Colorado Election Preview October 24, 2018
What’s at stake?
Federal Races Rep. Mike Coffman (R) Jason Crow (D) Challenger Incumbent
Federal Races Crow +11 in mid-September New York Times Poll Both sides begin pulling $$ Denver Post endorses Coffman Cook Political Report: Leans D Sabato’s Crystal Ball: Leans D Five Thirty-Eight: Likely D Rep. Mike Coffman (R) Incumbent Jason Crow (D) Challenger MWCUA PREDICTION: LIKELY DEMOCRATIC MWCUA ENDORSEMENT: COFFMAN
Federal Races, cont’d MWCUA ENDORSEMENTS Joe Neguse (D) Rep. Scott Tipton (R) CD-3 Incumbent Joe Neguse (D) CD-2 Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D) CD-7 Incumbent Rep. Doug Lamborn (R) CD-5 Incumbent
Federal Races 2019 scenarios
Federal Races 2019 scenarios
CO Governor Race Rep. Jared Polis (D) CD-2 Incumbent Polis has put $22 million of his own money into the race. Polis +7 in recent October poll. Cook Political Report: Lean D Sabato’s Crystal Ball: Lean D Walker Stapleton (R) State Treasurer MWCUA PREDICTION: LIKELY DEMOCRATIC MWCUA ENDORSEMENT: NONE
CO Constitutional Offices Attorney General: Phil Weiser (D) vs. George Brauchler (R) State Treasurer: Dave Young (D) vs. Brian Watson (R) Secretary of State: Jena Griswold (D) vs. Wayne Williams (R-Incumbent) MWCUA ENDORSEMENTS: NONE
CO Legislative Races MWCUA ENDORSEMENTS: Winter, Danielson Senate District 24: Faith Winter(D) vs. Beth Martinez Humenik (R-Incumbent) Senate District 16: Tammy Story (D) vs. Tim Neville (R-Incumbent) Senate District 20: Jessie Danielson (D) vs. Christine Jensen (R) MWCUA ENDORSEMENTS: Winter, Danielson
CO Legislative Races MWCUA ENDORSEMENTS Highlighted names denotes credit union member Visit http://mwcua.com/advocacy/cu-gotv/ for list of candidates
CO Ballot Measures Citizen-Initiated Constitutional Amendments: Amendment 73—Funding for Public Schools Amendment 74—Just Compensation for Reduction in Fair Market Value by Government Law or Regulation Amendment 75—Campaign Contributions
CO Ballot Measures, cont’d Citizen-Initiated Statutory Amendments: Proposition 109—Authorize Bonds for Transportation Projects Proposition 110—Transportation Funding Proposition 111—Payday Loans Proposition 112—Setback Requirement for Oil and Gas Development
CO Ballot Measures, cont’d Constitutional Amendments Referred by General Assembly: Amendment A—Removal of exception to slavery prohibition for criminals Amendment V—Reduced Age Qualification for General Assembly members Amendment W—Judge retention ballot language Amendment X—Definition of Industrial Hemp Amendment Y—Independent Commission for Congressional Redistricting Amendment Z—Independent Commission for State Legislative Redistricting
Things to Know: Ballots must be received by County Clerks by 7PM on November 6. Postmarks DO NOT COUNT. Mail you ballot ahead of time, put them in a drop box, or hand deliver to the clerk’s office. Voters can register and vote at the same time up to and including Election Day. Visit http://www.govotecolorado.com/ for more information.
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