Immigration reporter

Seth Klamann

Seth Klamann covers politics, immigration and the state house for The Denver Post. A proud Kansas City native and University of Missouri grad, he previously worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Casper Star-Tribune and the Omaha World-Herald. Outside of work, he enjoys watching soccer, going on road trips and eating fried food.

Colorado 8th Congressional District Democratic nominee Manny Rutinel, right, makes a campaign stop with members and supporters of the Colorado Millwrights and Carpenters Union Local 555 on Oct. 3, 2026, in Denver. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)

Manny Rutinel leans hard into anti-Trumpism in 8th District race — while pivoting away from his activist past

October 22, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Manny Rutinel was a vegan activist, but this year he ate a meat taco during a campaign stop. That's not the only position he's changed as he's run for Congress...

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

October 21, 2026 at 9:39 a.m.

Total fundraising to influence ballot questions includes nearly $9 million to support Proposition NN, a state education funding ballot measure, and more than $6.5 million to oppose Amendment 87.

The Rev. Edward Nalwamba, center, is carried out of the Aurora ICE Processing Center by fellow detainees who were also being released on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, in Aurora. Nalwamba, who uses a wheelchair, said he was not provided one after leaving the immigration detention center. Fellow detainees carried him to a friend’s truck waiting to pick him up. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

ICE releases Ugandan priest from Aurora detention center after 13 months following judge’s order

October 21, 2026 at 2:21 p.m.

The Aurora immigration detention center released a retired Ugandan priest held there for more than a year on Tuesday evening, a day after a federal judge issued an order to...

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

October 20, 2026 at 4:59 p.m.

"One of the reasons we want ballot measures to be specific is so that we can avoid fights after the fact about what the ballot measure is intended to do,"...

metal prison bars with handcuffs on black background

Denver man sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for COVID relief scheme

October 18, 2026 at 3:17 p.m.

A Denver man has been sentenced to two and half years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $1.2 million in pandemic-era relief funds, prosecutors said.

Connor Russell sits on the grass next to flowers and a flag that have been left on fencing next to the scene of Sunday's attack on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on Monday, June 2, 2025. Russell, a Boulder resident, said he came to the site to help him process what happened. “I have been having a hard time understanding how this happened here,” he said. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Boulder firebomber moves to change plea on federal hate-crime charges

October 18, 2026 at 1:57 p.m.

The man who killed a woman and injured more than a dozen others while they were marching for the release of Israeli hostages last year is set to change his...

Boulder firebomber moves to change plea on federal hate-crime charges

October 19, 2026 at 9:03 a.m.

The man who killed a woman and injured more than a dozen others while they were marching for the release of Israeli hostages last year is set to change his...

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?

October 17, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

In a campaign ad last month, a grinning Bob Chew-as-rebel-pilot zoomed away from a giant, spherical pile of $100 bills labeled the "Debt Star." Here's what to know about the...

LEFT: Colorado Republican Senate candidate Mark Baisley, a state senator, speaks during a Republican candidate forum at the Denver Press Club on Oct 2, 2025. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post) RIGHT: U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper speaks with the media during a press conference at a park in Estes Park on May 28, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

In Senate race, John Hickenlooper and Mark Baisley debate on Trump, abortion bans and Iran

October 15, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Wednesday's debate provided some contrast of the issues animating two of the the state's longstanding political figures.

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)

Epstein, Trump and trucks: Why political ads for a single Colorado race are flooding TV screens

October 13, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Millions of dollars in spending have poured into north and central Colorado, flooding television commercial breaks with near-ceaseless political advertisements for a swing congressional seat.

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