The Republican gubernatorial primary is down to three candidates: Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer (R-Weld County), Rep. Scott Bottoms (R-CO Springs), and ministry leader Victor Marx. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/04/marx...

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) will face a Libertarian challenger this November in his run for reelection in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District (CD8), one of the closest-watched U.S. House races in the country, after David Wood was nominated at the 2026 Libertarian Party Convention on Saturday.

The COTimes Recorder will host an online panel & fundraiser May 12, to discuss its investigation that illuminates how conservative donors, like billionaire Phil Anschutz, have poured millions into dark-money groups -- centered around Advance Colorado -- focused on public relations & ballot measures.

Between a liberal media ecosystem she claims is biased against Republicans, Democrats’ fundraising machine, and rising anti-Trump sentiment, Heidi Ganahl says Colorado’s GOP needs a “small miracle” to win even one statewide race this year. #copolitics coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/04/gana...

My latest: An estimated 53,000 Medicaid enrollees in Colorado with “substance-use disorder could lose coverage and access to treatment” under the One Big Beautiful Bill, according to a progressive research organization.

Former New York Times editor: “We were caught a little flat-footed by this president”

Joey Bunch ain’t dead yet, and he’s modeling a Colorado Times Recorder t-shirt.

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans headed to Texas for a fundraiser today with an organization whose leader has promoted numerous antisemitic conspiracy theories on social media. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/04/cong...

My Latest: As AP lays off more journalists, a stealth conservative news service wants to take its place -- especially in the swing states -- with the help of some of the richest right-wing donors in America coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/04/how-...

Earlier this month, we published statistics about the detainees held in ICE's Colorado "hold rooms." Today, we are looking beyond the datapoints and sharing the individual stories of the people behind them -- 2,800 of them. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/03/excl...

We've reported on ICE's secretive Colorado hold rooms. Now we're reporting on who is profiting from them. Meet ICE's Colorado landlords. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/03/davi...

Despite the unpopularity of Trump and his core agenda, GOP Rep. Gabe Evans, who represents a CO swing district, is on the campaign trail taking singular credit for the passage of Trump's "monumental agenda" - and promoting himself as the "two-time Donald Trump-endorsed candidate for this race.

from a recent Gabe Evans fundraising email: "The far-Left can’t stand me: I’m a Hispanic, patriotic, pro-Trump Republican – my very existence calls the Left’s entire narrative into question. They only want to pit Americans against each other based on race and background."

My latest: Lenz: "Though pandering may seem the path of least resistance, it is also the path of least trust. Combined with broader shifts in how audiences consume media, this dynamic helps explain why traditional radio is losing ground to newer platforms." coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/03/pand...

These ICE 'hold rooms' increasingly serve as unofficial, undisclosed long-term detention facilities across America.

my latest: All 6 Democratic members of the CO congressional delegation — led by Rep. Brittany Pettersen — demanded yesterday that ICE “immediately” stop holding people for “extended periods of time in small, confined rooms that are meant to be a temporary holding space.”

NEW: At least nine secretive ICE detention facilities are scattered around the state, tucked into strip malls and industrial parks. More than 3,000 people were held in them last year, including a 1-year-old girl. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/03/excl...

More GOP Attacks on Jews in Colorado.

A leader of a group trying to get anti-trans initiatives on Colorado’s 2026 ballot said that his group was in talks to get funding from at least one big national donor – but that they backed out after deciding it would be too difficult to win in Colorado. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/03/nati...

In addition to bills looking to regulate data centers and AI, this session the Colorado legislature is also taking on bills related to digital surveillance, raising concerns from unlikely allies: pro-gun groups and abortion advocates. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/02/abor...

CO Springs Congressional District: "This is one of the few districts in the country that trended left on the presidential level between 2020 and 2024. Most of the country trended a little bit or a lot to the right in the past four years, and so that alone kind of makes it notable," said one expert.

An anti-LGBTQ organization pushing to get initiatives on the 2026 ballot has previously gathered signatures exclusively through volunteers. But with just days left to qualify, the group has now hired a professional firm. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/02/acti...

Barefoot and pregnant: the Heritage Foundation's new plan for "saving the family" wants to keep young women out of the workforce so that they can have babies young and often, writes @loganmdavis.bsky.social coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/02/davi...

My latest: CO Catholics Move Left? Pope Leo replaces right-wing Archbishop Aquila. When it came to political issues like abortion and LGBTQ rights, Aquila's hateful words rose above his statements of compassion. His replacement may chart a different course coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/02/colo...

