Colorado Republicans Swept by Blue Tide

The Denver Post featured my guest commentary as their lead in its Sunday Perspective section. It serves as a bookend to my column of September 16, titled: “Hold on: Political rumblings afoot. Colorado political could be shaken to its core this November.” The cover graphic for Sunday’s column is an elephant exiting out a door with the caption:

Exit right, please: The political divide in Colorado deepened in this election as voters showed a score of Republicans the door 

Jeff Neumann, The Denver Post; photo by Thinkstock by Getty Images

The 2018 midterm election brought not just a wave but a widening gulf as Americans parted and divided into distinct camps. In Colorado voters rode that swell and moved the state deeper into the blue. While nationally the Democratic wave was not as big as some predicted, it was more than enough to capture control of the U.S. House and deliver the message President Donald Trump and his administration need restraint.

Read The Buzz blog: Colorado politics could be shaken to its core this November