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Are Colorado’s Republican US Senate candidates too much alike?

DENVER — Eager to understand what sets candidates apart in the crowded field of GOP contenders vying to unseat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet this...

Primary season is upon us. Here’s how you participate in Colorado.

  Today, voters across snowy Iowa will gather in neighborhood caucus meetings to help pick the nation's next president. Then, onward to New Hampshire, where flinty Granite...

Keefe: Pick your poison — Trump or Cruz?

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Mike Littwin and James Viser live blog the GOP debate

Mike Littwin 9:37: Who won this debate? Trump had, I think, his best debate. He's not a good debater but he's very good, for good and...

Mitch McConnell may have bad news for Tim Neville Senate run

  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky just sent a big “NO!” to far-right candidates vying for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate next...

Littwin: On why Republicans might settle for unlikable Ted Cruz

  My favorite moment of GOP Debate Night V -- and I know it doesn't reflect very well on me -- came when Ted Cruz...

Bipartisan voters ousted conservative school board majorities

One of the differences in Tuesday night’s election for school boards across the state: voter turnout. It wasn’t significantly higher than in 2013, when...

Colorado GOP heavyweights cheer on candidates, slam media

The highlight of Wednesday night’s debate for Republican presidential candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina? The finish, she told the audience, somewhat tongue-in-cheek. But...

The World Series and mid-term exam anxieties trumped GOP debate in...

The No Name Bar only has one TV, and the Republican debate wasn’t on it. Debate fever, it seems, didn’t extend much beyond the campus...

How a gay hipster became a right-wing smearmeister

“Flat-out deranged.” That’s how The Denver Post’s editorial board described 26-year-old libertarian politico Jonathan Lockwood’s comments last month about Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet’s vote...