Jesse Aaron Paul

Jesse Aaron Paul

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Colorado Sun political reporter/editor/cofounder. Searching for the strangest datelines and best ski lines. coloradosun.com

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While the House Majority PAC is spending on the 3rd District, it's only tapping into about $300K of its more than $1 million in reservations, redirecting the rest to the 8th District. #copolitics

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National Democrats summoned the cavalry to Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. It hasn’t come. coloradosun.com/2026/10/27/d... #copolitics

coloradosun.comNational Democrats summoned the cavalry to Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. It hasn’t come.While the DCCC has spent some money to benefit Dwayne Romero, other Democratic groups have effectively sat on the sideline.
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NEW: House Majority PAC, which previously cut about $30K in TV ad reservations in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, told me it's tapping into the roughly $1M in reservations it has left and is going up with ads tomorrow. #copolitics

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Blue wave on the Western Slope? Democrats say internal polling shows the 3rd Congressional District is a toss-up. coloradosun.com/2026/10/23/j... #copolitics

coloradosun.comBlue wave on the Western Slope? Democrats say internal polling shows the 3rd Congressional District is a toss-up.According to an internal poll from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic challenger Dwayne Romero has a 1-percentage-point lead over Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd
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Blue wave on the Western Slope? Democrats say internal polling shows the 3rd Congressional District is a toss-up. coloradosun.com/2026/10/23/j... #copolitics

coloradosun.comBlue wave on the Western Slope? Democrats say internal polling shows the 3rd Congressional District is a toss-up.According to an internal poll from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic challenger Dwayne Romero has a 1-percentage-point lead over Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd
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Amendment 85 seeks to make Colorado’s ballot easier to read. But it’s not that simple. coloradosun.com/2026/10/23/a... via @cprmarkus.bsky.social #copolitics #coleg

coloradosun.comAmendment 85 seeks to make Colorado's ballot easier to read. But it’s not that simple.While opponents of Amendment 85 agree that Colorado’s ballots are too complex, they say imposing a vague readability standard into the state constitution would only create more confusion
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That's within the survey's 4.4 percentage point margin of error, but it's still remarkable given the onslaught of ads run against Killin in a district Donald Trump won by about 9 percentage points in 2024. #copolitics

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From our event last night: Where Gabe Evans, Manny Rutinel stand on the key issues in the 8th Congressional District coloradosun.com/2026/10/21/m... #copolitics

coloradosun.comWhere Gabe Evans, Manny Rutinel stand on the key issues in the 8th Congressional DistrictThe Colorado Sun interviewed the two major party candidates for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District in front of a live audience to get their views on healthcare, immigration and the war in Iran
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NEW: Last-ditch effort to block Amendment 87, Colorado’s graduated income tax ballot measure, is rejected by Denver judge coloradosun.com/2026/10/21/a... #copolitics

coloradosun.comLast-ditch effort to block Amendment 87, Colorado’s graduated income tax ballot measure, is rejected by Denver judgeConservatives filed a lawsuit in September, challenging the initiative’s placement on the ballot because dozens of paid signature gatherers for Amendment 87 didn’t follow the state’s registration rule...
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Victor Marx sent out a fundraising appeal tonight, two weeks from Election Day, seeking $100K to run TV ads. To say that would be too little too late for a statewide race is an understatement. #copolitics

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To be clear: I have not seen any TV spending by Marx's campaign to this point. There was some limited spending by a super PAC supporting his campaign in the primary, but that group has basically gone dormant.

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Authorities investigate letters with “suspicious substances” sent to congressional, election offices — including in Colorado coloradosun.com/2026/10/19/j... #copolitics

coloradosun.comAuthorities investigate letters with "suspicious substances" sent to congressional, election offices — including in ColoradoDemocratic U.S. Reps. Jason Crow of Aurora and Joe Neguse of Lafayette said their offices received letters containing a suspicious substance on Monday

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From exorcisms to campaign finance violations, @bentebirkeland.bsky.social, @jesseapaul.bsky.social & @sethklamann.bsky.social unpack the Colorado governor’s race in the latest Putplish. Listen here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... or wherever you get your podcasts. #copolitics #cogov

podcasts.apple.comFrom exorcisms to campaign finance violations, unpacking Colorado’s 2026 race for GovernorPodcast Episode · Purplish · October 16 · 33m
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The American Prosperity Coalition, a conservative dark money group registered to a shipping store in Texas, just dropped another $950,000 into the committee opposing Amendment 87 and Proposition NN. Total donations from the group so far? $1.7M. #copolitics

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Millions in untraceable conservative money is flooding into Colorado to oppose tax-related ballot measures coloradosun.com/2026/10/14/d... #copolitics #coleg

coloradosun.comMillions in untraceable conservative money is flooding into Colorado to oppose tax-related ballot measuresMost of the money is targeted at Amendment 87, which would impose a graduated income tax rate on businesses and individuals
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Sen. Hickenlooper floats the idea of raising the Social Security income taxable maximum of $184,500 (he misspoke on the amount) to combat projected insolvency in 2032 #copolitics

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State Sen. Mark Baisley, appearing at a Colorado Sun debate with Sen. Hickenlooper today, said he's OK with President Donald Trump's decision to buy diesel from Russia to drive down prices #copolitics

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Phil Weiser says he'll serve out his full term — and a second term if reelected — even if he's approached to be the U.S. attorney general. (He says the Biden administration reached out in 2020 and he turned them away.) #copolitics

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Phil Weiser says his first legislative push would be on data centers. Here's what he's planning and what he has to say about tax breaks for the facilities. #copolitics #coleg

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One of the more interesting answers from Weiser during our conversation came when I asked him how he's going to handle pissing people off as governor #copolitics

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Phil Weiser makes his case for Colorado governor while Victor Marx skips debate coloradosun.com/2026/10/09/p...

coloradosun.comPhil Weiser makes his case for Colorado governor while Victor Marx skips debateThe Democratic gubernatorial hopeful said he’s “concerned” about Marx’s conduct during the campaign for Colorado’s top job
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Phil Weiser on Amendment 87, the graduated income tax ballot measure before Colorado voters this year #copolitics

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Phil Weiser still won't say how he's voting on the graduated income tax ballot measure in November, nor would he say how he's voting on the sales tax increase for Front Range passenger rail: coloradosun.com/2026/10/09/p... #copolitics #coleg

coloradosun.comPhil Weiser makes his case for Colorado governor while Victor Marx skips debateThe Democratic gubernatorial hopeful said he’s “concerned” about Marx’s conduct during the campaign for Colorado’s top job
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Phil Weiser still won't say how he's voting on the graduated income tax ballot measure in November, nor would he say how he's voting on the sales tax increase for Front Range passenger rail: coloradosun.com/2026/10/09/p... #copolitics #coleg

coloradosun.comPhil Weiser makes his case for Colorado governor while Victor Marx skips debateThe Democratic gubernatorial hopeful said he’s “concerned” about Marx’s conduct during the campaign for Colorado’s top job
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But Weiser said he's open to some kind of future tax increase to boost road funding. And he's open to tax credits for data centers, especially if they're being built in just transition communities like northwest Colorado where coal mining and power generation are going away