Indeed, politics in our two-party system is rather binary. Republicans selected their ticket and made their case over four celebratory days in Milwaukee immediately following the near miss attempt on Donald Trump’s life the previous weekend.
The Democratic nominees in Colorado's two competitive congressional districts head into the fall campaign with enormous cash advantages over their Republican opponents.
This week in Milwaukee, Donald Trump will join a rare group of only four Americans who have received their party’s presidential nomination in three consecutive elections. The others were Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland and Franklin D. Roosevelt who, of course, set the record at four.
Vince Lombardi once described football as “a game of inches.” The same is true for a number of other sports.
It's a safe bet that presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be on Colorado's general election ballot this year, though it remains to be seen whether he'll be listed as an independent or as the Libertarian nominee.
July is here. The Independence Day holiday is already past. The election beckons in four months.
Independence Day, America’s 248th, will be upon us in a matter of days. Beyond the flags, fireworks and backyard barbecues, it could be a good opportunity for taking stock of the nation’s civic fitness.
As I write, this is the sandwich day between Tuesday’s Colorado primary election and Thursday’s presidential debate. Without further ado, let’s look both backward and ahead.
Over the last several decades, the West Coast has been America’s trendsetter.
In less than a week, Colorado voters will have spoken.
In Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico just elected its first female president. By doing so, our southern neighbor, known for its culture of machismo, among other features, joined with plenty other countries the world over in choosing a woman to hold the top executive office.
The $1 million Democrat Adam Frisch raised in contributions during the just-completed, roughly two-month pre-primary fundraising period didn't measure up to the towering totals the Colorado congressional candidate regularly posted last year, when he was running to unseat Republican Lauren Bo…
It’s been the better part of ten days since a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty on 34 out of 34 criminal counts.
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday signed a new law at the Red Rocks Amphitheater, saying it will help protect concertgoers and other entertainment enthusiasts from ticket scam sales.
Colorado’s primary is soon upon us.
The face behind the lens and the finger on the shutter of the camera that has captured some of the most memorable, even iconic photos of our time belong to a Colorado kid now fully grown up and established as one of America’s premier news photographers.
U.S. Reps. Joe Neguse and Yadira Caraveo, both Democrats, ranked as the most bipartisan members of Colorado's House delegation last year in an annual index released jointly by the nonpartisan Lugar Center and Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy.
Travel can be good for the soul. Time and distance away can also have a clarifying effect, painting issues and challenges in sharper relief.
Colorado Libertarians are spoiling for a fight with Republicans over right-leaning voters, but they'll step aside in the state's most competitive congressional district if Janak Joshi wins the GOP nomination there.
The lighter side of the Capitol, and oh boy, was it lighter this week!
Everything was on track for the Jefferson County Republicans' Lincoln Day Dinner — until its keynote speaker told the world about the time she shot and killed an uncontrollable 14-month-old dog.
The lighter side of the Capitol, usually.
Don't look now, but Colorado's Republican members of Congress could again help decide the fate of a troubled House speaker, just seven months after the last one lost his gavel.
Both have been on the Colorado political scene for many years. Both now serve as the elected leader of their major city. Both share a first name – Mike.
Voters in two of Colorado's eight congressional districts will be faced with historically long primary ballots in June, when half a dozen candidates in each primary will vie for the Republican nominations to replace Lauren Boebert and Ken Buck.
The lighter side of the Capitol, usually, and oh! What a week they've had!
Depending on the day (and the courtroom), the likelihood is either a tick over or under 50% that Donald Trump will win this coming election and return to the Oval Office next January.
Just over six weeks before primary ballots go in the mail to Colorado voters, the candidate rosters are nearly set — teeing up a half dozen congressional primaries spread across the state's three open, Republican-held seats and its lone toss-up district, where a Democrat is the incumbent.
The lighter side of the Capitol, usually.
It’s become an autonomic reflex. For any Republican to differ with Donald Trump — much less criticize him whether on policy or manner — is to be subject to the robotic retort that such questioner is a RINO, short for a Republican in Name Only.
The lighter side of the state Capitol, usually
April 7 is upon us. Subtract six months and we are back to the fateful, horrifying, game-changing day of October 7.
There is only so much political oxygen. Around here, attention is currently consumed by the final weeks of the legislative session, along with the perpetual oxygen-sucking machines that go by names like Trump, Boebert, and Williams.
The lighter side of the Capitol, usually.
It is called a Taylor Tomahawk Percussion Reflex Hammer. You know it as the tool your doctor uses to tap your knee, gently or not, to test your neuromuscular response.
This year's Republican primary ballot in Colorado's 4th Congressional District could be the longest of any congressional primary in state history.
What a difference a couple of decades can make.
Colorado is about to do something it's only done once before in its nearly 148-year history: hold a special election to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
So many topics; so little time.
The lighter side of the Capitol, usually...
One thing is clear: Congressman Ken Buck will depart office next January with a far different fan club, and for that matter a different set of naysayers, than when he showed up in Washington 10 years prior.
In the five decades since both major parties adopted the modern system of nominating candidates for president, Colorado has registered its preferences 13 times, holding four presidential primaries and using caucuses to gauge partisan support for White House hopefuls nine times.
Sometimes, the best-laid plans can be disrupted by the news of the day.
The lighter side of the Capitol, usually.
Until Republican Nikki Haley announced a campaign rally at an airport in Centennial a week before ballots are due, it had looked like Colorado might be flyover territory in the run-up to the Super Tuesday presidential primary.
Over recent days, the mailbox has contained two distressing envelopes.
The lighter side of the Capitol, except when it isn't.
Fresh from a trip to Ukraine as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation, U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, an Aurora Democrat, warned this week that the situation "couldn't be more dire," as the U.S. ally runs low on military hardware after nearly two years of fighting against Russian invaders.
Republicans in Colorado make it all too easy.
Colorado voters should start receiving their 2024 presidential primary ballots in the mail around Valentine's Day, though unlike missives bearing Cupid's tidings, there probably won't be much excitement accompanying the plebiscite.