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Colorado’s unaffiliated vote is up for grabs in 2026 | Dick Wadhams
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Leaders of both parties often dismiss the stunning increase in “unaffiliated” voters as just a result of automatic registration when getting a driver license or some other government process. It must make them feel better about the plummeting number of registered Democrats and Republicans in the past 10 years. As of Dec. 1, 2025, there…
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Colorado’s unaffiliated voters lead in 300,000 ballots returned so far
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More than 271,000 Coloradans have returned their mail ballots for the November election so far, according to data released Wednesday from the Secretary of State’s Office. That total represents approximately 7% of just under 3,796,000 active registered voters in Colorado with two weeks to go until Election Day. Of those early voters, unaffiliated voters make…
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7 unaffiliated, third-party candidates succeed in getting on Colorado’s November ballot
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With the major political parties’ primaries now out of the way, unaffiliated and third-party candidates are hoping for their shot at elected offices through the petition process. That process so far has produced seven additional candidates for the November general election out of a total of 16 unaffiliated or third-party candidates who attempted to get…
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Republican ballot count noses ahead 5 days out from Colorado’s primary election
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With five days left to return ballots in Colorado’s primary election, state and county officials said more votes have been cast in the Republican primary than in the Democratic contest, though registered Republicans are still voting at a slower pace than their Democratic and unaffiliated counterparts. Through 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, county clerks had logged in 525,807…
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BEST OF COPO 2018 | Colorado’s dark horses: What makes non-major-party candidates run?
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Colorado Politics is taking a look back at some of our most significant and compelling stories of 2018. This story originally was published Nov. 5, just before the general election. For some minor-party and unaffiliated candidates, running for office is a labor of love. Others run to advance their party’s name recognition to the point…
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COVER STORY | Colorado’s dark horses: What makes non-major-party candidates run?
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For some minor-party and unaffiliated candidates, running for office is a labor of love. Others run to advance their party’s name recognition to the point where their candidates will someday be viable. But don’t suggest to any of them that a vote for a candidate who doesn’t have a “D” or “R” by their name…
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COVER STORY | What we learned about the ‘U’ Factor
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Colorado’s unaffiliated voters participated for the first time in last month’s primary election at higher rates than nearly anyone had anticipated. The backers of the ballot measure that established the state’s semi-open primary are declaring the results a success, while strategists say the record-setting vote totals point to a highly engaged electorate heading into the…
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PRIMARY 2018: 833,638 Coloradans voted before election day
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Before “election day” dawned Tuesday, 833,638 Coloradans had already voted. And for the first time in a Colorado primary election, that total included a sizable number of unaffiliated voters. In his last report on returned ballots before votes are counted after the polls close tonight, Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams – the overseer of…
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Former Colorado Senate President Pro Tem Ellen Roberts leaves GOP
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One of Colorado’s most prominent Republican women has left the Republican Party. Former Senate President Pro Tem Ellen Roberts of Durango recently decided to drop her membership in the Republican Party and become unaffiliated. But she’s adamant that her decision should not be taken as a statement on the way moderates are treated in the…
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Primary election measures signed by Hickenlooper
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Proposition 107, a measure calling for presidential primary elections to be held every four years, and Proposition 108, a measure allowing unaffiliated voter participation in primary elections, on Tuesday, Dec. 27. Proposition 107 was approved by 64 percent of state voters in the Nov. 8 general election. The measure allows unaffiliated…
