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The election was marked by lack of enthusiasm and disengagement by the vast majority of Colorado environmental activists. If Democrats want to turn Colorado blue again, they’ll have to turn it greener, too.
Conservative groups funded by the oil billionaire Koch brothers dumped millions of dollars this year into electing Republicans to Congress, and now they are looking to take advantage of coming Republican control on Capitol Hill.
Why did Republicans win so handily in the midterms? Lots of reasons, including this one: You can't run away from an unpopular president in your own party.
Government watchdogs who have been alarmed by national security overreach lost a champion on Capitol Hill this week when U.S. Senator Mark Udall failed in his bid for re-election, but they see a silver lining in his defeat.
Udall was probably the closest thing we had in Congress to a champion for the mountains, so there was a real sense of sadness in the wake of his loss to Cory Gardner.
In a night of many Republican victories, none was sweeter for those at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center Tuesday night than the Senate win by Congressman Cory Gardner.
Was it Hickenlooper or was it Obama? Was it Michael Bennet or was it Harry Reid Was it Ebola or was it ISIS? Was it the six-year itch or a full-body rash?
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat from Colorado, consoles a supporter Tuesday night after learning that his colleague, Mark Udall, had been defeated and the Republicans would gain control of the Senate.