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Littwin: GOP needs another Gardner; Coffman wasn’t it

I'm not sure why Mike Coffman decided not to run against Michael Bennet for what looks like a vulnerable U.S. Senate seat, but I...

Newsmaker Q&A: Rep. Dan Thurlow, voting his conscience and taking the...

Freshman lawmaker Rep. Dan Thurlow, a Republican from Grand Junction, has been making a lot of headlines lately for voting with Democrats. He ran...

Public lands an old-timey conservative idea

  As the powers that be in Washington toy with the idea of relinquishing control of federal public lands to the states and private sector,...

GOP candidates taking notes on Gardner’s birth control gambit

  The GOP stance on women’s reproductive rights is thought to be a liability, as Democrats shore up the support of voters who would prefer...

The Grand (Young?) Party

In 2008, and then again in 2012, young people were instrumental in electing President Barack Obama. The millennial generation, according to polling, is more...

Wiretap: No legislative detour for local control of fracking

  Eli Stokols reports that John Hickenlooper will announce today that he has given up on his bid to call a special session of the...

Last cash dash reported by GOP primary candidates for governor

Republican candidates for governor of Colorado have yet to out-raise moderate Democratic incumbent John Hickenlooper, or differentiate themselves from each other with a fundraising mega-haul.

Pinball, chickens and father-daughter duets: inside three gubernatorial candidates’ cribs

The piece is light on politics and heavy on personality, though the two aren't so easily separated.

Kopp taps Vera Ortegon as lieutenant in bid for governor

"Most Latinos are really Republicans — we're a very religious people, we're pro-life, very conservative," Ortegon said.

On the digital stump: Scott Gessler

Honey Badger says he's in it to win it