Rocky Mountain Voice

With the 2026 midterm elections just weeks away, Republicans are facing a familiar challenge: history suggests the president’s party is likely to lose ground, but election analyst Seth Keshel believes the numbers tell a more complicated story. In the latest episode of Unleashed with Heidi Ganahl, Keshel, a former Army intelligence officer, bestselling author and election integrity advocate, joined Ganahl to discuss the battle for Congress, Colorado’s increasingly difficult political environment and the races that could determine the balance of power in Washington. “We’ve got a really brutal election coming up in a few weeks here in Colorado, and it’s not feeling very good on the ground,” Ganahl said. “People don’t seem to be as enthusiastic as I’d like to see.” Keshel acknowledged those concerns, pointing to long-term changes in Colorado’s electorate. “There’s been a long-term shift in the wrong direction in Colorado, and I can see numbers like that in voter registration data. I don’t need polls to tell me that,” he said. Still, Keshel believes Republicans have a path to holding their majority in the U.S. House, and Colorado could play an important role in determining the outcome.

Denver’s outgoing watchdog is taking one last look at how City Hall spends taxpayer money, including Mayor Mike Johnston’s signature homelessness initiative. Why it matters: Auditor Timothy O’Brien has repeatedly exposed spending and oversight problems across city government, fueling clashes with Johnston’s administration.

Taxation on Social Security benefits has not been adjusted for inflation since 1984, meaning a policy once meant to tax wealthier recipients now affects a rising share of Coloradans.    Sound familiar? With Amendment 87, this ‘bracket creep’ problem will become familiar to more Coloradans than just the wealthy, despite how it is advertised.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Monday that he’ll give every child in the U.S. one of his shares in the company next year.  Musk currently owns about 4.8 billion SpaceX shares, according to an August SEC filing. That figure rises to 6.4 billion when taking into account unvested awards and stock options, representing a 48.4% beneficial stake in the company. There were 72 million children under 18 in the U.S. as of July 1, 2025, according to official census data.

DENVER (KDVR) — Judge Heidi Kutcher heard about 10 hours of testimony in Denver District Court Monday, over a lawsuit challenging the merits of signature gathering for a statewide ballot initiative. Colorado voter Michael Hancock is suing the Secretary of State’s Office and organizers of Amendment 87 over how signatures were collected to get the ballot initiative on the ballot.