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A Running Diary of the Gubernatorial Debate

I'm going to steal a page from ESPN sports columnist Bill Simmons and offer up my live blog of last night's gubernatorial debate on...

Ritter Picks Up Rocky Mountain News Endorsement

Democrat Bill Ritter picked up a key endorsement today when the Rocky Mountain News joined The Grand Junction Sentinel and Montrose Daily Press in...

Ritter Opens Up 17-Point Lead on Beauprez

A new Rocky Mountain News/CBS4 poll shows Democrat Bill Ritter with a ridiculous 17-point lead over Republican Bob Beauprez. Fifty percent of voters surveyed...

Editorial Pages Unkind to Beauprez

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez has been taking a beating in the press in the past several weeks, and much of it has been...

Governors Turning Blue Nationwide

The latest Wall St. Journal/Zogby polling on gubernatorial races around the country is out, and there's encouraging news for Democrats. There are 19 states facing...

GOP Still Talking About Beastiality

Notorious Republican State Representative Jim Welker of Loveland said at the end of March in 2005 that he feared for future legislation if the "Pandora's...

Political Gamesmanship in Governor’s Race

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez announced today that Mesa County Commissioner Janet Rowland will be his running mate and lieutenant governor nominee. Rowland was...

Ritter Pulling Away in New Poll

The newest poll on the Colorado governor's race is out Rasmussen Reports, and Democrat Bill Ritter is widing his lead over Republican Bob Beauprez....

Ritter Catching Beauprez in Fundraising

Republicans for major political office in Colorado traditionally raise more money than Democrats, in large part because traditional Republican supporters tend to be wealthier...