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LIBERAL ACTIVISTS GO NUCLEAR ON CHICKENLOOPER; Rollie Heath Goes Off On Voters
The election results hadn't even been certified and already liberal activists were ripping Governor Chickenlooper Hickenlooper a new one, furious over his refusal to back their $3 Billion tax hike. Rollie Heath, the main backer of the initiative that went down in...
ELECTION RESULTS: Up-To-The-Minute Coverage Of The Night’s Major Races
We will be updating as soon as the results hit the County and City Clerk and Recorder's websites. Check the timestamp on the post to find out how up-to-date our results are.Proposition 103: 63.8% NO 36.1% YES (98% reporting)Aurora Mayor: 37.49% Hogan 30.11%...
LIBERALS LOSE COUP OVER VOUCHERS: Conservative School Board Slate Re-Elected In Every Race
Despite a sustained assault by the ACLU and a host of other left-wing interests, the conservative, pro-voucher slate of Douglas County school board candidates cruised to victory tonight. The race served as a proxy fight over the highly ambitious board's...
The Politics of Consciousness
The following is an essay I originally wrote about two years ago, revised for my blog, Colorado Confluence, a little over a year ago, and revised again more recently to reflect some of the developments in this line of thought that followed this essay. Those...
HOGAN WINS AURORA MAYOR’S RACE: Frazier Succumbs To A Two-Front War And A Too-Nice Campaign
Gobs of emails to the Peak have buzzed for the last two weeks with word that the mounting attacks by Steve Hogan and the AFL-CIO were quickly rolling back Ryan Frazier's commanding lead in the race for Aurora Mayor. Hogan's campaign clearly thought so....
PROP 103 GOES DOWN IN FLAMES: A Stinging Defeat For Liberal Legislators And The Teachers’ Unions
In a stinging defeat for teachers' unions, Colorado's liberal political network, and a brazen group of Democrat legislators who dared to ask for higher taxes in a record-breaking recession, Proposition 103 was soundly rejected by the voters tonight, losing...
REAL TIME ELECTION NIGHT NEWS: What We’re Covering At The Peak
Tonight, we at Colorado Peak Politics will be covering the big races across Colorado, with election results to be published on these pages and our Facebook page as soon as they start rolling in at 7 pm. Below is a list of the results and story lines we will be...
TURNOUT ANALYSIS: Where Are The Ballots Coming From?
We said last week that there was one way and one way only for the proposed $3 Billion tax increase known as Prop 103 to pass and that was conservative voter apathy. Luckily, GOP voters have turned out in far larger numbers than Democrats, which is not welcome news for...
POLIS VS GILL? Internecine Warfare in Dem House Primary
Is there a battle royale between Democrat heavyweights Jared Polis and Tim Gill? Perhaps not, but it's hard to overlook the major schisms developing in Lakewood between Polis' and Gill's proxies. After Dems have fought for 20 years to repeal "Don't...
THE BRANDON-MANDER IS BACK: Dems New Redistricting Map Allows Shaffer To Stay In CD4
The Brandon-Mander is back. In a new Congressional redistricting map submitted by the Democrats today to the Denver District Court, which is hearing the case, Senate President Brandon Shaffer's home in Longmont was carved back into the 4th Congressional district...