DENVER (AP) — Tea party favorite Ken Buck has defeated former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton to clinch Colorado’s Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. (more)
Primary elections in Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota and Connecticut on Tuesday will provide perhaps the best snapshot of the electorate’s mood since May 18, when Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter was ousted in a Democratic primary and Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln was forced into a runoff by Lt. Gov. Bill Halter. Here’s POLITICO’s guide on the top races to watch. (more)
DENVER — The week leading up to Colorado’s pair of cliffhanger Senate primaries has featured a New York Times story calling into question the incumbent senator’s past judgment on financial risk, a hastily arranged presidential tele-town hall meeting and a visit from Sen. John McCain on behalf of a fallen GOP front runner. (more)
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. — Two Senate primaries that were supposed to be tranquil affairs have turned into roaring Rocky Mountain shootouts that could provide the best test yet of how deeply anti-establishment, anti-Washington sentiment is running this year. (more)
Andrew Romanoff’s campaign Friday tried to capitalize on a front-page New York Times report examining a complex financial deal conducted when Sen. Michael Bennet headed Denver schools. The campaign worked overtime on a new TV ad and conducted media interviews all day. (more)
DENVER (AP) — In an election year already notable for anti-establishment fervor and spoiler candidates, nothing beats Colorado’s political circus. (more)
Democrats like to say the other party does it all the time — and their primary opponents are guilty of it, too, come to think of it. (more)
Sen. Michael Bennet has reason to worry. (more)
Immigration has surpassed jobs to become the number one issue concerning Latino voters, according to a poll by leading non-profit Latino organization. (more)
Some are just shocking, some are weird and others might actually win some votes. Of the hundreds of campaign videos released this week, here are some of our favorites at The Daily Caller: (more)
On June 29, 2010, former President Bill Clinton did the political equivalent of throwing some juicy ripe red tomatoes at the White House windows by publicly endorsing primary candidate and state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff in Colorado’s Senate Democratic primary. (more)
In an affront to the Obama administration, former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday came out in support of Andrew Romanoff, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Colorado who is challenging a White House-backed incumbent, Sen. Michael Bennet. (more)
Coloradans everywhere are on the lookout for the “Backbone Express,” Democratic Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff’s official campaign van, which will be crisscrossing the state this summer spreading the congressional hopeful’s message. (more)
“A party divided” is the Democrats’ attack line, as they have argued for months that the Tea Party is provoking a civil war within the Republican Party. But on Tuesday in Arkansas, most of the political discord was within their own ranks. (more)
Joe Sestak is not someone worth fighting over. Nor was Monica Lewinski. But the mistake of dealing with ignoble and immoral people can humble the mighty, and President Obama is no exception. He may find himself signing a resignation letter one day soon. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rebuffed before, Republicans are renewing demands for a Justice Department investigation into White House dealmaking in two Senate races. The Obama administration says it’s broken no laws, but Republicans aren’t taking its word. (more)
Rep. Darrell Issa, a key GOP oversight official and President Obama’s chief congressional tormentor, has a surprising message for the “everybody does it” defense of Obama’s job dangling: If Bush did it, it was illegal then, too. (more)
One week ago, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs spoke to reporters on Air Force One as President Obama flew to Chicago after visiting the Gulf Coast to survey the oil spill response. The very first question Gibbs faced was what the president thought of attempts by top aides to lure Democrat Joe Sestak out of the Senate primary in Pennsylvania. (more)
Andrew Romanoff, the Democratic Senate candidate in Colorado who was offered key administration jobs by the White House to convince him not to run, is known for his successful record in the Colorado legislature, where he rose to be speaker of the House. (more)























