Colorado Republican Party

Colorado's chaotic legislative session this year underscores the once-purple state's leftward shift.

Colorado’s 2023 legislative session ended on Monday. Democrats passed some historic pieces of legislation this year, but also failed to achieve some major policy priorities. Republicans struggled to assert influence, but also staged fierce resistance.

Democratic lawmakers are forging ahead in the face of sometimes-heated Republican opposition. They have more than 150 bills to get through by the time the legislative session ends on Monday.

Democrats invoked a rarely-used rule to limit Republican filibusters during a rare weekend meeting of the House focused on gun bills.

Election deniers who were unable to succeed at the polls last year have targeted the one political post that depends entirely on the most hard-core of Republican voters — state party chair. The focus is now on Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan and elsewhere.

Backers of a campaign targeting a Colorado lawmaker who left the GOP and joined the Democratic Party have received the go-ahead to collect voter signatures in their bid to force a recall election. Petitioners have until Nov. 8 to collect enough signatures to force an eventual recall vote.

Colorado Republicans have launched a recall campaign against state senator Kevin Priola just days after the lawmaker announced he was leaving the GOP and joining the Democratic Party.

Sen. Kevin Priola blasted his Republican colleagues for what he called their indifference toward the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and refusing to take action on climate change.

Colorado Republicans on Saturday overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to opt out of the 2022 primary elections. This would have stopped 1.7 million unaffiliated voters from voting for Republican candidates in the 2022 primaries.

Democrats and Republicans didn’t waste any time choosing new leaders for the upcoming legislative session in Colorado.It felt almost like a lively and…