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‘Obamacare’ not the cause of Colorado rate hikes

In the wake of the contentious health care reform legislative battle waged in the media and on the political stump most of last year and this year, health insurance premiums are rising in Colorado. State Insurance Commissioner Marcy Morrison has been fielding phone calls from angry consumers and wants to be clear: Insurance companies are hiking rates just as they have been doing consistently for years and not because of "Obamacare."

Waak says Salazar still in play in CD3 as vote counting...

Colorado Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak says the 3rd Congressional District race between Republican Scott Tipton and incumbent Democrat John Salazar is still in...

Hickenlooper takes governor’s office; Perlmutter claims CD7

9News tonight is calling the governor's race for Democrat John Hickenlooper by a 53 to 36 percent margin over American Constitution Party candidate Tom...

Obama on Daily Show praises Markey for taking ‘tough votes’

President Barack Obama Wednesday told the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart that he hopes Democrats who took the tough votes on health care reform, reshaping...

Northern Colorado voters unhappy with choices, NYT says

Have you noticed a lack of excitement in this year's races? Oh sure, you've got Tom Tancredo calling out John Hickenlooper on immigration. You've...

Gardner fixes ad–takes out reference to vote Markey never cast

You can see how it might happen innocently enough. Republican challenger Cory Gardner tells his ad agency or his opposition research team, "Find something...

High-profile Gardner campaign blunder latest in long line of mistakes

In his campaign to unseat Fourth District Democratic Congresswoman Betsy Markey, Republican Cory Gardner has unleashed all the rhetoric of the Tea Party right,...

Older voters may hold the key in 4th CD, says New...

In politics, it is not so much how you play the game, it is whether you win or lose. The New York Times today says...

Gardner wrong when he says Markey only one talking about social...

“Right now the only person talking about social issues in this campaign is Betsy Markey.” That’s what Cory Gardner told Al Malmbert Oct. 5...

Tea Party support strong in 4th CD

Following up on polls released Wednesday, polling company Penn Schoen Berland and The Hill newspaper released more data today relating to Colorado’s Fourth...