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2018 General Election

Littwin: Trump may not have come to Colorado, but he’s everywhere, he’s everywhere

I don’t think it has escaped anyone’s notice that Donald Trump chose not to campaign in Colorado during this election season. Mike Pence came...

Republicans take afternoon early-vote lead on the eve of Election Day in Colorado after...

This post has been updated since new numbers came in on the afternoon of Nov. 5, 2018 UPDATE: Colorado Republicans overtook Democrats by about 1,300 votes...

Guest Post: Amendment 74 ― Deceptive, dangerous and anti-democratic

Proposition 112 has powerful fossil-fuel interests running scared. To protect their profits, they’re willing to destroy the ability of Colorado state and local governments...

Ask The Indy: Why is marijuana money not enough to fix our schools and...

Among readers' most-asked questions on the eve of Tuesday's election — besides what the party affiliation is of judges on the ballot — is...

New groups are joining the fight over ballot measures days before the election Issue...

Outside groups hoping to sway your vote on key ballot questions are on track to break spending records this year. Issue committees – which...

Guest Post: Make no room for hatred in politics 'This is not a time...

One great truth is that there is no room for hatred in politics, or anywhere else in civilized society. Anger, which has been aptly...

Trump support could be strong in this rural Colorado district — a good sign...

If Tuesday’s midterm is a referendum on President Trump, as The New Yorker and other publications have argued, Colorado Congressman Scott Tipton may have...

Two transportation measures are on Colorado’s ballot. Here’s how one could pay for rural...

Earlier this week, on a day threatening rain, a Denver police cruiser with its lights flashing drove slowly down Peoria Street in Montbello escorting...
Candidate Forum at Temple Emanual Tuesday Oct. 16, 2018.

Candidates, donors and outside groups have dropped more than $60 million on Colorado’s key...

Colorado's four major statewide races — governor, attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer — attracted more than $60 million in spending this election,...
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