Some results are still being counted, but it is late as I'm writing this. As they say, "I've seen enough." Democrats have had a very good night so far. They will certainly take the House and a majority of seats in the Senate. The
This post is an update of my last one (please refer to that post for more details about the data and the charts). We are now just one week out from Election Day, and the data in the charts is updated through October 26. In the interim, I was able
Analysis of early voting in Colorado shows some promising signs for a very good year for Democrats in the state.
This is the final installment in my Colorado election predictions. In the first post, I discussed how I'm thinking about the statewide and federal races. The second post went into state legislative races. In this post, I'll talk about the 14 ballot measures that Colorado voters
Democrats are poised to do very well in the November state legislative elections across the state.
Democrats are riding a blue wave nationally, and Colorado will be no different.
Colorado has lost hundreds of years of legislative experience to its misguided term limit amendment.
Energy production in Colorado has shifted dramatically over the past 25 years. At the turn of the century, more than three-quarters of the electricity produced in Colorado was generated in coal-fired power plants. A few years ago, wind power overtook coal in total megawatt hours produced, and this
Colorado Democrats have been using unsustainable fundraising tactics that threaten to burn out donors and increase cynicism.
Note: This interview was transcribed by an AI tool which seems to have done an admirable job, but errors likely remain. It has further been very lightly edited for readability. I conducted this interview for my post, "Colorado's Hook and Squeeze." Brad Jones: I wanted to
Coloradans have wagered more than a billion dollars on table tennis since the legalization of online sports betting, but that is only a small part of the story.
Colorado has one of the least affordable housing markets in the country. A recent report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition ranked Colorado among the least affordable housing markets in the country. This was an issue that came up over and over in my recent review of state legislative
2026 elections
Democrats and Republicans running for the state legislature are presenting themselves in very different ways. They talk about different issues and they talk about those issues in very different ways. Political campaigns are the key connective tissue between candidates and Coloradans. In this post, I'll review some data
2026 election
Analysis of the ballots cast in the 2026 primary election reveals the diversity of the electorate.
In my last post, I (perhaps unadvisedly) wandered out of my comfort zone and into some climatological data in the form of snowpack data over the past 40 years in Colorado. While I wait on some official election data to come in, I've got another dataset in the
snowpack
What does Colorado's historically dry winter portend for fire season?
opinion
Just as it was a mistake to read too much into Trump's 2024 victory, it is a mistake to try to read too much into a handful of Democratic primary contests.
Melat Kiros
A few relevant data points about Kiros's victory in CO-01.
2026 election
Some observations about the June 30 primary elections in Colorado
2026 election
A few things that I'll be watching as election results come in next week.
traffic violence
Hundreds of people die every year on Colorado's roads. In many ways, Colorado is typical of the national epidemic of traffic violence. This post discusses some of the important trends and compares Colorado to the rest of the country.
Colorado legislature
The second regular session of the 75th General Assembly wrapped up in mid-May. This was the last regular session under Jared Polis's tenure as governor. As others have reported, the 2026 regular session was conducted under the cloud of the budget shortfall which constrained much of what
2026 election
This post will provide an update based on the latest campaign finance disclosure filings for the major candidates for the race for governor in Colorado. Others have covered the total amounts raised by each candidate. My analysis will center on what we might be able to learn from the past
This post explores the impact of rising gas prices on Colorado households.