Denver Republicans and conservative-leaning independents may be surprised to find canvassers knocking on their doors this week as the city’s mayoral race comes down to its final days. 

Despite telling a radio host that he used a “group chat” to direct his House Republican colleagues to walk out on the Legislature’s final day, state Rep. Matt Soper (R-Delta) now claims he has no record of that chat message. The same goes for all members of the House Republican leadership, who jointly responded to the Colorado Times Recorder’s open records request by saying they have “no responsive records.”

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) joined many of her Freedom Caucus colleagues in a full-blown “globalist” conspiracy press conference yesterday.

Colorado’s housing crisis may yet get some legislative relief. Just days ago, Gov. Jared Polis’ (D-CO) top legislative priority, a land use bill that would clear a regulatory path for more affordable housing by granting statewide permission for higher density housing near public transit and allow homeowners to build accessory dwelling units, seemed destined for a common fate of bold policy ideas: reduced to a study. The teeth of SB23-213, requiring the upzoning of residential neighborhoods statewide, had been pulled via Senate committee amendments by legislators facing the sound and fury of suburban city officials invoking the sanctity of “local control” as they insisted they must be allowed to limit the rights of property owners. 

When Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams hit the airwaves last month for his victory tour of right-wing talk radio, he insisted that he would unify the clearly divided Republican Party. He offered leadership roles to the other chair candidates he defeated, including Tina Peters and Erik Aadland.