2018 colorado governor election
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Tancredo calls liberalism a mental disorder on Twitter
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Tom Tancredo, Republican candidate for governor, is known for being forthright. Just last week, he took on political correctness in a Facebook Christmas video, saying the days of playing “cowboys and Indians” in his childhood seem “as distant as the Ward’s catalog.” On Wednesday he called out Newsweek for an article headlined “How Trump and…
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Insights: Cynthia Coffman’s running a curious race for governor
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We waited for months to see if Cynthia Coffman, Colorado’s attorney general, would run for governor. She broke the news at an inopportune time: the morning after Election Day, when the core of the political press and politically engaged voters were still trying to figure out the previous night’s significance. Questions about her candidacy then…
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Brauchler sounds a (whole) lot like Stapleton in his opposition to Polis
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Great minds think alike, and so do George Brauchler and Walker Stapleton. A careful reader pointed out to Colorado Politics on Friday that comments made by Brauchler, a Republican candidate for governor, sounded almost identical to those made by Stapleton about Jared Polis. Polis is a congressman and Democratic candidate for governor who has spent…
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U.S. Rep. Ken Buck clears up the political picture in two races
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U.S. Rep. Ken Buck gave his most definitive answer to date on whether he will run for re-election in Eastern Colorado’s 4th Congressional or seek to become the state’s top prosecutor. Buck and state Rep. Cole Wist of Centennial have been the favorites to jump in the GOP primary for attorney general, but only if…
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Doug Robinson releases pro-(school) choice plan in GOP bid for governor
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Doug Robinson’s education plan as governor is straightforward: school choice and specifically more charter schools in Colorado. Charter Schools are affiliated with local elected school boards but have more local autonomy over curriculum and religion, and their teachers are usually non-unionized, a feature conservatives tend to really like. Robinson’s plan levels a shot across the…
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Sloan: Has Colorado found its Jeremy Corbyn?
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Britons dodged a bullet last week, only inasmuch as they managed to merely shoot themselves in the foot rather than in the heart. Prime Minister Theresa May’s failed gamble to expand her Conservative Party’s parliamentary majority – resulting instead in the Tories being reduced to relying on the tender mercies of a handful of Democratic…
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Johnston campaign makes first hire
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The Mike Johnston for Colorado campaign has made its first hire, Gabe Uy as organizing director. Responsible for all online as well as community organizing, Uy served most recently as deputy organizing director for Hillary for Colorado and the Colorado Democratic Party, and previously served as deputy field director for the Nevada State Democratic Party. Johnston, a…
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The Hot Sheet – Hillary or JAIL, trading for ‘Trump-icaide,’ Colorado hits the numbers, AGs take Obama to court (sort of) and … MORE!
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VOL. 01 NO. 205 | DECEMBER 14, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – Somewhere in between the holiday parties and shopping, we hope you’re able to squeeze in a little bit more political speculation, because … ’tis the season. It appears (at least to us) that no political savvy gathering is complete without discussing…
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The Hot Sheet – Judge calls it a ‘political stunt,’ Gov. Elway, education or advocating, CO lawyers unite against Trump, elections ain’t funny & MORE!
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VOL. 01 NO. 204 | DECEMBER 13, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – Good Tuesday to you … And for those keeping tabs: 11 days until Christmas, 18 days until New Years and 37 days until the inauguration of Donald Trump. Or as detractors call it, the end of civilization as we know it.…
