Election

Jared Polis easily beats Heidi Ganahl to secure second term as Colorado’s governor

Democrat easily defeated his Republican challenger, University of Colorado Regent Heidi Ganahl

November 9, 2022

Democrat Jena Griswold defeats Republican Pam Anderson in Colorado’s secretary of state race

Contest for top election official centered on 2020 election denial, though both candidates agreed Trump didn’t win and that Colorado’s…

November 9, 2022

Regional News

Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser wins reelection over Republican John Kellner

Republican John Kellner (left) is challenging Democratic incumbent Phil Weiser to be Colorado's Attorney General in the state's 2022 elections.…

November 9, 2022

Regional News

Results too close to call for Prop. 123, a ballot measure to fund affordable housing

SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald file photo <br><br>The Durango City Council continues to grapple with ways to encourage affordable housing. The Lumien,…

November 8, 2022

Regional News

Voters approve Prop. FF, clearing way for school meals program funded by cutting tax breaks for the wealthy

new program will give all Colorado public school students access to free breakfasts and lunches, regardless of household income

November 8, 2022

Regional News

Colorado voters divided on proposal to legalize ‘magic mushrooms,’ other natural psychedelic drugs

Proposition 122, which would allow healing centers where people could consume psilocybin mushrooms, leads in voting

November 8, 2022

Regional News

Michael Bennet elected to his third U.S. Senate term as Colorado voters reject Republican Joe O’Dea

Bennet, a Democrat, serves his full six-year term, he will become Colorado’s longest-serving U.S. senator in the century since state…

November 8, 2022

Local News

Final unofficial election night results for La Plata County

This report was released at 11:54 p.m. Tuesday and includes 29,402 ballots cast, or 72% of all active voters. La…

November 8, 2022

Local News

Elbert County clerk loses bid to block election monitor

A monitor was appointed because Elbert County Clerk Dallas Schroeder is accused of mishandling ballots in the primary

November 8, 2022

Local News

Voters say democracy at stake as they head to polls on Election Day in Durango

Plata County candidates ‘watching things unfold’

November 8, 2022

Local News

Election Day will get last lunar eclipse until 2025

moon will be close to Mars and a red star called Antares, a ‘fortuitous placement’ of three red things in…

November 7, 2022

Local News

La Plata County commissioner candidates make final push before Election Day

a three-way race involving an incumbent, former seat-holder and two-time candidate, nobody knows who will win

November 4, 2022

Local News

Colorado Secretary of State expands voting access for Native American tribes

members can vote in-person on tribal lands

November 4, 2022

Regional News

Here’s how unaffiliated voters now feel about Lauren Boebert

Residents in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District were interviewed in spring 2021 and again more recently

November 4, 2022

Local News

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet says ‘it’s kind of like family everywhere I go’

Democrat incumbent discusses previous accomplishments, future goals ahead of midterm elections

November 3, 2022

Local News

Upper Pine fire chief asks voters to approve Ballot Issue 7A

District relies on property tax to maintain level of service

November 3, 2022

Local News

U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea makes campaign stop in Pagosa Springs, passes through Durango

Republican candidate accuses his challenger, Sen. Michael Bennet, of being a party loyalist

November 1, 2022

Local News

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert breaks down five issues facing Southwest Colorado

Republican incumbent recounts leaving high school to work for McDonald’s as shaping views

November 1, 2022

Regional News

10 big promises Colorado Gov. Jared Polis kept in his first term – and some he hasn’t (so far)

Colorado Sun kept track of more than 100 of the Democrats’ 2018 campaign promises. We evaluated about 20 as he…

November 1, 2022

Regional News

Bennet, O’Dea trade jabs in contentious final U.S. Senate debate

‘You’re a liar, Joe,’ Bennet says after O’Dea persists in false legislation claims

October 31, 2022

Local News

Hugh McKean, top Republican in Colorado House, dies of heart attack at 55

lawmaker from Loveland was first elected to the legislature in 2016

October 31, 2022

Local News

Election conspiracies and ‘chaos’ in politics prime talking points at Democratic event

and federal candidates make appearance at Powerhouse Science Center

October 30, 2022

Regional News

Frisch targets GOP voters tired of Boebert’s ‘angertainment’

Democratic candidate for the 3rd Congressional District for Colorado Adam Frisch during an appearance on the campus of the University…

October 27, 2022

Regional News

Polis, Ganahl highlight rural and western Colorado concerns in final face off

Candidates discuss wolves, water, natural gas and beef

October 26, 2022