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Why a dozen Colorado newspapers ran publicity content about the people...

Following a chaotic election meltdown by a state Democratic Party that left The Associated Press unable to declare a winner of the Iowa caucuses, reporting turned to how...

With 619,000 votes cast, Republicans keep a slight lead in Colorado...

Eight days before Election Day, Colorado Republicans have returned 4,411 more early ballots than Democrats, holding a nearly unbroken, if slight, lead in turnout...

Your last-minute guide to today’s primary elections in Colorado

As of this Election Day morning, 833,638 Coloradans had already cast ballots for today's primary election. That’s about 22 percent of the state’s total...

In Colorado’s primary elections, some TV ad money is disclosed and...

Let’s talk about money. Specifically, let’s talk about candidate money, super PAC money and “dark” money. If your TV has been on in recent days and...

Trail Marker: Ballots are out for Colorado’s June 26 primary. Nearly...

As of Monday, June 11, 15,982 Republicans, 14,737 Democrats and 6,942 unaffiliated voters have turned in their ballots for the primary elections that end June...

Big, big money is at play in Colorado’s elections. And it’s...

Two things stand out in recent money-in-politics filings, which campaigns were required to report this week. First: Sure, big money is being spent by Democratic...

In Colorado, attack ads hit your mailbox the same week as...

With ballots hitting mailboxes this week across Colorado three weeks until the June 26 primary elections, outside groups are targeting voters with advertisements in...

How many unaffiliated voters might vote in Colorado’s 2018 party primaries?

As if the 2018 race for Colorado governor wasn’t already a fascinating affair given the number of candidates running, a new twist this year...

In Colorado, lawmakers clash over a dark money loophole

During Colorado’s November legislative elections, mysterious fliers fluttered around the districts in some of the state’s most hotly contested races. The anonymous glossy fliers lacked...

Mysterious dark-money fliers target highly contested Colorado House and Senate races

Anonymous fliers are targeting candidates in the suburban battlegrounds of hotly contested Colorado House and Senate races — a tactic political observers say is...