2026 elections
Jeff Hurd primary challenger Hope Scheppelman signs Libertarians’ pledge in bid to avoid ‘spoiler’
Updated 21 hours ago
Hope Scheppelman, the Bayfield Republican challenging first-term U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd in next year’s GOP primary, has signed a pledge prepared by the Colorado Libertarian...
Ava Flanell wins House District 14 vacancy seat in El Paso County
Updated 2 days ago
A vacancy committee for House District 14 in El Paso County wasted no time in finding a replacement for former House Minority Leader Rep. Rose...
Q&A with Colorado lawmaker Barb Kirkmeyer | Republican says she’ll be a governor who ‘knows how to govern’
Updated 6 days ago
State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer says her decades of experience in government — as a county commissioner, director of a state department and state legislator —...
CU Regent Wanda James aims to deny Denver Democrat Diana DeGette a 16th term in Congress | TRAIL MIX
Updated 7 days ago
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat and the senior member of Colorado’s congressional delegation, has gotten used to facing primary challengers in the last...
Colorado Democrat Yadira Caraveo drops bid to win back 8th Congressional District seat
Updated 2 weeks ago
‘Heartbroken’: Colorado political leaders, organizations condemn assassination of Charlie Kirk
Updated 2 weeks ago
Republican state lawmaker Barb Kirkmeyer set to launch campaign for Colorado governor
Updated 2 weeks ago
Colorado remains among a shrinking pool of states with glass ceilings at top of the ticket | TRAIL MIX
Updated 3 weeks ago
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet grills RFK Jr. on vaccine policy, calls for his removal from health post
Updated 3 weeks ago
Here’s how this graduated income tax proposal would affect Colorado residents’ take-home pay
Updated 3 weeks ago
Ballot measure seeks tax hike for higher income earners in 2026
Updated 3 weeks ago
Colorado Democrats blast Trump’s decision to relocate Space Command as a ‘nakedly political move’
Updated 3 weeks ago
Colorado’s congressional delegation vows to fight Trump’s plans to move Space Command to Alabama
Updated 3 weeks ago
Tancredo endorses Jeff Hurd challenger Hope Scheppelman in Colorado’s CD3 GOP primary
Updated 4 weeks ago
Colorado’s crowded gubernatorial primary fields take shape as race looms for open seat | TRAIL MIX
Updated 4 weeks ago
A few months after celebrating Colorado’s sesquicentennial next summer, voters will elect the state’s 44th governor in the first open race for the seat since...
Tom Tancredo endorses Hickenlooper challenger George Markert in Colorado’s GOP US Senate primary
Updated 1 month ago
Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo has endorsed Broomfield Republican George Markert for the Colorado Senate seat held by Democrat John Hickenlooper, calling the Marine Corps...
Q&A with Joe Neguse | ‘We’re going to keep showing up’: Colorado Democrat logs year’s 15th town hall
Updated 1 month ago
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, the assistant House minority leader and a Lafayette Democrat, held his 15th in-person town hall of the year on Aug. 19...
Donald Trump endorses Colorado Republican Jeff Crank’s bid for reelection
Updated 1 month ago
President Donald Trump formally endorsed U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank’s bid for reelection on Tuesday, calling the Colorado Springs Republican a “Fierce Advocate for our America...
In bid to avoid ‘spoiling’ races, Colorado Libertarian Party releases updated 2026 candidate pledges
Updated 1 month ago
Ohio Republican Jim Jordan headlines fundraisers for El Paso County GOP, Colorado House members
Updated 1 month ago
Ruling that voided Colorado’s ‘midnight gerrymander’ prevents mid-decade redistricting | TRAIL MIX
Updated 1 month ago
Republican Janak Joshi formally launches challenge to Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper
Updated 1 month ago
Colorado Democrats choose Pueblo for 2026 state assembly
Updated 1 month ago
Democrat Jena Griswold endorsed by Jamie Raskin, James Coleman in Colorado’s attorney general primary
Updated 2 months ago
Documents contradict Republican Gabe Evans’ stories about his grandfather ‘legally’ immigrating to US
Updated 2 months ago
U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans has routinely characterized his Mexican immigrant grandfather’s path to American citizenship as a model for fixing the country’s immigration system, including...
Colorado GOP picks Richard Holtorf to fill vacant vice chair position in contentious online meeting
Updated 2 months ago
A sharply divided Colorado Republican Party elected former House Minority Whip Richard Holtorf to fill the state GOP’s vacant vice chair position Monday night during...
Crank challenger Jessica Killin hauls in over $750K in campaign’s first 24 hours in Colorado’s 5th CD
Updated 2 months ago
Democratic congressional candidate Jessica Killin, an Army veteran and former chief of staff to second gentleman Doug Emhoff, raised more than $750,000 in the first...
Democratic state lawmaker Jessie Danielson announces run to be Colorado’s top election official
Updated 2 months ago
State Sen. Jessie Danielson, a Wheat Ridge Democrat and veteran political organizer who helped write Colorado’s election laws, on Tuesday announced she’s running in the...