Politics in Colorado Springs tend to be a bit lopsided toward the Republican majority. Not that there aren't disagreements, but they tend to play out in the primaries, not the general election. Many seats are uncontested by the time the general election comes around. We are a caucus state, which makes the process a little less than well understood. Precinct level caucus meetings appoint delegates to the county convention, and there will be a presidential straw poll as well. The congressional election this year will be interesting, as the incumbent Doug Lamborn is being challenged by the same 2 people who he had to contend with in the primary originally for the seat, Jeff Crank and Bentley Rayburn. It was actually a very hard fought primary last time, so who knows? El Paso county tends to run about 60% toward whomever the Republican presidential candidate is. In 2004, it was almost 67% for Bush / Cheney, statewide it was just under 52%.
The state as a whole is more of an "up for grabs" deal. The last election we went from a Republican governor and legislature to a Democratic one, and that swing back and forth at the state level will likely go on for a long time, as Denver and Boulder and to a certain extent Pueblo tend to offset a more conservative "rest of the state".
We had a late start school day today again. It sure doesn't seem to take much snow anymore for them to declare a late start. I think we only had an inch or 2 of snow even in Briargate.