U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday won another term as the top Democrat in the House, but how much support she received from the Colorado delegation remains an open question. Her victory was far from unanimous — challenger Tim Ryan of Ohio received 63 votes to Pelosi’s 134 — and the drop in support for the California congresswoman came amid assertions that Democrats needed new leadership following their showing on Election Day. Do Colorado Democrats agree? Hard to say. Only one of the three Hou... Read more

In the aftermath of Democrats’ demoralizing election defeat, Representative Nancy Pelosi’s bid to return as minority leader has been transformed into a larger debate about what has gone wrong with a party that eight years ago controlled Congress and the White House. Ms. Pelosi, a 76-year-old San Francisco progressive, is expected to easily win re-election when her colleagues vote on Wednesday. But she has become a stand-in for complaints that Democrats have failed to offer a compelling, broad-ba... Read more

Tim Ryan, a congressman from Ohio, seeks to sharpen the Democratic Party's focus on working families as a means to reclaim voter support. Fresh off winning an eighth term as the representative for Ohio's 13th District, Ryan is seeking to unseat Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as the House Democratic leader. “He would be a new face and a very eclectic spokesman for the Rust Belt and for the working people in the Midwest,” Harriet Applegate, executive secretary of the Northeast Ohio branch of the AFL... Read more

WASHINGTON — Colorado Democrat Ed Perlmutter said Monday that he has decided to support Ohio congressman Tim Ryan in his upstart bid to unseat Nancy Pelosi as the top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Perlmutter, recently re-elected to his sixth term, said he had nothing against Pelosi or current leadership, but the results of the Nov. 8 election — which saw Hillary Clinton lose swing states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania to Donald Trump — were enough to convince him a change was nee... Read more

Rep. Tim Ryan's (D-Ohio) long-shot challenge to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) has shone a rare public spotlight on rank-and-file frustrations that have simmered, largely in whispers, for more than half a decade. Those restive voices agree that the Democrats need a hefty shakeup to get back on a winning track. But there's lingering dissent about the roots of the party's problems, what changes would best address them and whether Pelosi and the current leadership team are best suite... Read more

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. -- Their dreams reach way beyond the skies. Students at Wheat Ridge High School have their sights set on the stars. NASA Commander Shane Kimbrough took a break from his duties on the International Space Station (ISS) to chat with 400 students Friday. Kimbrough explained how astronauts stay in shape. “We work out at least an hour every day.” Another question addressed concerns about how astronauts are affected by germs in space. “If somebody is sick then the whole crew is going... Read more

WHEAT RIDGE - Like any teenager, Kevin McCoy has lots of questions. So, when he found about the chance for a super long distance call, he was excited. "Being able to talk to an astronaut at the International Space Station, that's something that not many people get to do," McCoy said. He is a junior at Wheat Ridge High School which was selected by NASA for a video conference with Commander Shane Kimbrough aboard the ISS. "I think part of it, we're fascinated by space," Griff Wirth, Wheat Ridge Hi... Read more

On Election Day, nine states will vote on ballot proposals permitting the recreational or medical use of marijuana, setting up what could be the biggest advance yet toward pot legalization and deepening tensions between state and federal drug laws. Voters in Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada will consider legalizing recreational use of marijuana. In Florida, Arkansas and North Dakota, voters will decide whether to permit marijuana for medical purposes. In Montana, voters will ... Read more

With pot on the ballot in nine states, the big winner in next Tuesday's election could be America's legal cannabis industry. By 2020, legal market sales are expected to surpass $22 billion. And for states struggling with budget shortfalls, that extra revenue would be clearly welcome. Voters in five states — Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada — will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. Medical marijuana is on the ballot in Arkansas, Florida, Montana, and... Read more

Congressman Ed Perlmutter was named the Elected Official of the Year at Jefferson County Economic Development Corporation’s (Jeffco EDC) 10th Annual Luncheon. Rep. Perlmutter has lived in Jefferson County his entire life. He attended Jefferson County public schools and then worked construction with his father during the summers while in law school at the University of Colorado. He chose to raise his family in the district where his three daughters also attended Jefferson County Public Schools. H... Read more