Election 2020
Election-denying Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters turns herself in to police
Latest arrest warrant issued this week after Tina Peters violated the terms of her release as she awaits trial for breaking into her county’s election system.
Judge quashes arrest warrant for indicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters after her prohibited travel to Nevada
Mesa County District Court Judge Matthew David Barrett ruled that Peters must inform the court and receive permission to travel out of state in the future
Meet the Colorado man whose identity was allegedly stolen by Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters
Gerald Wood is speaking publicly for the first time about his connection to Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and the criminal indictment brought against her
Colorado voters typically reject tax hikes. There’s an exception when it comes to funding parks and trails.
Open space advocates hope the recent support for protection of outdoor spaces is not a pandemic blip but a border-to-border commitment to conservation.
Trump allies converge on Denver as key defendant defies judge in Eric Coomer’s defamation lawsuit
Lawyers for Dominion Voting System’s Eric Coomer called Joe Oltmann’s claims that Coomer said he would rig the election “a calculated falsehood”
Here’s where a preliminary map places Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District
Nonpartisan staffers unveiled an early map proposal Wednesday to the Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission. It’s based on 2019 population data.
Denver-based Dominion Voting sues Fox News for $1.6B over 2020 election claims
Dominion said in the lawsuit that it tried repeatedly to set the record straight but was ignored by Fox News
Colorado’s senators vote to impeach Donald Trump, but the former president is still acquitted
John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet voted with 55 other senators to convict Trump
How Colorado’s congressional delegation helped their friends – and themselves – with leadership PACs in 2020
Cory Gardner and John Hickenlooper raised and spent the bulk of the millions
How Democratic control in Washington will influence Democratic control in Colorado — and vice versa
Democrats in the Colorado legislature have spent the past two years responding to President Donald Trump and congressional inaction. With their party in charge of Congress and the White House, it changes their priorities on the state level.
Colorado sending at least 200 National Guard troops to Washington for Joe Biden’s inauguration
Gov. Jared Polis said he is deploying the Colorado National Guard troops at the request of the Washington, D.C., National Guard
Colorado’s House delegation splits along party lines as Donald Trump is impeached for a second time
The four Democratic members of Colorado’s U.S. House delegation — Diana DeGette, Joe Neguse, Ed Perlmutter and Jason Crow — voted to impeach Trump
Colorado’s Joe Neguse, Diana DeGette named impeachment managers as House races to oust Donald Trump
Three Republican lawmakers, including third-ranking House GOP leader Liz Cheney of Wyoming, announced they would vote to impeach Trump on Wednesday
Incoming Colorado representative was one of more than a dozen state lawmakers in the U.S. Capitol riot crowd
Fremont County Republican Ron Hanks, who will be sworn in on Wednesday, said President Trump told supporters to "fight like hell" before they marched from the Ellipse to the U.S. Capitol.
“You literally just did history”: Colorado’s teacher of the year wants students to understand the power of bearing witness
Gerald Muñoz’s AP World History class doesn’t call for discussing coups until Unit 9. They skipped ahead after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday in an effort to stop the certification of the presidential election.
Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems sues Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for at least $1.3 billion
Powell has for weeks claimed without evidence that the Denver-based election technology vendor was part of a scheme to steal the election from President Donald Trump.
Sen. John Hickenlooper: “Trump and the thugs who attempted a violent coup can’t override the will of the people”
"We are the guardians of this fragile democracy and its endurance rests on our shoulders."
Joe Biden’s win confirmed after pro-Trump mob storms U.S. Capitol
President Trump, who had repeatedly refused to concede the election, said in a statement immediately after the vote that there will be a smooth transition of power on Inauguration Day.
“We were getting ready to make a stand”: Colorado congressmen recount harrowing moments as rioters approached
Four members of Colorado’s congressional delegation were barricaded in the U.S. House chambers during Wednesday’s deadly riot at the nation’s capital
Two wins in Georgia build on victory in Colorado and hand Democrats control of U.S. Senate
John Hickenlooper’s win against Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in November paved the way for Democrats to take chamber’s majority