2018 election
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Blame bad strategy, not blue wave, for Republican failure on Election Day
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Last Tuesday’s election catastrophe in Colorado should not have been a surprise to anyone paying attention, nor should we be surprised that Republicans nationally performed better than expected. However, both should serve as an indictment of the Colorado Republican Party and a wake-up call for grassroots activists across our state. What happened on Tuesday was…
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SLOAN | Colorado voters embraced GOP’s ideas; its candidates, not so much
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Election night has come and gone with the usual mix of elation or misery, allocated on the basis of whose ox has just been gored. Now come the seemingly inexhaustible homiletic exercises in post-mortem analysis. In that spirit, a few thoughts: The risk of course is that they will have to own the results of…
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NOONAN | Tuesday’s ‘blue wave’ underscored by some stunning numbers
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This election delivered some astounding voter turnout numbers and left issues dogging the state for years unresolved. Tied for the most astonishing number of the night: 761,124, the turnout of unaffiliated voters in the election. UAFs took the lead in registrations a couple of years ago, and recent figures show them at 39 percent of…
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2.2 million Coloradans have already voted; Dems hold onto lead in returned ballots
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Returned ballots from Colorado voters topped 2 million at mid-afternoon Tuesday and reached 2,217,895 by 6 p.m. MT, with Colorado Democrats maintaining their ballot lead over Republicans, the Secretary of State’s office announced. As of two hours before the polls closed, a total of 2,217,895 ballots had been received and validated by election officials, out…
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Republicans take slim lead as turnout surges in early voting in Colorado
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Republicans in Colorado on Monday pulled slightly ahead of Democrats, as ballot returns climbed a week into early voting, according to data compiled by the political scientist who runs the United States Elections Project. With just over two weeks until ballots are due on Nov. 6, nearly 115,000 have been received and processed by Colorado…
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SPONSORED: Common Sense Policy Roundtable releases ballot guide
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CSPR examines the economic and fiscal impacts of ballot questions The Common Sense Policy Roundtable (CSPR) released a ballot guide this week to assist voters with some of the most critical issues on the November ballot. “We believe the more informed policymakers and voters are, the better decisions will be made for the benefit of…
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Wayne Williams wins endorsements from Democratic clerks, other officials
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Five Democratic clerk and recorders are crossing the aisle to endorse Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams, who is running for re-election against Democratic challenger Jena Griswold. In addition, several current and former elected officials and a prominent election activist are part of a coalition of Democratic supporters unveiled by the Republican’s campaign. “I am…
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Griswold up with 1st TV spot in Colorado’s secretary of state race
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Colorado secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold depicts her climb from humble beginnings in a TV ad the Democrat’s campaign released Tuesday. Backed by a $550,000 ad reservation, the 30-second spot is set to start airing on broadcast and cable stations statewide on Oct. 15 – the day clerks start sending ballots to Colorado voters…
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New Weiser ad in Colo. AG’s race from creator of Hick’s shower spot
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Attorney general candidate Phil Weiser totes a whiteboard around the state asking Coloradans what rights they want him to protect in a television ad the Democrat released Friday. Dubbed “Whiteboard,” the 30-second ad begins with Weiser wheeling the contraption through the streets of downtown Denver and finishes on the shores of a lake with family…
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Republican AGs spending big on TV ad attacking ‘professor’ Phil Weiser
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The Republican Attorneys General Association is asking Colorado voters if they want to elect a professor or a prosecutor as their next attorney general in the group’s second television ad, which began airing across the state Wednesday. The ad contrasts Democratic nominee Phil Weiser, a former official in the Obama administration’s Justice Department and dean…
