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Prospective voter to canvasser: “Are you illegal?”

Cesar Hernandez is 42. He has worked as a political organizer for most of his life. And never had he experienced anything like what...

Long lines for lunch-break student voters

Minutes after a Democratic GOTV rally on Denver's Auraria campus, a line of students wound through the halls of theĀ Tivoli student union buildingĀ leading to...

Jeffco library branch bustling with voters

The Standley Lake branch of the Jefferson County Public Library, near 84th and Kipling, has been busy all day, a volunteer said. The joint...

WATCH: Sen. Udall gives closing pitch at Auraria campus GOTV rally

  Colorado Democrats were out in force on campuses statewide today getting out the vote in the last hours of the election. Embattled incumbent Democrats...

Compare 2014 vote with 2010

If you like to spend your time doing a midafternoon deep dive into comparing the voting statistics as of 2 p.m. today with the...

Udall hits up colleges for last-minute votes

If all Colorado were a college campus -- instead of just a backdrop for every Colorado college campus -- Mark Udall would probably be...

Computer glitches and alleged Gessler grandstanding

The glitchiness of Colorado's vote-tracking system spurred 2nd District Congressman Jared Polis, a Democrat from Boulder, to call outgoing Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler to task.

Colorado: Look at all that election money!

If you have a strong stomach open up the Open Secrets guide from the Center for Responsive Politics and look at all the money -- so much money -- spent on the Udall-Gardner race.

Udall doing really old-school stumping to turn out votes

  Via Washington Post reporter Katie Zezima, who has apparently chased the campaign to Fort Collins this morning. It's one stop on a three-college-campus tour...

Just gimme some truth, or maybe not

  Politico Magazine asks one of the great existential questions of our times, or at least one of the great ones on an election day,...
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