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2018 General Election

Debate highlights: Polis and Stapleton on Trump, Bernie, Jovan Melton and that ‘99 police...

Republican state Treasurer Walker Stapleton spent parts of Colorado’s second-to-last gubernatorial debate trying to turn a 1999 police incident involving his opponent, Democratic Congressman...

Where Colorado’s candidates for governor stand on some of the big ballot questions They...

This year, voters are being asked to weigh in on 13 big questions that would change state laws or the Constitution, from limiting fracking...

Polling shows Colorado Ds and Rs as divided as ever on Donald Trump

A new poll suggests that when it comes to public opinion of Donald Trump, there are two Colorados. Magellan Strategies, a right-leaning firm out of...

Outside group backing Democratic state Senate candidates spends millions week before ballots drop Democratic...

An outside group spent millions supporting Democratic candidates in battleground state Senate seats a week before ballots went out.  Coloradans for Fairness, an independent expenditure...

A lot of big questions are on your Colorado ballot. You may need 22...

Colorado is tied with Florida in offering up the most initiatives — 13  — on the November ballot. But unlike Florida, a voter in...

Suburban state Senate district north of Denver becomes #MeToo battleground The two women vying...

On Nov. 7, 2017, state Rep. Faith Winter made a phone call that would change not only her life, but also the course of...

His last two elections were GOP waves. This year Walker Stapleton could be wading...

This is the final installment of a four-part series about Colorado’s Republican nominee for governor. Read part one, part two and part three. Walker Stapleton is no happy...

Pedigree and political ambition launched Walker Stapleton into the treasurer’s office, but state pension...

Walke Stapleton, running for governor, departed from his Democratic predecessor as state treasurer

Walker Stapleton’s short and winding road from business to politics The privilege and promise...

Walker Stapleton's short and winding road from business to politics

The privilege and promise of Walker Stapleton An elite East Coast background, a powerful...

Walker Stapleton, the GOP nominee for Colorado governor, is a scion of two powerful political families who had early ambitious for public office