Colorado U.S. Rep. Ken Buck was among 20 House Republicans who refused to back U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan as House speaker on Tuesday amid increasing calls from Democrats to reach a bipartisan deal so the chamber can conduct business.
Some of Colorado s progressive legislators distanced themselves from the Denver Democratic Socialists of America, which on Saturday said it "unequivocally stands" with Palestine in its "fight for liberation from the apartheid regime of Israel."
This is being written on a Tuesday afternoon after eight House Republicans just kicked their putative leader to the curb. The vote was historic. More than that, it was symptomatic of the chaos of our politics.
In the days after a handful of dissenters broke with fellow House Republicans to strip the speaker s gavel from Kevin McCarthy, Colorado lawmakers from both parties squared off over the
State Rep. Richard Holtorf plans to decide in the next month or so whether to mount a primary challenge against five-term U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, the Akron Republican told Colorado Politics.