by Mr. Leadville | Nov 10, 2020 | Leadville News
Women will make up the majority of lawmakers, and more people of color will serve in Colorado’s statehouse next year, but top leadership will remain largely white and male. Executive leadership is made up of the House speaker, majority leader and minority leader as...
by Mr. Leadville | Nov 10, 2020 | Leadville News
A measure that would ban abortions in Colorado after 22 weeks of pregnancy, except in cases where the mother’s life is at risk, failed Tuesday night. Both supporters and opponents of Proposition 115 had predicted a tight battle over what supporters of the ban call...
by Mr. Leadville | Nov 10, 2020 | Leadville News
Control of the Senate remained up grabs as of 12:10 a.m. Wednesday morning. Prior to Tuesday night, Republicans held 53 of 100 seats. Democrats, including the two nominal independents in their caucus, held 47. Democrats needed to pick up four Senate seats to control...
by Mr. Leadville | Nov 10, 2020 | Leadville News
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans suffered a first setback in the battle for Senate control Tuesday as Democrats picked up a seat in Colorado, but other races were still too early to call across an expansive political map. GOP Sen. Cory Gardner was defeated by Democrat...
by Mr. Leadville | Nov 10, 2020 | Leadville News
Americans across the nation sit in liminal voids, glued to couches, lit only by the white glare of cable television interactive maps, fed by anxiety-easing comfort foods with questionable nutritional value as they come upon hour 72 of this never-ending Election Day...
by Mr. Leadville | Nov 10, 2020 | Leadville News
Democrat Joe Biden is cruising to victory in Colorado, taking the state’s nine electoral votes in a contest that was never in doubt. The former vice president’s victory over President Donald Trump became clear soon after polls closed, and five major TV networks...
