{"id":1993,"date":"2026-06-25T14:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:05:17","slug":"quiz-how-much-do-you-know-about-the-campaign-mailers-filling-your-mailbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1993","title":{"rendered":"Quiz: How much do you know about the campaign mailers filling your mailbox?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Every election cycle, the mailboxes of Colorado voters are stuffed with glossy campaign flyers. Big smiles and crossed arms, cheery buzzwords and frosty warnings, Hollywood flashes and ominous shadows \u2014 all staring up from your kitchen counter.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1991\">Owners of Colorado Springs brewery taking \u2018well deserved rest\u2019 with closure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But who\u2019s sending these mailers? Who paid for that gloss? Each mailer will \u2014 or should, legally \u2014 have a disclaimer describing who cut the check. Sometimes, it\u2019s the candidate\u2019s own campaign, like Polis for Colorado. Easy enough to tell who\u2019s behind that one.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Colorado voter guide: Stories and explainers for the 2026 primary election<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"q0hBDOYet9\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"282\" loading=\"lazy\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" scrolling=\"no\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/06\/12\/colorado-2026-primary-election-voter-guide\/embed\/#?secret=q0hBDOYet9\" title=\"\u201cColorado voter guide: Stories and explainers for the 2026 primary election\u201d \u2014 The Denver Post\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But often, that little disclaimer identifies an outside group with a vague name that may or may not provide any insight into who actually paid for the mailer and why. A classic example of this phenomenon was &#8220;A Whole Lot of People for Change,&#8221; a dark-money group that was part of a multimillion-dollar spending effort to influence Colorado&#8217;s Democratic primaries in 2024.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Want to know who\u2019s paying for legislative campaign flyers filling Denver mailboxes? Good luck.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1989\">How are Michael Bennet and Phil Weiser different? A look at how the Democrats stack up on the biggest issues.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vaBFcQdHsG\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"282\" loading=\"lazy\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" scrolling=\"no\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/06\/13\/colorado-legislature-primaries-democrats-dark-money\/embed\/#?secret=vaBFcQdHsG\" title=\"\u201cWant to know who\u2019s paying for legislative campaign flyers filling Denver mailboxes? Good luck.\u201d \u2014 The Denver Post\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, in honor of another primary season festooned with mailers and Names From the Shadow Realm, we decided to test readers&#8217; ability to identify who is paying for these mailers and for what purpose. Allow us to present Guess Who (Paid For It).<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe allow=\"geolocation\" allowtransparency=\"1\" class=\"iframe\" height=\"750px\" id=\"6a3d3594970bd\" loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/extras.denverpost.com\/app\/quizzes\/campaign_mailers_quiz.html\" title=\"Campaign mailers quiz\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Did you crush this quiz? Or did you do worse than you expected? Don&#8217;t feel bad &#8212; that might be the point of these vague PAC names. In any case, let political reporter Seth Klamann know how you did &#8212; and whether you look to see who paid for a mailer when you receive it &#8212; at sklamann@denverpost.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay up-to-date with Colorado Politics by signing up for our weekly newsletter, The Spot.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1987\">At 165 years, Denver Municipal Band is older than Colorado and still going strong<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Colorado&#8217;s primary election, who&#8217;s behind groups paying for campaign mailers, like Colorado Labor Action, Freedom IEC, Denver Progressives United, Colorado First Fund and Colorado Affordability Project?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,50,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-explainer","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Quiz: How much do you know about the campaign mailers filling your mailbox? 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