Voting signs are seen outside the Voting and Election Services Center at the Boulder County St. Vrain Community Center in Longmont on February 24, 2020. (Photo by Matthew Jonas/Daily Camera)
US Third Congressional District
The latest snapshot of Colorado‘s congressional campaign fundraising, the last before the June 25 primary, showed intriguing new dynamics emerging to shake things up in a high-profile presidential election year.
Since U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert opted to change her leadership to a clear statewide one late last year, the race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District has been out of the media glare that seemingly shines on the controversial Republican congresswoman wherever she goes.
US 4th congressional district
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has uncorked a powerful political brew as she seeks to clear a field of five Republican primary opponents, all of whom have deeper roots in Colorado’s easternmost district than the second-term congresswoman.
Colorado’s 4th Congressional District special election debate at the Grizzly Rose on Saturday featured two political newbies, a guy who doesn’t want to win and an empty seat reserved for the presumptive front-runner in the race.
Several Republican candidates vying to represent Colorado’s largely rural 4th Congressional District slammed U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert during a televised debate Thursday night, accusing her of accomplishing little during her more than three years in Congress and raising the question of whether he can prevail against a Democrat in November if he is nominated.
US 5th congressional district
A vacant seat in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District has led to open warfare within the state Republican Party.
US 8th congressional district
The race for Colorado’s newly formed 8th Congressional District was one of the closest races in the country in 2022, with Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo edging out a victory by a margin of less than 1% over her Republican opponent.
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All eight Colorado congressional districts will have candidates on the June 25 primary ballot. And in three of those districts (the 3rd, 4th and 5th) the seat is open, providing the ingredients for a boisterous-than-usual fight ahead of the November election.
Democrat Adam Frisch had the biggest financial haul of any Colorado congressional hopeful during the first three months of the year, raising $1.4 million, nearly six times more than his primary Republican rival in the 3rd Congressional District, Jeff Hurd.
Moderate and liberal readers of the Denver Post agree: democracy and the nation’s good governance are the most important issues in this year’s election.
Many Coloradans are concerned about our democracy. And they want the candidates to pay attention too. That’s the message that comes through loud and clear from more than 4,500 responses to the Voter Voices survey that The Denver Post and dozens of other newsrooms across Colorado are circulating this election year, as of last week. The effort has been coordinated by the Colorado News Collaborative.
Thousands of Coloradans who responded to a survey conducted by their local newsrooms say the candidates vying for their votes this year should focus primarily on several broad issues: democracy and good government, the economy and cost of living, the environment, climate and natural resources, immigration. and abortion.
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