By Chase Woodruff | deputy editor
“There are a lot of different people in this party, but we are united to make sure that we can go and regain control of the House, regain control of the Senate, and bring a new era of sanity into Washington.”
— Democratic U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper
Left: U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper. Right: State Sen. Mark Baisley. (Photos by Lindsey Toomer and Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
By Chase Woodruff
Democratic U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper used a debate Wednesday night to ask Colorado voters to send him back to Washington to push back against President Donald Trump and start “rebuilding our economy,” and reject a Republican challenger he said would be a “rubber stamp” for Trump’s agenda.
Phil Weiser, the Colorado attorney general, speaks to supporters during his primary election night watch party for his campaign for governor, in Denver at Ace Eat Serve on June 30, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Fraieli/Colorado Newsline)
By Chase Woodruff
Ken Buck, the former five-term Republican member of Congress from Colorado and onetime chair of the state GOP, endorsed Democrat Phil Weiser for governor Wednesday alongside more than a dozen other state and local GOP officials. “I’m supporting Phil Weiser because I know Phil,” Buck said in a video released by the Weiser campaign.
A gas station advertises gas and diesel prices in Forest Glen, Md., on Oct. 5, 2026. More than half a dozen states have enacted tax relief to ease the burden on consumers as fuel prices continue to surge. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)
By Tim Henderson
In the last consumer price inflation report before midterm elections, with voters already fed up with higher prices, inflation grew to a 3.7% annual rate in September — the highest level since May, when it was 4.2%. Spikes in energy prices were largely responsible: Gas is now up 34% for the year, and fuel oil, which includes diesel, is up 72% as the Iran war drags on.
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