Incumbent Yadira Caraveo (D), Gabe Evans (R), and five other candidates are running in the general election in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. Colorado Public Radio describes the 8th as “Colorado’s most politically competitive congressional seat.” Both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee are targeting the district. In…
Six states adopted new laws related to voting by individuals convicted of a felony or voting by incarcerated individuals, including two states with Republican trifectas that passed bills to restore voting rights to certain individuals convicted of a felony more quickly. In Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed HB 1629 on May 13, restoring voting rights to people convicted…
In Colorado, the campaign Cats Aren’t Trophies submitted 180,000 signatures on July 3, 2024, for a ballot initiative to prohibit the hunting of mountain lions, bobcats, and lynxes. At least 124,238 signatures must be verified. The ballot initiative would make violations a class 1 misdemeanor and those convicted of violations would be prohibited from holding…
Jeff Hurd (R) won the Republican primary for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District on June 25, 2024. As of Jun. 26, Hurd received 42.0% of the vote. Ron Hanks (R) finished second with 27.7% of the vote. Stephen Varela (R) received 9.7%, Lew Webb (R) received 7.8%, Curtis McCrackin (R) received 6.7%, and Russ Andrews (R)…
Two candidates are running in the Republican primary for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District on June 25, 2024—Gabe Evans (R) and Janak Joshi (R). The winner of this primary will face incumbent Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D) in the general election. In the 2022 general election, Caraveo defeated Barbara Kirkmeyer (R) 48.4% to 47.7%. In this primary,…
Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) signed SB 210 into law on June 6, 2024. The omnibus elections bill makes changes to several areas of election law, including adding provisions to state law that would make it more difficult to adopt ranked-choice voting (RCV) in statewide elections. The bill lowers the age for voter preregistration from…
Jeff Crank (R) and Dave Williams (R) are running in the Republican primary for Colorado’s 5th Congressional District on June 25, 2024. The district is open because incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R) is not running for re-election. Former President Donald Trump (R) endorsed Williams, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R) endorsed Crank.…
For 2024, 110 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 35 states, five more measures than the average (105) for this point in the election cycle from 2012 to 2022. The average number of statewide ballot measures certified for an even-numbered year during this period was 157. Here’s an update on the…
Six candidates are running in the Republican primary election for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District on June 4, 2024: U.S. Rep Lauren Boebert (R), Deborah Flora (R), Richard Holtorf (R), Michael Lynch (R), Jerry Sonnenberg (R), and Peter Yu (R). Incumbent U.S. Rep Ken Buck (R) resigned on March 22, leaving the district open. Colorado Public…
Colorado will join two other states voting on removing same-sex marriage bans from their state constitutions in November. Colorado voters will decide whether or not to remove the provision of the state constitution that says that “only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this…