Outside groups trying to change Colorado law at the ballot box have started spending big money, foreshadowing what’s sure to be a bruising six-week stretch before Election Day.
How Colorado Amendment 87, which would replace Colorado’s flat income tax with a graduated income tax system, would affect business owners and taxpayers and TABOR.
A conservative dark-money group based in Ohio has spent $2.2 million in support of Colorado’s Amendment 84, which would significantly tighten requirements for Coloradans using mail ballots.
Outside groups have spent more than $3.3 million this month on two Colorado congressional races, supporting Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans, including a super PAC associated with President Donald Trump.
Phil Weiser, Colorado’s attorney general and now Democratic nominee for governor, brings experience from a tech startup hub and the University of Colorado Law School as he aims to govern Colorado.
Advance Colorado has notched several marquee wins for the conservative movement in the state in recent years, even as Democratic lawmakers tighten their grip on the Capitol and state government.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in Denver Wednesday that President Donald Trump was “very focused on revenge” on Colorado. But he did not say if Democrats would try to impeach Trump.
Recent fundraising was about even in the Colorado race for governor between Republican Victor Marx and Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser, but finance reports showed a big spending gap for the 2026 election.
Voters in Boulder and Douglas counties will decide through ballot measures in November whether to add two members to the counties’ commissions, potentially expanding representation.
The Libertarian Party of Colorado scrambled to get a new secretary of state candidate on the November ballot after Alex Astley abruptly dropped out of the race.