COVER STORY | Meet Iman Jodeh, Colorado’s first Muslim and Palestinian-American lawmaker
Rep. Iman Jodeh, D-Aurora, finds being a member of the Colorado House almost surreal. The first Muslim and Palestinian-American elected to the Colorado General Assembly said she never considered running for elected office before it all just fell together. “I’m not used to it yet,” she said in an interview… Read More
Coloradans elect first Muslim, first African immigrant to state legislature
First-time voter and Aurora resident Nawal Elsayad was sitting with her dad in front of the TV around 10 p.m. on election night, watching the results as they came in. Elsayad was fixated on the screen for updates on the presidential election, but there was one local race that was… Read More
INSIGHTS | Women voters are the new force in politics, and Colorado leads the way
Kamala Harris is the face of this year’s election, but she doesn’t stand alone. Women of color are the political force capable of reshaping the American political landscape the way it’s already configured Colorado. Two days before the election, our Ernest Luning reported the… Read More
THE AURORA EVOLUTION | Colorado’s third-largest city has changed its political stripes
In less than five years, Aurora transformed from a reliably Republican city to a decidedly progressive Democrat-controlled one. Two recent elections sealed the new political power structure: In 2018 Arapahoe County voters handed Democratic candidates most all major political seats and the 2019 Aurora City Council election that… Read More
Carman: It’s Kamala Harris for VP, and both sides have come out swinging
Michal Rosenoer calls them “purity tests,” the harsh, unyielding judgments leveled at women in politics, particularly women of color, in an attempt to slap them down and hold them back. “They’re running for office within systems that are racist and sexist and they are going to face more criticism… Read More
Meet Katie Barrett, Symbol of Effort to Elect More Colorado Women
Even as Rifle restaurateur and Second Amendment advocate Lauren Boebert is shaking up the Colorado Republican Party by running against 3rd District Congressman and fellow party member Scott Tipton, Democratic women are lining up to take on other established GOP incumbents. Emblematic of them is Katie Barrett, who’s facing… Read More
Women at work
In Southeast and throughout the state, female leaders are changing the nature of politics By Lily Reavis Special to the Southeast Express Colorado is a leading state in terms of equal gender representation within elected offices. In fact, the state’s Legislature has the nation’s second-highest number of women members, second… Read More
Emerge Colorado leader Michal Rosenoer potentially sets record in first run
Michal Rosenoer, the executive director of Emerge Colorado, must know what she’s doing in training Democratic women on how to win public office. In her first bid last month, for the Edgewater City Council, Rosenoer very well could have set a record for the most votes for a council member… Read More
Emerge Colorado used as a scare tactic in Aurora council races
A nonprofit that trains women is being used as a political straw man in Aurora. A door hanger is being distributed to promote conservative candidates in the City Council race on one side, and on the other side warns that “A liberal front group called Emerge is quietly working… Read More
Emerge Colorado puts 18 more women candidates on this year’s ballots
Emerge Colorado is looking to add to its numbers of alumni in the elected office across the state on Nov. 5. The organization trains women to run and serve as Democrats. The 18 candidates are vying for city council and school board seats in Aurora, Centennial, Commerce City, Denver, Edgewater,… Read More