By: Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics
Voters in Colorado’s Democratic primary on Tuesday night mostly let their elected officials know that they’re fed up with the party’s Washington politicians and ready to back the most aggressive fighters they can find.
At the same time, the voters who cast ballots in the Republican primary mostly embraced the GOP’s establishment, throwing the beleaguered party a potential lifeline in a state that hasn’t rewarded the party’s candidates with statewide wins in the last decade.
It was a mixed bag for the two camps, as early frontrunners fell or struggled to keep it close in one of the most wide-open primaries the state has seen in years, with some standout exceptions keeping the night from delivering a simple message.
Democratic socialist stuns delegation’s dean
Overshadowing it all, both on the ground and nationally — where the results landed like a thunderclap — Denver’s Democratic voters in the 1st Congressional District decided to send Colorado’s first Democratic socialist to Washington, while rejecting the longest-serving member of Congress in state history.
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