By Chase Woodruff | deputy editor
Election Day is ten days away.
Our voter guide gives you everything you need to cast a ballot in the 2026 general election. The guide offers a look at candidates and their positions. It describes ballot measures in plain language. It explains how to register to vote, and how to vote. It also contains two special features:
Build-your-own-ballot: Just just enter your address, and the tool will display the candidates and measures on your ballot, wherever you live in Colorado.
Colorado Tradeoffs: Understand not just what’s on the ballot, but what could happen afterward. Test your choices, see the budget implications, and decide how you would respond.
The Colorado Capitol is pictured on the opening day of the Colorado Legislature, Jan. 14, 2026. (Photo by Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)
By Sara Wilson
Outside partisan groups are spending millions of dollars this election cycle on competitive statehouse races in Colorado, and in some instances that spending is far greater than what the candidates themselves are putting up. Democrats will almost certainly retain the majority in both the state House and Senate, but the question in November is whether they can secure a two-thirds supermajority.
U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, left, a Fort Lupton Republican, and Manny Rutinel, a Commerce City Democrat and former state legislator, debated on Oct. 7, 2026, in Berthoud. (Photo by Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)
By Chase Woodruff
All four of Colorado’s Republican congressional incumbents are receiving help from deep-pocketed super PACs in the run-up to the Nov. 3 midterm election — but the race in the battleground 8th District is drawing double the amount of outside spending as all the other races combined.
Bears rummage through garbage at a dumpster in Whitefish, Montana. Wildlife officials nationwide have received a record number of calls about human-bear conflicts this year. (Photo courtesy of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks)
By Alex Brown
Across much of the United States, a warm winter and persistent drought have decimated the natural foods that black and brown bears rely on. With nearly every station at the buffet in short supply, the adaptable eaters are turning to human food. Wildlife officers in many states have received a record number of calls, working overtime through the summer to deter bears, put out traps and euthanize animals who pose persistent problems.
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