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CONVENTIONAL WISDOM CHALLENGED: Colorado Swing Counties Swung For Udall
Conventional political wisdom has always dictated that “as Jefferson County goes, so goes Colorado.” But Senator-elect Cory Gardner has turned that paradigm on its head. Sen. Mark Udall actually beat Gardner in all of Colorado’s major swing counties – Jeffco,...
WHERE ARE WE? An Update on Colorado House and Senate Races
The State House and Senate race results have slowly drip, drip, dripped out, which is tough for average Coloradans to keep track of. Here's what we know: Republicans flipped the Senate. Democrats will keep the House. It's worth noting again that Republicans "won"...
MISSION CREEP: Climate Change Activists Take Up the Abortion Banner
One of the more interesting side stories of the 2014 election, both in Colorado and nationwide, has been the affinity that climate change activists have developed for abortion. It turns out that Coloradans, and Americans as a whole, want to preserve and protect our...
BREAKING: Peak Calls State Senate For Republicans
With the latest news that state Senator-Elect Beth Martinez Humenik widened her lead back to 882 votes over Democrat Judy Solano with only about 3,000 votes left, the Peak is calling the race for Humenik. More importantly, with this seat, Republicans secure the...
RE-EXAMINING SALAZAR RACE: O’Keefe’s Video Seems Somehow More Relevant Now
With Rep. Joe Salazar (D-Rape Whistle) up by just 104 votes as of 12:20 p.m., the video of his staffer, Nicole Hanlon, giving her blessing for video gotcha guy James O'Keefe's "friends" who already voted in Oregon, but who wanted to vote in Colorado, seems so much...
“WE’RE STILL RELEVANT!”: Liberal Colorado Operatives Fighting For Their Jobs
How bad was the 2014 election cycle for Colorado Democrats? So bad that liberal Colorado operatives are trying to say that the wave that swept the country stopped here again. AKA, this is the answer they are inventing for when their liberal sugar-mommas and...
BIRD BRAINED: Max Potter Explains Hick’s Chief of Staff Flipping the Bird
During Governor (sigh) John Hickenlooper's victory speech yesterday, watchers were surprised to see Roxane White, Hick's soon-to-jet chief of staff giving folks chanting "four more years" the double middle finger. On stage. Hick's chief of writing a book from...
CAN YOU SAY GERRYMANDERED? House Rs Get 189k More Votes than House Ds, Yet Still in the Minority
As the dust ever so slowly continues to settle, it has become clear that Republicans will not control the state house. And the truth is, it was always a long shot. In 2011, the Democrats drew a House map that was so grossly gerrymandered that statehouse Republican...
ADAMS COUNTY UPDATE: Martinez Humenik Leads by 1,005 Votes
Those watching the close races across the state may know that there are several state legislature races still up in the air due to Adams County. The most recent update from the noon hour showed that Republicans were still up in the county, however there are more...
PeakFeed: One More Political Ad
We know how Colorado was slammed with political ads this last cycle, and to show just one more would be cruel, but over at The Upshot at The New York Times, they take a moment to talk about the “best” political ad of the cycle, and which of the Senate races were most...
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