Ernest Luning

Gabby Giffords, founder of the national gun-control advocacy organization that bears her name, plans to join Colorado's senior U.S. senator and state Democratic Party chair next week for a panel

Colorado Democrats have their eyes on flipping Republican-held congressional seats in next year’s midterms, but although recent history suggests that the deed is doable, it’s also rare and typically requires an unusual confluence of factors. In the Democrats’ favor, many of those elements could be in place by the 2026 election, though there’s also evidence […]

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Thursday released dozens of new endorsements for her candidacy in the 2026 Democratic primary for attorney general, including U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, Senate President James Coleman and former state Reps. Leslie Herod and Karen Middleton. In addition to current and former municipal officials, county commissioners and […]

The Colorado Democratic Party announced on Tuesday that its 2026 state assembly will take place at a historic theater in Pueblo next spring, marking the first time in eight years that the party will hold an in-person statewide nominating convention. Next year’s assembly is set for Saturday, March 28, at Memorial Hall, a stone’s throw […]

Colorado can’t join in the frenzy currently sweeping a handful of solidly partisan states across the country whose Republican or Democratic leaders, respectively, are plotting to redraw congressional districts in a bid to sideline the opposition and give their own party an advantage in next year’s midterm elections. Hardly any prominent Colorado Democrats have called […]

Colorado Libertarians on Tuesday released an updated set of pledges that Republican candidates can sign if they want to discourage the right-leaning minor political party from running potential spoiler nominees in next year’s midterm elections. The lengthy lists of policy statements — dubbed the “Liberty Pledge” — resemble similar pledges produced ahead of last year’s […]

U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, the assistant House minority leader and a Lafayette Democrat, held his 15th in-person town hall of the year on Aug. 19 in Steamboat Springs, racking up more of the events in eight months than the rest of the state’s House delegation combined. The joint event with Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet […]

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper has raised $100,000 for the Colorado Democratic Party’s organizing efforts ahead of next year’s election, the party said on Thursday. The former two-term governor, who is seeking reelection to a second Senate term in 2026, said the funds raised by his campaign will help build the “strongest grassroots organizing effort ever” […]

Colorado elected officials on both sides of the aisle celebrated the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas on Monday, as hostages held by Hamas for more than two years returned home and Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Calling President Donald Trump “a true peacemaker and a master dealmaker,” U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert said […]

After co-authoring The Open System, a 2023 book about redesigning public education to encourage civic engagement and strengthen participation in self-governing, Dr. Landon Mascareñaz set his sights on invigorating democracy at the local and state level via a nonprofit he founded this summer called Courageous Colorado. Named after the quality community leaders said was most […]