Author: Megan Schrader

A new television ad from a national political action committee portraying Darryl Glenn as a competent and electable underdog in the Colorado Senate race began airing across the state Monday and will appear for the next 10 days. Restoration PAC will spend $800,000 on the 30-second ads. “Darryl Glenn is just the kind of leader…

The Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia got off to a rocky start Monday as thousands of delegates still bitter over Bernie Sanders’ defeat booed everything from the invocation to the speech by the last-minute replacement for resigned chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Hillary Clinton and her team have a lot of work ahead of them if…

Donald Trump’s Colorado campaign director confirmed Monday that the Republican nominee for president will be in Colorado Springs this week.  “Donald Trump is committed to winning Colorado and the campaign has plans for Mr. Trump to be in Colorado later this week,” said Patrick Davis, a Colorado Springs-based political consultant who works for Trump’s campaign.…

Gov. John Hickenlooper has made a short list of finalists for Hillary Clinton’s running mate.  The news that he was spotted Friday leaving Clinton’s private residence in Washington, D.C., surprised some who considered Hickenlooper a long-shot for vice presidential candidate.  But even those who are surprised Hickenlooper is in the running alongside Sens. Elizabeth Warren…

As the nation mulls similarities between Melania Trump’s Monday night speech and Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech, little has been said about Darryl Glenn’s use of a phrase made famous by then-candidate Barack Obama. Glenn’s campaign says the move – in prime time before a national audience at the Republican National Convention – was deliberate. “Darryl…

Colorado’s delegation to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Monday was in the thick of a last-ditch effort to usurp Donald Trump as the party’s nominee. The floor of the Quicken Loans Arena erupted into boos and chants of “roll-call vote” when the chairman of the convention ruled that the “ayes” had it in…

Colorado’s 34 delegates to the Republican National Convention will head to Cleveland on Monday with heavy hearts as the last-ditch effort to resuscitate their nominee, Ted Cruz, has fizzled. As of Thursday, however, Cruz had not released his delegates, according to Secretary of State Wayne Williams who is a Cruz delegate. “Sen. Cruz has not…

Democrats are looking good in Colorado – historically a swing state – according to a poll released Wednesday by Monmouth University. Hillary Clinton has a 13-point lead over Donald Trump, according to 404 voters asked by phone this week who they would vote for in November. Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, also had a…