RIP: A Celebration of Life for Colorado’s Grand Old Party.

You may deny that the GOP has passed on. Trust your eyes.

Democrats will now occupy a greater share of the Colorado House than Democrats do in the California Assembly. In Colorado’s House, they have a super-duper majority, owning more than 75% of the seats.

Since voters elected Dick Lamm in 1974, Colorado has elected only one Republican governor: Bill Owens, who served for eight years. Nearly half-a-century of Democratic governors, who choose judges, has also produced a judiciary shaped by Democrats.

Democrats have held the state House continuously since 2012 and the Senate since 2018. And now only a very lonely Jeff Hurd will be Colorado’s sole Republican in Washington.

Finally, Republican voter registration has plummeted to roughly 22%. Unaffiliated voters make up 51% — and their ranks are growing. At this rate, it will not be long before the Libertarian Party eclipses the Republicans.

I thought I’d die in Colorado, but now I’m dying to leave.