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Colorado House GOP reelects leaders, despite internal divisions coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
Colorado House GOP reelects leaders, despite internal divisions

Colorado House GOP reelects leaders, despite internal divisions

Colorado House GOP reelects leadership

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House Democrats elect Rep. Jennifer Bacon of Denver as next Speaker coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
House Democrats elect Rep. Jennifer Bacon of Denver as next Speaker

House Democrats elect Rep. Jennifer Bacon of Denver as next Speaker

Colorado Democrats on Friday chose a leader of the progressive wing of the House Democratic caucus as their next speaker.

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Republican Jeff Hurd prevails over Dwayne Romero in Colorado’s 3rd CD (via: @eluning ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
Republican Jeff Hurd prevails over Dwayne Romero in Colorado’s 3rd CD

Republican Jeff Hurd prevails over Dwayne Romero in Colorado’s 3rd CD

Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd widened his lead over Democratic challenger Dwayne Romero Thursday as more results were posted in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.

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Democrat Eileen Laubacher leads Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 4th CD (via: @eluning ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
Democrat Eileen Laubacher leads Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 4th CD

Democrat Eileen Laubacher leads Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 4th CD

Democrat Eileen Laubacher saw her slim lead over Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert narrow as late returns posted Thursday in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, the state’s most heavily GOP...

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Jeff Hurd widens narrow lead over Dwayne Romero in Colorado’s 3rd CD (via: @eluning ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
Jeff Hurd widens narrow lead over Dwayne Romero in Colorado’s 3rd CD

Jeff Hurd widens narrow lead over Dwayne Romero in Colorado’s 3rd CD

Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd widened his lead over Democratic challenger Dwayne Romero Thursday as more results were posted in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. By 4 p.m. Thursday, Hurd led...

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Jessica Killin declared winner in 5th District election by AP coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
Jessica Killin declared winner in 5th District election by AP

Jessica Killin declared winner in 5th District election by AP

The Associated Press and other national outlets declared Democrat Jessica Killin as the winner of the election for Colorado's 5th District on Thursday.

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‘Mockery, contempt’: Federal judge launches inquiry for ICE violations (via: @michaelkarlik ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
‘Mockery, contempt’: Federal judge launches inquiry for ICE violations

‘Mockery, contempt’: Federal judge launches inquiry for ICE violations

A federal judge in Colorado launched an inquiry on Wednesday into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s repeated violations of court orders, telling ICE and the government’s lawyers that their...

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What’s in a name change? Roxborough State Park community sparks debate (via: @aPoliticalKaren ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
What’s in a name change? Roxborough State Park community sparks debate

What’s in a name change? Roxborough State Park community sparks debate

A petition to rename Roxborough State Park Richard D. Lamm State Park at Roxborough was submitted to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission in July.

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Eileen Laubacher hangs on to slim lead over Lauren Boebert in 4th CD (via: @eluning ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
Eileen Laubacher hangs on to slim lead over Lauren Boebert in 4th CD

Eileen Laubacher hangs on to slim lead over Lauren Boebert in 4th CD

Democrat Eileen Laubacher held on to a narrow lead over Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, the state's most heavily GOP seat, based on returns posted...

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Manny Rutinel defeats incumbent Gabe Evans in battleground 8th CD (via: @eluning ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
Manny Rutinel defeats incumbent Gabe Evans in battleground 8th CD

Manny Rutinel defeats incumbent Gabe Evans in battleground 8th CD

Democrat Manny Rutinel defeated Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District in what was expected to be a tight race.

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Colorado right to buy natural gas measure fails (via: @NoFilmNeeded ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
Colorado right to buy natural gas measure fails

Colorado right to buy natural gas measure fails

Colorado voters appear to reject a measure to establish a constitutional right for consumers to buy natural gas for cooking and heating, and for distributors and utilities to sell it.

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Colorado measure to require ICE cooperation officially fails (via: @aPoliticalKaren ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
Colorado measure to require ICE cooperation officially fails

Colorado measure to require ICE cooperation officially fails

Colorado voters appear to be leaning against requiring local law enforcement agencies to communicate with federal authorities on immigration enforcement.

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4 takeaways from Colorado’s 2026 election (via: @eluning ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
4 takeaways from Colorado’s 2026 election

4 takeaways from Colorado’s 2026 election

There’s no longer any doubt that Colorado is now a deep blue state. For the sixth election in a row, Democrats swept every statewide race in a state that was considered solidly purple as recently as...

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Jeff Hurd takes slim lead over Dwayne Romero in Colorado’s 3rd CD (via: @eluning ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
Jeff Hurd takes slim lead over Dwayne Romero in Colorado’s 3rd CD

Jeff Hurd takes slim lead over Dwayne Romero in Colorado’s 3rd CD

challenger Dwayne Romero as overnight results posted in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.

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Owner of young female horse suspects wolves killed her coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
Owner of young female horse suspects wolves killed her

Owner of young female horse suspects wolves killed her

Two-year-old filly likely killed by wolf or wolves, says owner

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Autonomous Mind | Congress scrambles to keep pace with AI (via: @tjgrimes ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/11…
Autonomous Mind | Congress scrambles to keep pace with AI

Autonomous Mind | Congress scrambles to keep pace with AI

Colorado leaders say Congress must balance AI innovation, national security and consumer protections as the race with China intensifies.

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Colorado Democrats back efforts to halt DOJ investigation of Rep. Omar (via: @NoFilmNeeded ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/10…
Colorado Democrats join efforts to halt DOJ probe of Ilhan Omar

Colorado Democrats join efforts to halt DOJ probe of Ilhan Omar

Colorado Reps. Joe Neguse, Jason Crow, Brittany Petterson and Diana DeGette are among nearly 175 Democrats who have signed a letter urging the Trump administration to halt investigations into Rep....

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Forecaster rates Crank-Killin race in Colorado’s 5th CD a ‘toss up’ (via: @eluning ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/10…
Forecaster rates Crank-Killin race in Colorado’s 5th CD a ‘toss up’

Forecaster rates Crank-Killin race in Colorado’s 5th CD a ‘toss up’

A leading national election forecaster moved the contest between U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank and challenger Jessica Killin in Colorado’s reliably Republican 5th Congressional District into toss-up territory...

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Colorado Capitol evacuated after suspicious device report; arrest made coloradopolitics.com/2026/10…
Colorado Capitol evacuated after suspicious device report; arrest made

Colorado Capitol evacuated after suspicious device report; arrest made

The Colorado state Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday morning after someone discovered a “suspicious device" on an outside windowsill on the building’s east side.

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10th Circuit judge urges full-court review of immigration precedent (via: @michaelkarlik ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/10…
10th Circuit judge urges full-court review of immigration precedent

10th Circuit judge urges full-court review of immigration precedent

One member of the Denver-based federal appeals court called on Thursday for a rare all-judges’ hearing to potentially eliminate the court’s ability to review certain deportation orders.

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