Polis spent more than $12 million to win a second term as governor. The next biggest spender was Total Wine & More, which spent slightly less on a ballot measure.
Heidi Ganahl
Posted inOpinion Columns
Littwin: Now that the recount is over, look for Boebert to get back to her provocative roots
Lauren Boebert can’t be happy watching Ye, Musk and Greene grabbing all the headlines for their nonstop series of outrages
Posted inOpinion Columns
Nicolais: The Colorado Republican Party is dead
After losing every statewide race by eight points or more — and losing even more seats in the legislature — it is time to pronounce the Colorado GOP officially deceased
Posted inElection 2022
Colorado’s 2022 election, as told through photos
Candidates in tight races bite their nails, journalists dig into their third cup of coffee, and armchair politicos rabidly refresh Twitter as we all try to figure out the same thing: What exactly happened last night?
Posted inOpinion Columns
Littwin: How big did Democrats win in Colorado? Just ask Lauren Boebert.
Late in the night, Boebert’s race with Adam Frisch was too close to call in what was a Colorado Dem tsunami. Nationally, GOP is competitive, but a red wave never materialized.
Posted inElection 2022
Jared Polis easily beats Heidi Ganahl to secure second term as Colorado’s governor
The Democrat easily defeated his Republican challenger, University of Colorado Regent Heidi Ganahl
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: LGBTQ citizens are being told they don’t matter
Elected officials are sponsoring scores of bills that would restrict the lives of some of the most vulnerable, magnificent people.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Littwin: It’s a fool’s game to try to predict the midterms, except in formerly purple Colorado. The question is why.
Since the Trump era began, political predictions have become so much less reliable. The 2022 race for Senate control is just one more case in point.
Posted inPolitics and Government
Heidi Ganahl says Colorado’s inflation rate is 16% and the highest in the U.S. Both claims require many asterisks.
Ganahl cited a Republican-led analysis to reach that 16% figure. Bureau of Labor Statistics puts inflation at 7.7%. Here’s where the discrepancy comes from.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Carman: When Republicans talk about crime, the real message of bigotry comes through loud and clear
Woke, a term that for generations was associated with the struggle for civil rights, has been transformed into a profane epithet.