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2026 Boulder County Voters Guide e-Edition

By Prairie Mountain Media Marketing And Advertising

October 9, 2026 at 6:45 p.m.

Prepare for Election Day with the 2026 Voter Guide. Access candidate profiles, local ballot analyses,...

Teacher Lupita Mosqueda, left, reads to a group of toddlers in the “Fir room” of the recently completed TLC Early Learning Collaborative in Longmont on July 14. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

Brighter Start Boulder County raises more than $400,000 to campaign for childcare tax

By Amy Bounds

October 21, 2026 at 5:39 a.m.

The group supporting the Brighter Start Boulder County childcare tax measure is getting campaign help...

Election worker Harrison Earl talks to voters at a drive-thru ballot drop-off location outside the Boulder County St. Vrain Community Hub in Longmont, Colorado, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Matthew Jonas/Daily Camera)

Dark-money donors are spending big to change Colorado elections — and it’s unclear if any live here

By Seth Klamann

October 21, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Total fundraising to influence ballot questions includes nearly $9 million to support Proposition NN, a...

An RTD shuttle bus drives on the 16th Street mall in Denver on Monday, July 20, 2026. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Flagging public trust, a budget crisis and unexpectedly short term? RTD candidates say they’re ready to dive in.

By Katie Langford

October 20, 2026 at 3:50 p.m.

RTD is on the cusp of a significant shake-up, and the upcoming change to the...

Poll worker Marc Kamin, a Democrat, fills out a test ballot in preparation for the 2022 general election at the Denver Elections Division as it conducted a Logic and Accuracy Test (LAT) at on October 6, 2022 in Denver. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)

Colorado’s Amendment 85 proposes ballot simplicity; critics say its deep-pocketed backers have other goals

By Seth Klamann

October 20, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.

"One of the reasons we want ballot measures to be specific is so that we...

Colorado election and Front Range Passenger Rail District officials disagree on how communication between them failed and caused four county clerks to erroneously send ballots listing Issue 7A to roughly 800,000 voters who are not eligible to vote in that contest. In this August 28 file photo, passengers board a train for a test ride at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Front Range Passenger Rail District names new election official after Ballot Issue 7A error

By Katie Langford

October 20, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.

Pam Anderson previously served as the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder.

U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse speaks during a unity rally put on by the Colorado Democratic Party following Tuesday’s primary election, on Thursday, July 2, 2026, at the Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 720 headquarters in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Suspicious letters sent to at least 5 members of Colorado’s congressional delegation

By Lauren Penington

October 19, 2026 at 6:21 p.m.

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Reps. Joe Neguse, Diana DeGette, Jason Crow, and Brittany...

‘Grateful’ Fred Smith running to be Boulder’s next mayor

By James Burky

October 19, 2026 at 8:37 a.m.

Smith, a longtime Boulder resident, wants Boulder to have a progressive income tax and a...

U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd attends an energy roundtable hosted by Guzman Energy on May 27, 2026, in Denver. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Can a Democrat win Colorado’s Western Slope? Trump’s unpopularity may make congressional race close

By Elise Schmelzer

October 19, 2026 at 7:05 a.m.

“A Democrat in Pueblo is not like a Democrat everywhere else, and a Republican in...

Opponents of Propositions 134 and 135 talk to each other during a rally at the Town Hall Collaborative in Denver, Colorado, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. Proposition 134 would bar transgender athletes from playing on school sports teams that align with their gender identities, while Proposition 135 would prohibit gender-affirming surgeries for minors. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Colorado medical groups, fundraising stack up against proposed ban on gender-affirming surgeries for teens

By Meg Wingerter

October 19, 2026 at 11:36 a.m.

No Colorado hospitals currently offer gender-affirming surgeries to minors.

Democrat Jena Griswold and Republican Michael Allen face off during a Colorado attorney general’s race debate at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs at the University of Denver on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

As clash over experience defines attorney general’s race, one candidate zeroes in on Trump while rival takes broader focus

By Robert Tann

October 19, 2026 at 11:33 a.m.

Democrat Jena Griswold and Republican Michael Allen "are lending themselves to a very close, competitive...

Businessman Bob Chew, the Forward Party candidate for U.S. Senate in the 2026 election. (Campaign handout)

Who is Bob Chew, the deep-pocketed independent U.S. Senate candidate in Colorado?

By Seth Klamann

October 17, 2026 at 4:02 a.m.

In a campaign ad last month, a grinning Bob Chew-as-rebel-pilot zoomed away from a giant,...

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, a Republican, and Democratic challenger Manny Rutinel square off during an 8th Congressional District debate at Grace Place in Berthoud on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Democrats raise big cash in key Colorado races to unseat GOP incumbents, as outside money also floods in

By Nick Coltrain

October 16, 2026 at 6:02 p.m.

The Democratic challengers in Colorado's two most competitive congressional races have run fundraising circles around...