Jesse Paul
Jesse Paul is a Denver-based political reporter and editor at The Colorado Sun, covering the state legislature, Congress and local politics. He is the author of The Unaffiliated newsletter and also occasionally fills in on breaking news coverage.
A Colorado College graduate, Jesse worked at The Denver Post from June 2014 until July 2018, when he joined The Sun. He was also an intern at The Gazette in Colorado Springs and The News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware, his hometown.
Jesse has won awards for long form feature writing, public service reporting, sustained coverage and deadline news reporting.
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Initiative 232 was brought by the conservative political nonprofit Advance Colorado and seeks to derail a push by liberal groups to pass a separate graduated income tax ballot measure this year. -
In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden won the 8th Congressional District by 5 points. But in 2024, Donald Trump won it by 2 points — a larger margin of victory than Evans’. -
The 54-year-old retired Marine was originally running for the US Senate this year, but he failed to make the GOP primary ballot. Listen to KUNC host Marty Lenz discuss this story and then read the entire article. -
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Wednesday added Colorado’s 3rd and 4th congressional districts to its list of “districts in play” this year. -
Initiative 177 seeks to prevent bans on natural gas sales and use in Colorado. -
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation processed 59,452 gun background checks last month. By comparison, the agency processed 20,172 gun background checks in July 2025. -
George Markert, a retired Marine colonel, originally ran for U.S. Senate this year but failed to make the primary ballot. The Broomfield resident moved to Colorado about three years ago as he settled his family after leaving the military. -
Lopez, a former Republican who briefly served in Congress, is making his third consecutive bid for governor. Listen to KUNC host Marty Lenz discuss this story and then read the entire article. -
Democrat Jessica Killin’s campaign paid for a poll showing her within just 1 percentage point of Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank, with 11% of the electorate undecided. -
Posts analyzed by The Colorado Sun are the latest evidence of Rutinel’s yearslong animal rights activism, which continued up until he was appointed to a seat in the state legislature in 2023. The Democrat is now running in the 8th Congressional District, home to thousands of ranches and farms.
