Mark Udall News

Millions of news cycles ago, Senate seats from Colorado and Iowa were not thought to be in play.

As we head into the next stage of the Great Colorado Fracking Wars, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: Jared Polis has backed himself into a corner - and there may be no way out.

It's already very clear that Colorado's 2014 election is going to be epic. What's unknown at this point though is just how epic it will be.

Faced with the potential for two anti-fracking measures on the Colorado ballot this November, Colorado governor John Hickenlooper and state lawmakers have been working for weeks to develop a legislative compromise to avoid putting the issues to a popular vote.

SEPTEMBER 06: U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan speaks during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 6, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Supporters of the Vote NO 67 kicked off the campaign at West Steps of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, July 22. 2014.

Today's release from Public Policy Polling reaffirms the present dead heat in Colorado's U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races, with incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Udall and Gov. John Hickenlooper clinging to statistically insignificant leads over their Republican challengers: PPP's new Colorado poll finds the exact same numbers in the races for both ... (more)

Republican Sen. Rand Paul teamed up with a Democrat once again Tuesday in his effort to restore voting rights for convicted criminals who've served time in prison.

Senate Appropriations Committee member Mary Landrieu and fellow committee members listen to testimony from Obama administration officials in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 10. A new study from a Democratic pollster shows just why Republicans are now favored to win the Senate in November.

New PPP Colorado poll - Pro-McConnell nonprofit picks up Medicare attack - Georgia voters go to polls - O'Malley to return to Iowa The following newsletter is an abridged version of Campaign Pro's Morning Score.

Exactly half of Colorado voters think the Supreme Court got it right when it said closely held corporations may opt out of an Obamacare rule that requires employers to include contraception in their health plans, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday.

Sen. Mark Udall tours the Siemens Test Wind Turbine at the National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado, in 2013.

2013: He cosponsors federal personhood legislation. 2014: As a Senate candidate, he tries to flip-flop.

After initially supporting incumbent Sen. Mark Udall , through the first quarter of this year, oil and natural gas companies have since overwhelmingly supported his challenger, Rep. Cory Gardner , over Mr. Udall.

Two top Colorado Republicans - Bob Beauprez and Ken Buck - introduced two top speakers at this year's Western Conservative Summit in Denver, where jabs at the left were plentiful.

Colorado voters will likely get a chance to weigh in on fracking in November - and that puts Democrats on the ballot in a tight spot.

Rep. Cory Gardner, the Republican candidate for a Senate seat in Colorado, is trying to move away from the thorny issue of "personhood."

A fracking crew member watches over water tanks at an Anadarko Petroleum Corp. site near Brighton in May. Fracking has spurred hot debate amid Colorado's energy boom.

But that's just one example. Today, we're going to experience a festival of statist hypocrisy.

The Colorado Senate race is unrecognizable from the one described in a May, 2013, National Journal article entitled, 'Colorado's Forgotten Senate Race.'