2020 Local, State, and National Elections
News and Blogs
VOTE 2020: THE RACES, SURVEYS AND BIOS
Adams County Commission District 2: Chaz Tedesco v. James Treibert
Adams County District 2
Charles “Chaz” Tedesco is running for re-election in Adams County’s 2nd commission district, which includes bits of Thornton, Commerce City...
US President
Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle
President Donald Trump's and Democratic rival Joe Biden's campaigns are assembling armies of powerful lawyers for the possibility that the race for the White House is decided not at the ballot box but in court
US Senate Colorado
GOP-led Senate panel advances Barrett despite Dems’ boycott
Democratic senators refused to show up in protest of the GOP's rush to install President Donald Trump's nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Never has the Senate confirmed a Supreme Court nominee so close to a presidential election
National Roundup
US: Russian hackers targeting state, local networks
The warning, less than two weeks before the election, amplified fears of the potential for tampering with the vote and undermining confidence in the results.
6th Congressional District
6th Congressional District: Crow seeks second term as House pushes for...
If the COVID-19 pandemic hadn’t taken off in the U.S. it’s possible the CD6 race would look entirely different. Crow’s role as an impeachment manager — his job was to prosecute the case against the president — feels like a distant memory to most just nine months later.
Colorado Congressional Races
Pistol-packing GOP House hopeful channels Trump in Colorado
“Pueblo, this could be the last, most important election that we ever have. Freedom is on the ballot. America is on the ballot,” she told the Pueblo West crowd.
CU Board of Regents
Ilana Spiegel, Richard Murray face off in race for CU Board...
Colorado is one of the only states in the nation that has an elected partisan board of regents for its university system. The nine person board currently has five Republicans and four Democrats. Carson, the current representative from the 6th, is a Republican. If Spiegel succeeds in winning the seat the board’s majority will shift from Republican to Democratic.
2020 Sentinel Endorsements
EDITORIAL: Biden for president to right a dangerously wrong White House
Biden’s long-demonstrated honesty, integrity and experience are the most critical reasons why voters should choose the former vice president to right the rudderless nation, adrift among growing crises.
Election Letters to the Editor
GETTING PERSONAL: True confessions of the Colorado candidates wanting to rule...
Congressman Jason Crow can actually give himself a hand. His hidden talent? “I am able to clap with one hand,” he said. “This not only answers a philosophical question but is helpful when eating hot dogs at sporting events.”
Election OpEds
GETTING PERSONAL: True confessions of the Colorado candidates wanting to rule...
Congressman Jason Crow can actually give himself a hand. His hidden talent? “I am able to clap with one hand,” he said. “This not only answers a philosophical question but is helpful when eating hot dogs at sporting events.”
17th Judicial District Attorney
17th Judicial District Attorney: Mason vs McCormack for DA cover primarily...
Aurora voters living north of East Colfax Avenue will get a new district attorney for the first time in eight years following this November’s...
18th Judicial District Attorney
18th Judicial District Attorney: Kellner vs Padden
Voters across the eastern and southern portions of the metroplex will elect the last district attorney for the 18th judicial district as it is...
Statewide Election News
2020 Voter Information and links
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, but registered voters in Colorado will start receiving mail-in ballots after Oct. 9. With national concern about the...
State House Races
House District 30: Michaelson Jenet vs Gutierrez
This House District is wildly diverse, wrapping around Denver International Airport to encompass the booming Anschutz Medical Campus, low-income north Aurora neighborhoods, vast swaths...
State Senate Races
SD29: Fields vs. Poague for state Senate District 29
Both Fields and Poague are jockeying to represent the sweeping Senate District 29, which stretches from north Aurora to the eastern plains past Byers and Deer Trail.
Regional Transportation District
4 Aurora-region RTD candidates face steep deficit issues in coming years
Already facing budget challenges before the pandemic, drops in ridership caused by COVID-19 mean that the Regional Transportation District is facing a $215 million...
Arapahoe County Races
Arapahoe County Commission: District 5
Arapahoe County District 5
Incumbent Arapahoe County Commissioner Bill Holen is seeking his third and final term representing district five in central Aurora this November,...
Adams County Races
Adams County Commission District 2: Chaz Tedesco v. James Treibert
Adams County District 2
Charles “Chaz” Tedesco is running for re-election in Adams County’s 2nd commission district, which includes bits of Thornton, Commerce City...
Douglas County Races
PRIMARY 2020: Among protests, promises for sea changes in 18th judicial...
A pair of Democratic attorneys are slated to face off in this month’s primary election in a race that has slowly received magnified attention...
Statewide Ballot Questions
PROP. 114 asks voters whether to reintroduce gray wolves to western...
Coloradans will be asked to make the state’s western wilderness a little more wild this
November via Proposition 114, a proposal to reintroduce gray wolves...
Regional Ballot Questions
Ballot Questions 4A and 4B: Cherry Creek School District asking for...
AURORA | Facing a projected $60 million budget shortfall over the next two years, the Cherry Creek School District is asking voters to approve...
Voting Information and Resources
Voter beware: US tells public how to avoid election mischief
The issues identified in the public service announcements run the gamut from the spread of online disinformation about the electoral process to cyberattacks targeting election infrastructure. Taken together, the advisories make clear that American agencies are tracking a broad range of potential threats that they believe voters should know about — not just for transparency's sake but also so voters can be prepared.
