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Colorado gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton and Jared Polis debated at the Penrose House in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Saturday, October 13, 2018. Colorado gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton and Jared Polis debated at the Penrose House in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Saturday, October 13, 2018.
Bernie Sanders is coming to Colorado in the midst of the state's midterm elections with the aim of giving Democrats and progressives such as gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis a boost in the home stretch.
Governor's races are on the ballot this November in 36 states. The most competitive races are expected to be in states where Republicans now hold the job.
The U.S. Interior Department said Friday it will go ahead with plans to open a wildlife refuge at the site of a former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado, after briefly putting the opening on hold amid concerns about public safety.
Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is set to headline a high-dollar Denver fundraiser in late September for Colorado Democrats, including gubernatorial nominee U.S. Rep. Jared Polis. The event, set for Sept.
Prominent charter school supporters are dishing out campaign money, as key gubernatorial races in several states have now begun in earnest. June primary contests set up a number of state battles for governor in the midterm elections this November, with both Democratic and Republican candidates that could change how public resources flow into charter and private schools in the coming years.
Republican and Colorado governor candidate, Walker Stapleton, addresses the crowd that showed up following his win for the Republican party at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Denver on Tuesday June 26, 2018 in Denver. Republican and Colorado governor candidate, Walker Stapleton, left, watches the results from his hotel room along with his family including his wife Jenna and their three kids, Colette, 6, left, and Olivia, 4, who sit on his lap along Craig,10, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Denver on Tuesday June 26, 2018 in Denver.
From right to left Donna Lynne, Cary Kennedy, Mike Johnston and Jared Polis during a democratic party governor's race debate at the University of Denver on Monday, June 18, 2018. With a week left before primary election day , 425,377 Coloradans have cast ballots - representing just a fraction of the state's registered voters.
A decade ago, Colorado entrepreneur and philanthropist Jared Polis made history as the first openly gay man elected as a non-incumbent to Congress. But most voters did not get a glimpse of his longtime partner Marlon Reis until the night Polis won the Democratic primary, when the couple created a sensation by sharing a hug onstage at a victory party.
Education is a subterranean divide between Democrats r... . FILE- In this April 9, 2015, file photo, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., listens during a closed door meeting with representatives of the marijuana industry in Denver.
A subterranean divide among Democrats between backers of teachers unions and those of charter schools and other education innovations is helping shape key gubernatorial primaries, even as red-meat issues like guns, inequality and President Donald Trump have dominated the races. In California, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's campaign has been kept afloat partly by more than $20 million spent by a political committee funded by supporters of charter schools and other educational initiatives.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos apparently wasn't around to see it, but a message to her was projected on the Education Department's headquarters in Washington about policy on LGBTQ youth, asking, "How do you sleep at night?" The Human Rights Campaign, with artist Robin Bell, displayed data Wednesday night from a recently released survey revealing experiences of about 12,000 LGBTQ teens, taking aim at Trump administration policies that advocates say have targeted these young people. The survey was conducted by the Human Rights Campaign - the largest civil rights organization working in the United States to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people - and University of Connecticut researchers.
Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., talks about education issues in Loveland Thursday before the annual Congressional Art Competition at Aims Community College in downtown Loveland.
From left, Rep. Perry Buck, left, and Rep. Ken Buck are on the stage of Colorado Republican State Assembly at Coors Event Center in Boulder, Colo., Saturday, April 14, 2018. Colorado's Republican and Democratic parties are holding state assemblies to help determine who gets to their respective gubernatorial primaries.
Nederland Mayor Kristopher Larsen has ended his bid for U.S. Rep. Jared Polis' seat, saying that there was no longer a path to victory. "Clearly this is not how I dreamt my campaign would end," the Democrat said in a Facebook post, "but it is made easier knowing that I will continue to fight for what I believe as mayor of Nederland."
In this Jan. 10, 2018 file photo, Colorado State Rep. Steve Lebsock, D-Thornton, looks on as the Colorado House of Representatives convenes for the start of the 2018 session. Democratic House Majority Leader KC Becker said Tuesday, Feb. 27, that she will recommend that Lebsock be expelled after an independent investigator found sexual harassment complaints against him were credible.
There are 36 states and U.S. territories holding gubernatorial elections this year and these races could be the biggest referendum of all on President Donald Trump 's presidency. All eyes will be on key 2020 states to look for predictions regarding the next White House race, particularly what insights can be gained for which ever party takes power.
Republicans on the campaign trail this year will be eager to tout the potential benefits of their tax cut plan. Failed efforts by congressional Republicans last year to repeal former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act exposed not only deep divisions within the party but also revealed core benefits of the law that millions of Americans now take for granted.
Melecio Andazola Morales, pictured with daughter Viviana Andazola Marquez at her graduation from York International School in Thornton in 2014, was recently deported to Mexico. It has been just over two months since Viviana Andazola Marquez's father was deported , sending her studies at Yale University and plans to apply to law school spiraling.
Nassar has admitted sexually assaulting athletes when he was employed by Michiga... . Judge Rosemarie Aquilina listens to Abigayle Bergeron's victim statement during the sixth day of Larry Nassar's sentencing hearing Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, in Lansing, Mich.