Longtime Politicians Lose Primaries in Colorado Amid Insurgent Wave

The Memo: Left’s winning streak extends in Colorado despite Trump, centrist attacks

The leftist tide coursing through Democratic politics reached Colorado on Tuesday, washing away longtime Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and putting paid to the gubernatorial hopes of Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.). In the aftermath, Democrats are asking urgent questions about the direction their party ought to take. Voices on the left say insurgent candidates are meeting...

Anti-Washington Fury Reshapes Colorado Democratic Primaries As Establishment Incumbents Fall

Colorado Democrats delivered a sharp rebuke to Washington’s political establishment Tuesday, with primary voters choosing outsider candidates over entrenched congressional figures in a series of stunning upsets. Attorney General Phil Weiser defeated sitting U.S. Senator Michael Bennet for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, winning by a decisive margin of 55% to 45% in a race that few predicted would be so lopsided. Weiser, who ran explicit…

Longtime politicians lose primaries in Colorado amid insurgent wave

The anti-establishment wave surging through the Democratic Party reached Colorado on Tuesday, when democratic socialist Melat Kiros dislodged 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette, and state Attorney General Phil Weiser thwarted Sen. Michael Bennet’s quest to become governor. In the Denver-anchored 1st…

COLORADO PRIMARIES. . . And the winner is - La Voz Colorado

The people of Colorado determined loud and clear that the experience of Senator John Hickenlooper was what drove their deciding vote. Sen. Hickenlooper won with a strong 57 percent of the vote. The up-and-coming candidate, State Senator Julie Gonzales appears to have established herself for a future political run.  Hickenlooper faces Republican challenger, Mark Baisley. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has secured the Democratic nomination …

Progressives Dominate Colorado Primaries, Unseating Longtime Congresswoman and Undoing a Sitting Senator’s Gubernatorial Bid

Following a trio of victories at New York by progressives, one incumbent Democrat senator in Colorado did win a chance to vie for a second term in the U.S. Senate.

DeGette, Bennet lose primaries in Colorado amid insurgent wave

The anti-establishment wave surging through the Democratic Party reached Colorado on Tuesday, when democratic socialist Melat Kiros dislodged 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette, and state Attorney General Phil Weiser thwarted Sen. Michael Bennet’s quest to become governor. In the Denver-anchored 1st District, Kiros, a lawyer and doctoral student, was leading DeGette, 51 percent to 42 percent […]