Author: Tom Cronin

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Coloradans voted 54% to 46% to make it legal to grow, gift and use psychedelic compounds – DMT, ibogaine, and mescaline – for people 21 and older. Proposition 122 also allows for licensed “healing centers” where customers can consume psilocybin in a regulated “counseling” setting. Senior citizens like us don’t know much…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy It was supposed to be a horse race. With predictions of a Republican red wave sweeping the nation prior to Election Day 2022, the Republicans in Colorado were hoping to improve their numbers in the Colorado state House of Representatives and perhaps even gain a majority in the Colorado state…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Relying mostly on historic voting behavior patterns and President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings, most analysts predicted a red wave would wash ashore in the 2022 November elections and put many more Republicans in office. But the expected voter reaction against Biden’s presidency did not materialize. blue undertow, difficult to…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy On Tuesday, Americans will be casting their votes in the 2022 general election. In states like Colorado, which uses both early voting and mail-in ballots, this Tuesday evening is the time of a final count and the release (on into the night) of the election results. This is a significant…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy They are called “midterm” elections, suggesting they may be less important than the “term” elections when the president of the United States is elected. An important midterm election is coming up on Tuesday, Nov. 8. In term elections, winning presidential candidates tend to have “coattails” that elect large numbers of…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy You may not especially want this responsibility, but if you are a Colorado registered voter, you will get to serve as “a legislator for a day.” Just open your recently received mail-in ballot, and you will see you have some “civic homework” to do. When your homework is over, you…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Dressed for active duty, Dan Montoya stands in front of a Marine Corps tank with its metallic treads and gun turret. The photograph has been placed on his campaign website to let you know that he is a 20-year U.S Marine veteran. Dan is running for the District 28 seat…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy The 2022 general elections are now fewer than four weeks away. Mail-in ballots will be mailed to voters in Colorado the week of Oct. 18. When we were students in the 1960s, election campaigns were dominated by the three major television networks – CBS, NBC and ABC – and their local affiliates.…

The 2022 political party primaries in Colorado are behind us. In two months, on Oct. 18, mail-in ballots for the November general election will be mailed to the voters. Traditionally, the last two months before voting begins is when election campaigns for the state legislature – the state Senate and the state House of Representatives – begin…

Political reporters have been criticized for covering election campaigns as if they were sporting events rather than serious contests for elective offices. Instead of writing about such things as candidate character, the major issues that need to be addressed, or long-range goals for the community, political reporters tend to cover election campaigns as if they…