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I like the fact that Colorado votes for my party so I can't blame Republicans for wanting that too.

Anyway, the gubernatorial election should be competitive, right?

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I think CO is the one Bush/Bush state that's completely gone for Republicans at the presidential level. Not saying that Democrats should take it for granted, but if I had to guess I would say it votes Democratic for the next 5 elections at least. It will probably start voting to the left of NM soon.

I could see this as a Republican landslide map in 2028:

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I think CO is the one Bush/Bush state that's completely gone for Republicans at the presidential level. Not saying that Democrats should take it for granted, but if I had to guess I would say it votes Democratic for the next 5 elections at least. It will probably start voting to the left of NM soon.

I could see this as a Republican landslide map in 2028:

You say that, but VA (a Bush/Bush state) is Democratic in your GOP landslide map.

Anyway, I like the fact that most regions of the country have red, blue, and swing states. There are exceptions (the Northeast has a handful of swing states, depending on if you count PA, but no solidly GOP state) but it's still cool that regions like the South, Midwest, and Mountain west are all to some degree politically heterogenous.

Yeah, VA will probably be gone for Republicans soon but I can see Trump winning it if he does really well in 2020.

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What positions did Mike Johnson change?

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Perlmutter in

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Perlmutter in

Guessing he's a top recruit?

The Democrats would be favored anyway, but from what I've heard Perlmutter is a strong candidate, yeah.

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Perlmutter has co-sponsored John Conyers' Medicare-for-All bill. Hopefully he makes that an issue during the campaign.

Hmm, considering how resoundingly the single-payer referendum was defeated in 2016, could this hurt him?

IIRC that was a problem with that specific proposal rather than single payer in general.

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Rep. Jared Polis (D) is thinking about running for Governor.

http://coloradopolitics.com/exclusive-jared-polis-thinking-governor/

His relative youth is tempting, but I still prefer Perlmutter.