2024 election

Alaska Sen. Cathy Giessel, a Republican, initially opposed all-candidate primaries and ranked-choice general elections, which is on the ballot in Colorado this year as Prop. 131. Now, she says, “It puts the voter in the forefront.”

From your hands to the election and beyond, explained.

Candidates vying for 3rd District seat being vacated by Rep. Lauren Boebert.

With the election less than two months away, political rifts in Grand County mirror those across Colorado and the rest of the country. Changing demographics are exacerbating political differences and making it hard to focus on the issues that matter, even when Republicans and Democrats agree on them.

Federal law requires counties with high concentrations of Native speakers to provide translations of the ballot. But what they leave out can be as important as what they put in.

More than a dozen statewide ballot measures are on the November ballot. They deal with major issues like abortion, gun violence, elections, and conservation, but they can also be confusing. What does a “yes” vote on any of them really mean?

The candidates for Colorado’s Third Congressional District squared off in a debate hosted by Club 20 in Grand Junction on September 21, 2024. The hour-long debate covered various topics, including the economy of rural Colorado, water resources, energy policy, immigration, and abortion.

An annual poll released this week shows inflation, low wages, unaffordable housing, and expensive healthcare are major concerns for Latino voters in Colorado. Also on the list are abortion, immigration, and gun violence.

Gov. Jared Polis announced this week that he will be voting for the initiative, Proposition 131.