UPDATE: Following publication, Commissioner VanderWerf replied via email. His comments have been added.
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Pueblo Republican Who’s Recruiting Poll Watchers for Boebert Race Is an Election Denier
In a race that may determine control of the U.S. House of Representatives, election workers across Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District are still counting votes to determine if dark horse Democrat Adam Frisch will upset Congresswoman Lauren Boebert.
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Only Eight of 19 Republican Election Denier Candidates Lost Last Night
The blue water that engulfed Colorado last night washed away eight of the 19 election-denying Republicans who were on election ballots across the state.
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CO Springs Republican Who Said Mail Ballots ‘Create Real Risk for Fraud’ Votes Her Mail Ballot Every Year
Republican Rachel Stovall, who’s running for the state Legislature in El Paso County, answered a conservative Christian voter guide questionnaire by casting doubt on Colorado’s universal mail-in ballot system, saying, “It creates a real risk for fraud.”
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Conservative Economist: Coloradans Should Have To Pass a Test Before Voting on Tax Transparency Measure Prop GG
Among the many ballot measures Colorado voters are currently contemplating is Proposition GG, a tax transparency ballot measure that would require all future proposed tax changes to include a simple table showing the impact on voters’ personal finances. This would allow voters to see the difference that, say, a small cut to the income tax (like the one proposed this year by Proposition 121), would make to their bottom line, which could be only a few dollars for most people making five-figure incomes, whereas the richest Coloradans would receive tens of thousands more.
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Campaign Cash Snapshot: 98% of Oil & Gas Donations Went to GOP in 7 Key CO Senate Races
With a week until Election Day, the Colorado state Senate is looking like the Republican Party’s best chance to gain control of any part of Colorado government, as the Democratic Party is expected to retain the Governor’s office and keep its majority in the House of Representatives. Redistricting after the 2020 census benefitted Republicans in state Senate races, according to members of both parties.
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Kellner Took 2020 Campaign Cash From Election Conspiracist Joe Oltmann
On Oct. 10, 2020, two days after he organized a “Patriot Muster” of his group FEC United and its militia division, United American Defense Force, in Denver’s Civic Center Park that turned deadly when a security guard shot and killed an armed participant in self-defense, Joe Oltmann wrote a campaign check to John Kellner for the maximum amount permitted: $400.
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CO Senate Candidate Walsh Praised Trump in Private, Now Tells Voters He’s ‘Not a Fan’
A candidate who says one thing to one audience and the opposite to another is the most common political cliche. It’s rarer to catch one doing so in front of a reporter, but that’s what has happened to Tim Walsh, a Republican running for state senate in Jefferson County.
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O’Dea to Campaign with Chris Christie
Colorado U.S. Senate hopeful Joe O’Dea is holding a campaign event this Saturday in Denver with former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
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As Her Race Tightens in CO, Boebert Takes Friends & Family to Mar-A-Lago
With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, most candidates are furiously knocking doors, trying to turn out every last voter they can reach. Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who according to recent polls, has a dwindling lead in a race that wasn’t expected to be close, flew to Mar-A-Lago with her family and friends for a visit — presumably a fundraiser — with former President Donald Trump.