Elections

Colorado voters elected more progressive candidates to key school board races on Tuesday, resulting in a shift away from conservative-leaning boards in at least three districts. This shift is in line with the blue wave that helped Democrats win high-profile races around the country, and could lead to more union-friendly policies and less time devoted to hot-button issues.

Here are the results from the 2025 elections across Colorado.

The Nov. 4 election will decide numerous ballot measures throughout Northern Colorado, and at least one high-profile mayoral race.

If passed, Proposition MM would raise up to $95-million toward providing free breakfast and lunch to students.

This measure would allow the state to keep all of the money it's raised through a 2022 tax increase, instead of refunding some of it.

This ballot measure would increase taxes on Coloradans making more than $300,000 a year to fund nutrition programs.

A Colorado Democrat running for Congress wants her state to join the partisan redistricting battle that began in Texas.

Colorado leaders passed an unusual law in 2024: It placed polling places inside every jail, in every Colorado county, on Election Day. The results were striking: Turnout inside the state’s jails increased by a factor of 10. Today on In The NoCo, we look at the reasons why, and hear why other states may soon follow Colorado’s lead.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford cited “the rule of law” in a recent speech talking about how several states have taken legal action against changes they say would put unfair burdens on voters to prove citizenship or on how states count votes.

Backers say the Colorado Voting Rights Act will protect the state against efforts to scale back civil rights, but election officials fear it could open up new challenges to longstanding voting practices.