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Democratic candidates for the 8th Congressional District: Meet Manny Rutinel and Shannon Bird

Updated 1 day ago

Colorado’s 8th Congressional District is once more the site of a hard‑fought Democratic primary, with candidates competing for the chance to challenge Republican incumbent Gabe...

1st Congressional District Democratic primary: Meet candidates Diana DeGette, Milat Kiros and Wanda James

Updated 2 days ago

Voters in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District will face an unusually competitive choice on this year’s Democratic primary ballot, where Rep. Diana DeGette, who has represented...

Group aims to add right to hunt and fish to Colorado Constitution

Updated 5 days ago

A group is seeking to make Colorado the 25th state in the nation with an established constitutional right to hunting and fishing through a proposed...

Hickenlooper lands endorsements from Elizabeth Warren, Ministerial Alliance in US Senate primary

Updated 5 days ago

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper won endorsements this week from a progressive Democratic colleague and a coalition of metro-area African American faith leaders as voting began...

Bennet campaign finance case delayed again as Colorado Elections Division amends complaint

Updated 7 days ago

USPS proposes changes to mail-in ballots in states that don’t hand over voter rolls

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Primary ballots hit mailboxes in high-stakes election year in Colorado

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Bennet wants to be Colorado’s next governor | Cronin and Loevy

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A tale of two debates | Vince Bzdek

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With no 7-state deal, federal agency turns to 10-year Colorado River strategy

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Behind Lake Powell’s low water levels, a canyon is coming back to life

Updated 2 weeks ago

Trump says Iran agrees to ‘no nuclear,’ and other takeaways from new interview

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado Democrats slam Tina Peters’ release, while Republicans cheer

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Gov. Polis signs law allowing ‘conversion therapy’ recipients to sue providers

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Founding documents reconnect us to our shared American roots – and rebelliousness | Vince Bzdek

Updated 3 weeks ago

When you first lay eyes on the actual founding documents of our country that, for the first time in history, have traveled together from their...

Democrat Evan Munsing suspends campaign in primary to challenge Gabe Evans in Colorado’s 8th CD

Updated 3 weeks ago

Democratic congressional candidate Evan Munsing announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in Colorado’s most competitive U.S....

Tina Peters thanks Polis for shortening her sentence, calls Colorado Democrats’ censure a ‘travesty’

Updated 4 weeks ago

Two days after the Colorado Democratic Party formally condemned Gov. Jared Polis over his decision last week to shorten Tina Peters’ prison sentence for tampering...

Trump administration releases $40 million for Colorado water project

Updated 4 weeks ago

The Trump administration on Friday released $40 million, clearing the way for a water district and its partners to finish funding the purchase of some...

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband’s health

Updated 4 weeks ago

Denver, Boulder prosecutors call congressional immigration probe ‘political theater’

Updated 4 weeks ago

‘More free time’: Gov. Polis turns Colorado Democratic Party censure into scheduling perk

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Colorado Democrats formally rebuke Gov. Jared Polis for shortening Tina Peters’ prison sentence

Updated 4 weeks ago

Congressional panel probes Denver, Boulder over ICE cooperation limits

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Democrat John Hickenlooper launches 1st ad in Colorado’s US Senate primary

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Trump threatens to withdraw support for Lauren Boebert over Thomas Massie dispute

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis grants clemency to Tina Peters, makes her eligible for release from prison

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Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper lands support from trio of local labor unions

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Colorado Democrat Jason Crow calls on House leadership to ban trading on prediction markets

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Colorado Politics’ 8th CD primary debate canceled after Democrat Shannon Bird withdraws

Updated 1 month ago

Organizers on Tuesday canceled next week’s Democratic primary debate in Colorado’s toss-up 8th Congressional District after former state Rep. Shannon Bird withdrew, leaving just one...

Democrats ask the Supreme Court to halt a Virginia ruling blocking new congressional districts

Updated 1 month ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on Monday filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt a Virginia ruling invalidating a ballot measure...

Crank challenger Jessica Killin named to House Democrats’ ‘Red to Blue’ program in Colorado’s 5th CD

Updated 1 month ago

The House Democrats’ campaign arm on Monday added Jessica Killin to its nationwide “Red to Blue” program in Colorado’s Republican-leaning 5th Congressional District, calling the...

European leaders see Trump’s troop drawdown from Germany as new proof they must go it alone

Updated 1 month ago

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — European leaders on Monday said that President Donald Trump’s snap decision to pull thousands of U.S. troops out of Germany came...