By Quentin Young | editor
🗳️ We have lots of election news from Tuesday. A couple of the top stories are below, but you can find all our coverage here.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser addressed the crowd at a Colorado Democratic Party watch party after his election as governor on Tuesday. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
By Chase Woodruff
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser was elected the state’s 44th governor Tuesday, defeating Republican Victor Marx and independent candidate Greg Lopez. “At a time of rising fear and cruelty, Colorado’s answer is rising hope and compassion,” Weiser told cheering supporters at Colorado Democrats’ election night watch party in Denver. “Let us together build a future based on the values that make Colorado special, and meet the urgency of this moment by making long overdue changes.”
Democrat Manny Rutinel, pictured at his election night watch party in Commerce City on Tuesday, defeated Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District. (Photo by Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)
By Lindsey Toomer
Democrat Manny Rutinel defeated Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, flipping Colorado’s 8th Congressional District. The district was long one of a handful of toss-ups in the country. The race will help decide which party has control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a Colorado case over the balance of protections for LGBTQ+ people and religion. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)
By Lindsey Toomer
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared doubtful Tuesday of yet another Colorado policy involving the balance of state anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people and religious exemptions. The Archdiocese of Denver and two Catholic preschools say in a lawsuit that they were unable to participate in Colorado’s universal preschool program, known as UPK Colorado, because the state will not allow the religious educational institutions to exclude LGBTQ+ children and parents.
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