The governor has been visiting parts of the state in the last few days, part a bill signing tour that seeks to highlight the legislature's recently-concluded work.
A coalition of labor unions said this week that a poll it fielded in a Democratic legislative primary in Denver wasn't meant to inflame racial bias after another group of union leaders cried foul, accusing the poll's sponsors of using the survey to launch "overtly racist and outrageously false attacks" on one of the candidates running in Colorado's June primary.
Move aside, John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet. As far as national comedians are concerned, you just aren't that funny anymore.
Three of the Colorado Republicans who unsuccessfully sought this year's U.S. Senate nomination formally endorsed congressional candidate Erik Aadland on Thursday, calling the West Point graduate the Republicans' best chance to win the open 7th District seat.
DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors in a western Colorado county said Thursday they found no evidence of tampering in the 2020 presidential election as alleged by a clerk who has become a prominent voice among those promoting former President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of a stolen election.
Colorado Republican Joe O'Dea has won endorsements in the U.S. Senate primary from more than a dozen current and former elected officials and conservative activists, his campaign announced.
Jeff Hunt serves as director of the Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University and is one of the most visible voices on the abortion debate.Hunt said the conversation within the anti-abortion movement in Colorado revolves around a ballot measure in 2024 that is similar to Proposit…
Senate Democrats failed to advance legislation to establish a federal right to abortion on Wednesday in a vote party leaders expected to lose.
Colorado's legislators wrapped up their work for the year just before midnight on Wednesday after tackling some of the most monumental measures in years, notably passing a sweeping response to the fentanyl crisis and adopting a record-breaking spending plan.
Former Gov. Bill Owens on Wednesday endorsed fellow Republican Joe O'Dea in Colorado's GOP primary for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Michael Bennet.
Finishing in 11th place out of 435 House members, U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, a Centennial Democrat, led Colorado's delegation on the list, while his Republican colleague from Silt, U.S. Rep.Lauren Boebert, landed near the bottom, just two spots above the lowest-ranking House member in the country.
A Mesa County Court judge has removed Tina Peters as the designated election official for Mesa County, barring her from overseeing the 2022 primary and general elections, the Secretary of State's Office said in a statement.
Supporters of abortion rights and Democratic strategists tell Colorado Politics that the shockwaves felt last week in response to a leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade could echo through the November election, scrambling the typical midterm equation by turning a r…
"What's in a nickname?" Shakespeare might have written had the playwright been covering politicians in Colorado this year instead of telling the story of star-crossed lovers in 14th century Verona.
Colorado Democrats sounded alarms as state Republicans welcomed news that the U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to overturn its decisions in two landmark cases that outlined a constitutional right to abortion, according to a leaked draft of a majority opinion.
The former Navy SEAL who served as secretary of the Interior in the Trump administration on Monday endorsed Tyler Allcorn in the Republican primary for Colorado's newly created 8th Congressional District, saying the Army Special Forces veteran is the kind of fighter needed in Congress.
Danielle Neuschwanger, the Elbert County rancher who lost her bid earlier this month for a spot in Colorado's Republican gubernatorial primary, said on Saturday that she is running on a third-party ticket — despite objections by some Republicans that her campaign will split the conservative vote and boost chances of Democratic Gov. Jared Polis winning a second term.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold raised more than $850,000 for her reelection bid during the first fundraising period of 2022, the Democrat's campaign told Colorado Politics on Friday.
Republican congressional candidate Dave Williams will appear on Colorado's June primary ballot without the slogan "Let's Go Brandon" included as his nickname, the Colorado Supreme Court said Friday in a unanimous order declining to hear an appeal of an earlier, lower court decision.
A Denver judge ruled late Wednesday that U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert's Republican primary challenger, state Sen. Don Coram, will remain on the ballot in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District.
Judge rules Lamborn challenger Dave Williams can't appear on primary ballot with anti-Biden nickname
Republican congressional candidate Dave Williams can't include a phrase meant to express contempt for President Joe Biden along with his name on primary ballots, a judge ruled Wednesday in Denver.
Gray has been participating remotely in House business this week. He was one of five Democrats who voted on Monday against a measure that seeks to confront Colorado's fentanyl crisis.
The initial version of the ad, released online, included a split-second clip of Russian military jets soaring among the clouds as the ad's narrator says Joe O'Dea is running to "support the police and military."
Republican Jan Kulmann hits the airwaves Monday with her first TV ad in the primary for Colorado's battleground 8th Congressional District.