A campaign to put anti-trans initiatives on Colorado's 2026 ballot has become a crusade for right-wing religious groups who use their faith to justify pushing trans people out of public life. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/02/as-c...

27% of Colorado legislators are currently breaking the law. Their crime? Columnist @loganmdavis.bsky.social has the details. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/02/davi...

Milking my D.C. trip for every ounce of content, here is a 1st-person (hence the "Fear and Loathing" in the title) account of the March for Life. I won't mention the "March for Life" again until April, when Denver has their state march. Thanks for reading. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/02/fear...

my latest: Did Pressure From Journalists Prompt an Anschutz-Owned Newspaper To Publish a Disclosure, Albeit a Weak One? coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/did-...

"Many Conservatives Now Cheer the Jackbooted Thugs They Once Warned Against." My new op-ed: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/many...

“It could have been prevented by her if she would have complied...that’s what this gets down to, simply the rule of law.” --Rep. Jeff Crank on the murder of Renee Good Does Crank speak for you? Call Jeff Crank at (202) 225-4422 to respond. #copolitics

During a $500 a plate breakfast at Washington D.C.’s Capitol Hill Club, March for Life Action donors heard from 22 Republican U.S. Representatives. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/we-s...

My first dispatch from D.C. Filing stories on the road! Look at me, being a real journalist. Here's a roundup of some of the things March for Life charged folks $500 to hear, for free: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/we-s...

My latest. CO congressman — like JD Vance — blamed the victim of the last ICE shooting for her. We will see what happens this time? coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/simp...

My latest: A review of the evolving reasons Gabe Evans has offered for opposing the Obamacare tax credits. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/evan...

“The vaccines do not necessarily keep you from getting sick, but they decrease severity. So, if you get a flu vaccine, you are much less likely to end up in the hospital,” says a CO expert coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/with...

Congressman Gabe Evans has doubled down on the claim that every person currently detained by ICE in Colorado deserves to be behind bars.

My Latest: Rep. Gabe Evans gets a tax break for his hobby: raising a few Longhorns. He also thinks his cows entitle him to promote himself as a "rancher." He was thinking of dropping the cow hobby - & presumbably the bovine promotion - but decided not to. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/evan...

I covered our federal delegation's response to the shooting of Renee Good. Rep. Lauren Boebert said the shooting was "absolutely justified,” but Reps. Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans were hesitant to stake out a position just yet. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/abso...

My latest: The CO legislature is impressive, ugly, beautiful, & nothing close to perfect. But it's ours! Now you can pop some corn, watch what goes on there on video & get inspired to do something. Tell any gov't haters you may know to tune in coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/lawm...

My latest: Samples of our 2025 coverage of a congressional district north of Denver that's expected to be a battleground for a race that will help determine which party controls the U.S. House after this year’s midterm elections coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/2025...

Here is a sample of the Colorado Times Recorder's 2025 reporting about a congressional district north of Denver that's expected to be a battleground for a race that will help determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives after this year's midterm elections.

Christmas Poem: ‘Let Us Not Prey’ The World is becalmed. Everywhere they say, "Let us not prey." Now they cry, "To alms, to alms," And stockpile Balms. The only fallout There shall be: Tinsil From every tree.

My Latest: CO Congressman Evans is openly accepting singular responsibility for the Big Beautiful Bill, despite its unpopularity, the first version of which passed the House by one vote and then the amended version by a handful of votes. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/evan...

Circulators collecting signatures for Initiative #95 described it as a way to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s activity in Colorado. In reality, it would force local law enforcement to share information with ICE.

"If you're a Christian, to not ... engage in this spiritual battle to protect kids, to me, is the equivalent of mutiny and deserting your post," Jim Burgen said in a sermon promoting anti-LGBTQ ballot measures. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/chri...

He said he wouldn't sign the discharge petition and he didn't, but, now, will Rep. Hurd vote for the extension of the ACA subsidies?

It's gotta be tough working at the @denverpost.com, but they nonetheless persevere & produce great journalism month after month all year. Thank you. And i'm not a clueless boomer who will read the paper each morning till I die. I'll stop once it's mortally wounded by Alden. But for now, it's great

My latest: As part of the broader fight against attacks on public institutions and the people leading them, legislative leaders shouldn't allow CO to go back to having the nation’s only state legislature that doesn’t livestream videos of committee hearings.

This story shows the lengths to which a private-equity landlord will go to quash its tenants’ union efforts, organizers allege, using aggressive tactics honed by employers in the days before the National Labor Relations Act. www.denverpost.com/2025/12/11/c...