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Littwin: Hick’s DSCC endorsement is a big break — for everyone...

It’s John Hickenlooper’s move. I don’t know if he plays chess or not, but the three-dimensional chess move to make here is to tell...

Littwin: RNC Day Three – How Ted Cruz became the most...

On the third night of the Republican convention, Ted Cruz did the impossible. He replaced Hillary Clinton as the most reviled person in the...

Why Colorado’s largest labor group won’t endorse Michael Bennet

The state’s largest labor union, the Colorado AFL-CIO, is not endorsing incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet for re-election, showing just how much the...

Gardner gives Rubio first endorsement from U.S. senator

White House hopeful Marco Rubio of Florida snagged an endorsement from his colleague Cory Gardner of Colorado today— the candidate's first from a sitting...

Hickenlooper offers full-throated support for Hillary Clinton

In a leafy neighborhood on the outskirts of Denver last night, supporters for Hillary Clinton crowded the living room of former U.S. Sen. Ken...

Flashback: The endorsement that launched Hickenlooper’s political career

Around midnight on April 2, 2003, five weeks before John Hickenlooper won the first election of his political career, Hick campaign manager Paul Lhevine and other campaign staffers arrived at the Rocky Mountain News printing plant.

Obama, likely reacting to polling, endorses Bennet on teleconference

On a town-hall style press conference call Tuesday night, President Barack Obama joined Sen. Michael Bennet to present his reasons Democratic voters should choose the incumbent Democratic senator as their candidate over former state Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff in Tuesday's primary election.

Anti-birther Buck beleaguered as Norton picks up Brewer nod

As GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck continues to step in it with comments about primary opponent Jane Norton wearing high heels and “dumbass” Tea...

American Independent reports Buck garners Armey endorsement

The Colorado Independent’s sister site, The American Independent, reported Tuesday that Dick Armey and his FreedomWorks PAC are throwing their weight behind Weld County...

DeMint on Buck endorsement: ‘We’ve got to have an earthquake election’

South Carolina U.S. Senator and national conservative-movement lawmaker leader Jim DeMint officially announced he was endorsing Weld County DA Ken Buck in the Colorado Republican primary contest aimed at taking Sen. Michael Bennet's seat this November. DeMint said he had been watching the race closely for months but that he had waited to see how "Coloradans would speak."