2026 Gubernatorial Race

The primary winner will face a difficult challenge in the general election, but will say a lot about the future of the GOP in the state.

GOP gubernatorial candidates state Rep. Scott Bottoms and state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer faced off in their first televised debate.

Democratic gubernatorial candidates U.S Sen. Michael Bennet and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser faced off in their first televised debate.

Michael Bloomberg has given $2.5M to Rocky Mountain Way, the state-level super PAC supporting the US senator’s gubernatorial campaign.

Voters’ unfamiliarity with the attorney general has always been the Democrats’ greatest vulnerability in the governor’s race as he runs against the much better known US Sen. Michael Bennet in the primary.

During a recent debate, Bennet said Polis is “allergic” to building big statewide coalitions. At another gathering, Bennet said he totally disagrees with the idea that the governor’s health care policies have worked.

The Democrat says it’s natural for voters to ask, but that he thinks people feel good about his explanation — which is that as governor he can both fight Donald Trump and chart a new path forward for his party.

The funds will likely be mostly spent on the primary given that whoever wins the Democratic faceoff will likely become governor in November.

Bloomberg has poured half a million dollars into helping Sen. Michael Bennet defeat Attorney General Phil Weiser in the Democratic primary.

The midterms are a year away, but the money races are already going strong, as each party eyes control of Congress.