If control of the House of Representatives flips to the Republicans this fall, economist Jim Doti thinks he found the place driving the political change: the gas pump.
Chapman’s veteran economic forecaster was trying see what historic economic, demographic or voting patterns factors might provide numerical hints for November’s midterm elections where control of the House is at stake.
WASHINGTON — More evidence is emerging in the House’s Jan. 6 investigation that lends support to recent testimony that President Donald Trump wanted to join an angry mob that marched to the Capitol where they rioted, a committee member said Sunday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Several Colorado cities are suing the state over a new law that would keep them from collecting sales and use tax on building materials for public schools.
HB22-1024 passed the legislature this year with bipartisan support in both chambers.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Colorado’s most expensive and bitterly contested statehouse primary race has also turned out to be its closest.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareClaims from an anonymous source — working to oust U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert — that they were threatened at a Glenwood Springs health spa were unfounded, police say.
That source, who previously told The Denver Post they fear retaliation from Boebert and her supporters, has been working with American Muckrakers, a political action committee trying to unseat the far-right Republican congresswoman.
Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer, a state senator and long-time Weld County fixture, beat out three opponents in the GOP primary field Tuesday evening and will go on to face Democratic state Rep.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Colorado’s state legislature looks awfully blue at the moment, with Democrats in control of 61 of 100 seats, plus the governor’s office. That could all change come November, as a Republican wave year threatens to flip the state Senate, where Democrats today have a 5-seat advantage, and narrow the state House, where Democrats today have a 17-seat advantage. There could be up to about 20 different competitive races for statehouse seats this year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDenver residents accustomed to trash trucks coming to empty their black bins of refuse every week without ever having to see a bill for that service may want to revisit their budgets.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dolores County Sheriff Don Wilson never expected to use Colorado’s red flag law when it was passed in 2019. He thought the law made it too easy to take a person’s guns away.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Imagine if Coloradans suffering from anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder had a legal way to treat their ailments with psychedelic mushrooms. Advocates say it’s not that far out.
Residents could be voting in November to legalize psilocybin and psilocin, the psychoactive compounds in magic mushrooms, for use in therapeutic settings after advocates said they’ve collected enough signatures to qualify the question for the ballot.
Standing on Aurora asphalt Tuesday, surrounded by fellow Democrats to officially mark a party office opening and unofficially kick off the start of the general election, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet levied a warning.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
WASHINGTON — About half of Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, a new poll shows.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe Monday after the Colorado GOP’s state assembly in April, state Sen. Jim Smallwood wasn’t panicking. Sure, the event amounted to a celebration of election denial, but these gatherings attract die-hards who don’t represent the broader electorate, Smallwood said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareColorado’s high-profile conservative U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert maintained her hold among Western Slope Republicans and fended off a challenge within her party from state Sen. Don Coram, unofficial results show.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Colorado businessman Joe O’Dea defeated state Rep. Ron Hanks on Tuesday to win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. He will face Democrat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in November.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy NICOLE WINFIELD
ROME (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, witnesses said, despite her position in support of abortion rights.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Polling places across the state are now open for the final day of voting in Colorado’s 2022 primary election.
As of 11:45 a.m., 871,674 ballots had been cast in Colorado, according to the secretary of state’s office.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
One of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s most prominent brands is in peril.
The Western Slope congresswoman’s gun-themed restaurant, Shooters Bar and Grill, in Rifle, may have to close now that the businessmen who own the building decided not to renew its lease.
Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion, Colorado’s Western Slope Rep. Lauren Boebert said churches should direct the government, not the other way around.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
WASHINGTON — Last Fourth of July, President Joe Biden gathered hundreds of people outside the White House for an event that would have been unthinkable for many Americans the previous year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
All right, Aurora residents, we’ve got quite the scoop for you: The city issued its first ice cream truck license in 65 years on Friday afternoon, just in time for the holiday weekend.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.
The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice, and she took the place of the justice she once worked for.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Coloradans voted in primary races for governor, attorney general, congressional districts and more on Tuesday, June 28, 2022.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareHeidi Ganahl will be the Colorado GOP’s nominee to face incumbent Democratic Gov. Jared Polis in November, following an easy election win Tuesday.
The Associated Press called Ganahl’s victory over Greg Lopez less than an hour after polls closed in Colorado.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn has fended off challengers from his right to win the GOP nomination for his seat.
The Associated Press called the race for Lamborn, who is seeking his ninth term in Congress, just before 8 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
All eight of Colorado’s congressional districts had primary elections Tuesday, though several were uncontested on either side of the partisan divide. The most compelling races were in the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 8th districts.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Election results will be reported by Colorado’s Secretary of State starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. This results page will be updated throughout the night.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA rally that organizers said was meant to provide people with a place to support, grieve and even rage together after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe vs.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
WASHINGTON — The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate.
It was the Senate Republican partnership with President Donald Trump to confirm conservative judges, and transform the federal judiciary, that paved the way for the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling to overturn the constitutional right to abortion.