Tag: Republican Party
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Coming soon: Legally ‘rigged’ presidential primaries and caucuses | Cronin and Loevy
There has been a lot of talk about “rigging” elections in the United States lately. Former Republican President Donald Trump has argued that the 2020 presidential election was rigged so that current Democratic President Joe Biden won and Trump lost. Most observers of American politics deny such rigging existed. But get ready for even more…
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The loneliness of Romney Republicans | Cronin and Loevy
“Romney: A Reckoning,” by McKay Coppins, $32.50 “Enough,” by Cassidy Hutchinson, $30 These two best-selling biographies share the stories of two Republicans who publicly rebuked Donald Trump. Trump responded by castigating Mitt Romney — even though Trump had endorsed Romney for president in 2012. Trump also trashed Cassidy Hutchinson — even though Trump had praised…
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Study shows twice as many state legislatures gerrymandered to favor Republicans | Cronin and Loevy
Most of the states in the United States (about 75%) have a legislature that has been gerrymandered to favor either the Republican or the Democratic party. Gerrymandering is the drawing of legislative district lines in such a way that a political party elects more legislators than it would ordinarily be entitled to. Gerrymandering creates large…
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Poll: 60% of voters undecided in Denver mayor’s race; Brough leads field, Rougeot enjoys GOP support
The race for Denver mayor is wide open, with more than half of voters undecided and none of the candidates cracking the 10% support mark, according to a poll conducted earlier this month. The poll shows former Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce executive Kelly Brough leading with 7.6% of the vote, followed by state Rep.…
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The Colorado Republican Party needs an exorcism | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Now that Democrats have tightened their blue-knuckled grip on state offices more tightly than ever before, and the expected national red wave turned out to be more of a pink ripple, where does the Republican Party go from here in Colorado? How can this setback…
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Peters, Hanks seek another recount
Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters and state Rep. Ron Hanks, R-Canon City, have both filed a second request for hand recounts tied to the June 28 primary. Hanks is seeking a recount only in El Paso and Pueblo counties. Peters, meanwhile, is seeking a statewide recount. Peters lost by 14 percentage points to…
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The return of the flaming moderates: Primary election a victory for the Great American Middle | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hail to the flaming moderates. If this past Tuesday’s primary election was anything, it was a victory for the Great American Middle. Across Colorado, moderate, mainstream Republicans won their races against more extreme ones. The GOP candidates who supported election conspiracy theories and questioned the…
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It’s time for the adults to take Colorado Republicans home from Fantasyland | Vince Bzdek
A pretty entertaining, temporary theme park was installed in Colorado Springs’ Broadmoor World Arena last weekend. Call it Republican Fantasyland. Or maybe just plain ol’ Conspiracyland. Just like the artificial world we all loved as kids, it had plenty of fantastical story lines, an Enchanted Forest of cheering fenceposts, and a cast of characters as…
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Federal court to determine unaffiliated voters’ eligibility to participate in primaries
A hearing Tuesday in U.S. District Court for Colorado will decide whether Republicans can obtain a preliminary injunction against the state to block unaffiliated voters from participating in the June 28 primary. A decision from Judge John Kane could come as soon as Friday, according to the Department of Law. The state GOP central committee…
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Bennet challenger Joe O’Dea hits airwaves with Spanish-language radio ad
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea has released a Spanish-language radio ad narrated by his wife, whose grandparents immigrated to the United States from Mexico in the early part of the last century, his campaign said. O’Dea, a wealthy construction company owner and one of seven GOP candidates running against Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet,…