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Crow ousts Coffman in battleground congressional district The Democratic attorney and...

Democrat Jason Crow has won Colorado's 6th Congressional District, beating long-time Republican Rep. Mike Coffman in a high-stakes, high-dollar battleground race. Nationally, the victory...

State House leadership calls for end to Medicaid mandates

House Republican leadership has sent a letter to the Colorado Congressional delegation that calls for an end to federal Medicaid mandates. The letter from Speaker of the House Frank McNulty and Majority Leader Amy Stephens, R- Monument, calls on the delegation to work with the state to find a Colorado solution.

If Health Insurance Veto Stands, Supporters Could Fall

The number of votes still needed to override the president's veto of expanded kids' health insurance  keeps changing. But 48 hours from a House...

Lamborn Losing Grip on Congressional Seat

Consequences. Rookie Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn talked about consequences in a phone message he left for a pair of GOP constituents. The pair...

Three No’s From Colorado on Clean Drinking Water

Let's visit Washington D.C. where our Colorado Republican Congressional delegation of Marilyn Musgrave, Tom Tancredo and Doug Lamborn make the weighty decisions for the...

The Nays Go Nowhere

The three Republican Congressional comrades from Colorado, Marilyn Musgrave, Doug Lamborn and Tom Tancredo have taken Nancy Reagan's advice to "Just Say No" to...

Colorado’s “Just Say No” Congressional Delegation

Now that the Colorado Republican Congressional delegation is a minority, it seems that Doug Lamborn, Marilyn Musgrave and Tom Tancredo will be using their...

Fawcett Receives Death Threat, Office Vandalized

UPDATED 1:27 PM MST: Jay Fawcett said that the death threat was very direct and was immediately turned over to the Colorado Springs police...

Joel Hefley Steals the Show

For as long a anyone can remember, Colorado Springs has been a town of hardcore Republicans ... God and country folks ... More likely...

Lamborn Stays the Course as Quakes Rock CD5

The following items are just a few of the latest tidbits rock-and-rolling around what CNN termed a "political earthquake" occurring in Colorado's Congressional District...