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Democrats target 13 races as they lay out path to win supermajorities in Colorado legislature

Democrats are just one seat shy of a 2-to-1 supermajority in both the Colorado House and the Senate. The national party's state legislative arm unveiled a plan Wednesday to win more seats.

Capitol updates: Democrats back off targeting of natural gas initiative; sponsors drop attempt to sustain family tax credit
The Colorado legislature has entered its final three days of the 2026 legislative session, and...

Capitol updates: Lawmakers target natural gas ballot initiative, face lawsuit threat over TABOR refund bill
Colorado lawmakers are preparing to introduce legislation that would blunt a proposed ballot initiative giving...

Key takeaways: New AI regulations bill lands and veto watch begins as labor measure passes Senate
The Colorado House and Senate have entered the final two weeks of the 2026 legislative...

State budget heads to Gov. Jared Polis after lawmakers wrestle with cuts to disability services
“This has clearly been a lengthy and painful set of discussions about how we address...

Colorado Senate candidate arrested after daughter nearly drowns in Florida pool, police say
A Republican candidate for Colorado Senate was arrested on suspicion of child neglect in Florida...

State budget passes Colorado Senate and nears final decision point, with committee weighing changes
“This was an extraordinarily hard budget. ... It kept me up at night (on) many,...

Officials take stock of how tariffs have impacted Colorado economy
Last week, with the year anniversary on Thursday of what President Trump dubbed "Liberation Day,"...

Colorado lawmakers can pass ‘Alyssa’s Act’ to help coaches and parents monitor mental health (ap)
In 2019, we lost Alyssa after she struggled with her mental health following a series...

Tina Peters clemency? Her sentence was drastically harsher than those of two Democratic lawmakers (ap)
Gov. Jared Polis has questioned whether justice was evenly applied when comparing the length of...

Former state representative tapped to fill vacant Colorado Senate seat
A Democratic vacancy committee picked former state Rep. Adrienne Benavidez to fill a vacant Colorado...

