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Republican Congressman Cory Gardner appears in preliminary election returns to have unseated incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Udall in a hard-fought campaign that was indicative of a national GOP wave against an unpopular president.
Democratic Colorado House Speaker Mark Ferrandino suggested that early returns favoring Republicans across the board in top-line races across the state wouldn't necessarily tell the whole story.
By Steve Lipsher and Marianne Goodland
Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, enduring a bruising battle in the form of a challenge from Republican Congressman Cory...
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, a Democrat fighting for his political life, poses Tuesday for a selfie with a young voter on the Auraria campus, holding a modestly obscene button.
Colorado Democrats were out in force on campuses statewide today getting out the vote in the last hours of the election. Embattled incumbent Democrats...
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.
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...