Politics

DENVER – Republican Sen. Cory Gardner helped mastermind the GOP’s midterm strategy of pushing Senate candidates closer to President Donald Trump. But heading into his own 2020 re-election bid in...

Colorado’s House of Representatives is in an exclusive club. It’s one of only two legislative chambers in the country where female lawmakers hold a majority. Overall, women make up nearly half of...

The Montezuma County Board of Commissioners and county staff are discussing how to reopen the road into Mesa Verde National Park, which closed because of the partial federal government shutdown....

Finding funding for education will be one of the major challenges facing state Rep. Barbara McLachlan, D-Durango, in the next legislative session. McLachlan, a former Durango High School teacher,...

Colorado Republicans are preparing for life in the political wilderness. After election night’s midterm blue wave receded, the party was left without a foothold in the state government. Democrats...

It turns out Gov. John Hickenlooper isn’t the only Colorado Democrat with his eye on the White House. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is considering a presidential bid, according to three people who...

State Rep. Barbara McLachlan, D-Durango, cruised to victory in House District 59 with 56 percent of voters favoring her and 44 percent backing independent challenger Paul Jones of Gunnison,...

State Sen. Don Coram, a Montrose Republican, defeated Democratic challenger Guinn Unger, a Bayfield Democrat, with 55.13 percent of voters favoring the incumbent and 44.87 percent preferring the...

Republican candidate for Colorado governor Walker Stapleton promised a brighter future for young people at a rally held Thursday in the Durango Main Mall, 835 Main Ave. More than 60 people cheered...

Durango Herald reporter Bret Hauff asked outgoing Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper if he will run for president of the United States. The guv has been notoriously...

Democratic candidates for local, state and national offices rallied voters Saturday evening as part of the Colorado Democratic Party’s Colorado for All bus tour around the state. More than 150...