In six months, most Colorado voters will begin receiving their general election ballots in the mail, but before that ballot is set, voters first have to choose which Republicans will go up against the Democratic incumbents in major statewide races.
Republican Brad Dempsey sues for slot in 7th CD primary, says unaffiliated voters can sign petitions
In a lawsuit, Republican congressional candidate Brad Dempsey said unaffiliated voters should be able to sign nominating petitions for major party candidates in Colorado because state law lets them vote in primary elections.
Colorado's June primary ballot is nearly set.
Teller County Republican Carl Andersen on Tuesday asked a judge to reverse a ruling by state election officials that Andersen didn't submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the primary ballot in Colorado's 7th Congressional District.
Both of Colorado's U.S. senators on Monday formally endorsed fellow Democrat Yadira Caraveo, the presumptive nominee in the state's newly created congressional district.
Republican congressional candidate Dave Williams wants voters in Colorado's upcoming primary election to know how he feels about President Joe Biden when they see his name on the ballot.
Richard Alonso Holtorf never sought political office. It sought him.
Republican congressional candidates Brad Dempsey and Carl Andersen said Friday they intend to challenge rulings that they didn't submit enough valid petition signatures to qualify for the June primary ballot in Colorado's 7th Congressional District.
As Colorado candidates and campaigns turn their attention from ballot access to the June primary, a look at some of the state’s most contentious and high-profile recent primaries can be instructive.
Democratic congressional candidate Brittany Pettersen plans to report more than $600,000 in receipts for the first three months of her bid to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter in the 7th Congressional District, Colorado Politics has learned.
The Colorado affiliate of the progressive Working Families Party on Wednesday rescinded its endorsement of congressional candidate Neal Walia, one day after the Denver Democrat qualified by petition to challenge U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in the 1st Congressional District primary election.
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet raised more than $2.475 million for his reelection bid in the first three months of the year and finished the quarter with more than $6.1 million in the bank, the Colorado Democrat's campaign said on Wednesday.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, the longest-serving member of Colorado's congressional delegation, faces a primary challenge from fellow Denver Democrat Neal Walia after the first-time candidate qualified for the June ballot by submitting enough valid petition signatures, state election officials a…
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert will face a Republican challenger in Colorado's June primary election after state election officials announced Tuesday that state Sen. Don Coram submitted enough valid signatures on nominating petitions.
Republican Andrew Heaton has qualified by petition for the primary ballot in Colorado's 5th Congressional District, bringing to three the number of GOP challengers U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn will face in his bid for a ninth term.
Jefferson County Republican Tim Reichert, who launched his bid to represent Colorado's 7th Congressional District in January by loaning his campaign $500,000, plans to report raising an additional $339,409 during the first three months of 2022, bringing his total receipts for the quarter to …
Every Democratic member of Colorado's U.S. House delegation is supporting Yadira Caraveo, the presumptive Democratic nominee in the state's newest congressional district, following the state legislator's receipt on Monday of a trio of endorsements.
“I fully expected Donald Trump to win in 2020 — and he did,” state Rep. Ron Hanks said to a roar of cheers at the Broadmoor World Arena, where 3,772 delegates gathered to pick statewide candidates for the June 28 primary ballot.
Kellyanne Conway, the first woman to run a winning presidential campaign, is slated to appear at a reception for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gino Campana Friday night in Colorado Springs ahead of the Colorado GOP's state assembly.
The controversial former Arizona sheriff pardoned by former President Donald Trump and a one-time top Trump legal advisor are getting behind Republican Laurel Imer, a primary candidate running in Colorado's open 7th Congressional District.
Calling her a "proven fighter," Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday threw his support behind Deborah Flora in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Michael Bennet.
Colorado is in that brief, awkward stage between the deadline for Republicans and Democrats to declare their candidacies for statewide and congressional offices and the deadline for the state's top election official to certify this year's primary ballot.
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn is throwing his support behind U.S. Senate candidate Eli Bremer, one of seven Republicans hoping to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet.
State Rep. Yadira Caraveo will be the Democratic nominee in Colorado's newly created 8th Congressional District after the Thornton pediatrician received enough votes at Tuesday night's district assembly to prevent anyone else from making the primary ballot.
Heidi Ganahl on Tuesday became the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to qualify for the June primary ballot after state election officials determined she submitted enough valid signatures on her petitions.
State Rep. Yadira Caraveo, a Thornton pediatrician, became the first Democrat on Tuesday to qualify for the party's primary in Colorado's newly created 8th Congressional District after election official determined she submitted more than enough signatures to make the ballot.