Michael Bennet

The Israeli government’s actions after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks have riled up a portion of the Democratic base, and the reverberations are being felt within the party from Denver to Washington, D.C.

Attorney General Phil Weiser’s decisive win in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary is putting the many elected Democrats who endorsed Bennet in a weird spot.

Progressives sailed through Colorado’s primary elections, including a once-in-a-generation upset for a Democratic Socialist.

The Associated Press called the race for Weiser at 7:55 p.m., when Weiser was leading Bennet by 10 percentage points.

Forty-five percent of likely Democratic primary voters who participated in the poll commissioned by a group supporting Weiser said they would vote for Weiser, while 36% said they would vote for Bennet. Nineteen percent said they were undecided.

KUNC is interviewing every Democratic and Republican candidate running for Colorado governor ahead of the June 30 primary election.

KUNC is interviewing every Democratic and Republican candidate running for Colorado governor ahead of the June 30 primary election.

The U.S. Senate passed an approximately $70 billion funding bill for federal immigration enforcement, without any reforms.

Coloradans are guaranteed to get a new governor in the fall. But first, five hopefuls have to convince voters they should represent their party in the midterms.

The previously-frozen drought mitigation funding came from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.