The Real Cory Gardner Stands Up

The Senator's vote to defund Planned Parenthood shows he's still deeply conservative—not that anyone should have doubted that.

Will The Real Cory Gardner Please Stand Up?

He can be funny, likable and—depending on the day—a political turncoat, a GOP savior, or a partisan hack. So, now that's he's been a U.S. senator for six months, who is the Gentleman from Colorado?

Election Recap: Colorado Dems Feeling Mighty Blue

The bitterly fought midterm contests are over, leaving the state a bruised shade of purple. 

Say “Yes” to Ads: Colorado’s Best and Worst Political Commercials

GOP Primary Should Bring Clarity to Gov Race

The New Front in Dudley Brown’s War: Jefferson County

Opinion: Gardner-Udall Will Be a Heavyweight Fight

Shakedown: 2013 in Review

Colorado’s politics have been, in a word, chaotic.

Rant & Rave: Marijuana Enforcement and NSA Dragnet Surveillance

Politics: Senator Bennet Says He Backs Limited Military Action Against Syria

The Colorado senator will attend an intelligence briefing today and says the United States’ options are “about picking your least bad outcome.”

Rant & Rave: Wildfires Bring Out the Best and Worst in Our Leaders

Politics: The BEER Act

Politics: Tom Tancredo Seriously Mulling 2014 Gubernatorial Run

The former congressman, who lost the 2010 governor race, as a third-party candidate, is keeping the door open for another shot at the state’s top job.

Colorado On Weapons: Where Do Our U.S. Senators Stand?

Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall backed restrictions on high-capacity magazine clips and supported the broadening of background checks across the country—but both opposed a proposal to ban certain assault weapons.

Special Report: Bluer Than Blue: What’s Wrong With Colorado Republicans?

Biz: Blowing in the Wind

The DNC: Four Years Later…

Biz: A Beer Tax Cut?

Rant & Rave: Doug Lamborn and Denver Public Schools

Senatorial Sitdown: Mark Udall on What’s Next for Colorado (Part II)

Senatorial Sitdown: Q&A with Mark Udall (Part I)

State of Dis-union: Preview of Our Q&A with Senator Mark Udall

The Most Important Political Race That No One’s Talking About. Yet.

While Colorado and the rest of the country have been focused on Obama, Clinton, and McCain, Republican Bob Schaffer and Democrat Mark Udall have been quietly laying the groundwork in their campaigns for Colorado's open U.S. Senate seat. Though their political philosophies couldn't be more different, both men are following remarkably similar strategies. Here, we trace the 10 steps Schaffer and Udall are taking in what promises to be one of the most fiercely contested races in the country.