a permanent restraining…
-
WATCH: Hickenlooper on presidential run, Colorado’s next governor
—
by
Coloradans soon will know the name of their next governor. Nearly eight years after taking the job himself, Gov. John Hickenlooper stopped by Next with Kyle Clark to discuss his possible successors, what’s next and the thing that surprised him most about being governor. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis is a congressman who works in…
-
Traffic jam: What if propositions 109 & 110 both pass?
—
by
What if both propositions 109 and 110 were to pass? Those are the statewide ballot issues that try to solve Colorado road funding traffic jam. (First, here’s how they differ.) “If [propositions] 109 and 110 both pass, that is a good problem for CDOT to have. Projects will get built, that’s the real quick answer,”…
-
9NEWS TRUTH TEST | New anti-Coffman ad from Giffords PAC misleads on some issues
—
by
An ad claiming that U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman gets more NRA money than other Colorado representatives is true about that fact, but misleads on others. The ad from the Giffords PAC, co-founded by mass-shooting victim and former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, accurately highlights the 6th District incumbent’s contributions from the National Rifle Association gun lobby. But…
-
9NEWS TRUTH TEST | Coloradans will pay for roads along with tourists
—
by
A new political ad wants you to believe tourists will pay for road repairs in Colorado if you vote for Proposition 110. The ad leaves out that you’d be paying for that same tax increase. “Let’s Go, Colorado” is the catchy name chosen by not the not-so-catchy Coloradans for Coloradans group that wants you to…
-
9NEWS TRUTH TEST | Anti-Polis ad on income taxes, and Polis response, both misleading
—
by
Not paying your income taxes would be a crime. In a political ad by the Republican Governors Association, which supports the candidacy of Republican Walker Stapleton, his opponent, Democratic candidate Jared Polis, is accused of doing just that. True, Polis did not pay taxes for five years prior to becoming a congressman, but the ad…
-
Truth Test: Walker Stapleton attendance ad is tardy on context
—
by
Never since your days in grade school has attendance been such a focal point as it is with the 2018 elections. First, we had a political ad challenging Democratic Congressional candidate Jason Crow for his attendance at Colorado Board of Veterans Affairs meetings, now we have one focusing on Republican Gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton’s attendance…
-
Answering your questions about oil & gas Initiative 97
—
by
Initiative 97 is creating a lot of questions, and it’s only officially been on the November ballot since Wednesday. The ballot issue will ask voters to approve a bigger buffer zone for future oil and gas operations. A yes vote means you want new oil and gas operations on state-owned or privately-owned land to be…
