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The momentum behind Colorado’s blue wave: Democratic women and independent voters...

The Big Takeaway from last night’s election is clear: The election of Jared Polis to the governorship, Jason Crow to Congress, Democrats to all...

The privilege and promise of Walker Stapleton: A Portrait in Four...

The life and times of Walker Stapleton, Colorado's 2018 Republican nominee for governor

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

6 takeaways from Colorado’s post-election voter data

More than 1.1 million voters cast ballots in Colorado’s midterm election Tuesday night, or roughly 35 percent of the state’s active voting population. For...

Trail Marker: Today is Election Day. Here’s where the candidates for...

As of Election Day, June 26, roughly 833,600 voters have already cast ballots. "Of that total, 324,206 ballots were cast by Democrats, 311,329 by Republicans and...

Final air drop of TV ad spending, including the Colorado governor’s...

When Colorado’s heated primary season goes cold tomorrow, political TV ads will fade from our screens, too— at least for a while. That should come...

JARED POLIS | Boulder congressman has big plans and big money...

Jared Polis wants you to know he doesn’t answer to anyone but the people of Colorado. No “special interests” or corporations. No big individual...

MIKE JOHNSTON | A charismatic campaigner trying to build bridges in...

In a wide-open Democratic primary for governor, it might be surprising that Colorado’s teachers unions oppose the only educator in the race. That’s Mike...

DOUG ROBINSON | In the shadow of a front-runner, a tall...

“Hey, hi, Doug Robinson calling. Hope you are well. Listen, just touching base with you— you've probably seen some of the news over the...

Wait, what? Did Libertarian Gary Johnson keep Colorado blue?

  On Election Day, Colorado was one of the few blue spots on the electoral map after Donald Trump routed Hillary Clinton in a historic...