chris holbert
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With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin
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The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
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The Last Stand may win a last-minute reprieve
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The law of unintended consequences got put through its paces Wednesday in the Colorado state Senate’s Business, Labor and Technology Committee. The committee gave its unanimous approval to a bill posed by Senate Minority Leader Chris Holbert of Parker that would help about 35 rural businesses that represent a “choice of one” — a business…
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President Garcia calls for unity, collaboration as Colorado state Senate opens
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Opening day in the Colorado state Senate began with lots of families and friends and the usual pomp and circumstance. Still, there were a few departures from the norm in Friday’s first day of the 2019 legislation session. Incoming Senate President Leroy Garcia of Pueblo made it an unofficial “Pueblo Day,” with a color guard…
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2019 CAPITOL PREVIEW | Power players to watch under the dome
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The first year of a governor’s term and a new House and Senate majority is full of anticipation: What does the new governor think about the issues that face the state? While Gov.-elect Jared Polis has well-known positions on health care, renewable energy, cannabis and climate change, what he thinks about dozens of issues that…
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2019 CAPITOL PREVIEW | Republicans: No gavel, but still a voice at the statehouse
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Their numbers will be diminished in the upcoming legislative session, but Colorado House and Senate Republican aren’t demoralized. Republicans in November lost the one-seat majority they’ve held in the Senate for the last two terms, while Democrats increased their House majority to a level not seen since the 1960s Facing minority status in both chambers…
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Colorado Senate Dems choose Garcia as president; House Dems tap Becker as speaker
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State legislators chose new leadership at the Capitol on Thursday, with the Colorado state Senate Democratic majority choosing Sen. Leroy Garcia of Pueblo as its next president, and the House Democratic caucus tapping Majority Leader KC Becker as the speaker-designee. In the Senate, it all came down to the votes of women. That Democratic caucus…
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Democrats call on GOP legislative leaders to take harassment training over jokes
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Colorado statehouse Democrats are demanding that two Republican leaders in Colorado’s House and Senate – House Minority Leader Patrick Neville and Senate Majority Leader Chris Holbert – undergo sexual harassment training. The request is in response to a Facebook post Neville, R-Franktown, on Saturday. The post refers to an article, written by the Christian news…
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TRAIL MIX: Independents flex their money muscles
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The organization that rolled into Colorado last year with the goal of electing some unaffiliated candidates to the legislature had some big news recently. Unite Colorado, the state-level arm of Unite America – perhaps better known by its old name, the Centrist Project – proudly announced that the five independent House and Senate candidates it’s…
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2018 Colo. legislature: Winners and losers from the session
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Winners House Assistant Majority Leader Alec Garnett of Denver and Assistant Minority Leader Cole Wist of Centennial: For the second year in a row, these two lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle took on some of the toughest issues in the session. This year, that included the year’s most controversial bill – the “red flag”…
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Independent slate of legislative candidates outraises Democrats, Republicans combined
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The unaffiliated candidates for Colorado’s legislature endorsed by Unite Colorado and running under the national organization’s banner collected more in campaign contributions than their Republican and Democratic opponents combined during the most recent fundraising period – in most cases by wide margins. Between Jan. 1 and May 2, the five independent House and Senate candidates…
