Phil Weiser

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.

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.

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

It follows a suit against the city of Denver over a longstanding rifle possession ban.

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.

The state assembly gave a chance for some of the primary candidates to make their case directly to the state’s most active Democrats.