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2018 General Election

I.O.U. from the government

Guest Post: Amendment 74 – A Pandora’s box of property rights 'The only people...

Colorado voters this fall will consider Colorado constitutional Amendment 74 , which suggests that property owners will receive just compensation when government reduces the...

‘We need the funding, and so do our kids.’ Colorado teachers take to the...

Waving “Yes on Amendment 73” signs, Denver teachers formed red-shirted clusters along Colfax Avenue Friday afternoon. “We’re just trying to get people to support teachers,”...

Moonlighting criticism in Colorado secretary of state race raises new questions about an old...

Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams’s recent acknowledgement that he spends up to 15 hours a week moonlighting as a private attorney has come...

Six takeaways from the first Walker Stapleton and Jared Polis debate Colorado's candidates for...

In Colorado’s first televised gubernatorial debate of the 2018 general election, Democrat Jared Polis and Republican Walker Stapleton did what voters have come to...
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The Indycator – Walker Stapleton

Welcome back to our new series, The Indycator, a once-a-week conversation between The Indy’s crack political reporters and Maeve Conran, KGNU independent community radio’s director...
Polis Wins

Jared Polis cut in line to run for governor. Now he’s playing it safe....

This is the fourth and final part in a series about Colorado’s Democratic nominee for governor. Part 1 examined Jared Polis's early years. Part...

Listen to the Colorado Independent’s election podcast, The Indycator

Episode 2 of our election podcast, The Indycator, is available now for download or by clicking here. In this episode, we examine the life...

In Congress, so-called ‘Boulder liberal’ Jared Polis hasn’t always acted like one How Jared...

This is part of The Colorado Independent's four-part series on Jared Polis, Colorado’s Democratic nominee for governor. You can click directly to Part 1...
Jared Polis addresses a Boulder crowd in 2018. (Photo by Phil Cherner)

A bus and a bucket of cash: No one in Colorado politics saw Jared...

This is part of The Colorado Independent's four-part series on Jared Polis, Colorado’s Democratic nominee for governor. You can click directly to Part 1...

Colorado Democrats doubled Republicans in party registration last month

Four years ago the roles were reversed. Now Democrats have a party registration advantage in Colorado in the lead-up to the midterm elections