IN-DEPTH: How Flipping Colorado Blue Has Become Democrats’ Blueprint for the Rest of US

Members of the Communist Party USA and other anti-fascist groups burn an American flag on the steps of the Colorado state Capitol in Denver on Jan. 20, 2021. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

Colorado’s legislative session is 120 days long, and lawmakers introduced 617 bills during the 2023 session. Of those, 218 passed and have been signed into law by Democrat Gov. Jared Polis. More are waiting to be signed.

Democrats have a historic majority in the Colorado House, a supermajority in the Senate, and control the governorship. As such, all of those bills passed with Democrat support—and more often than not, over Republicans’ vehement objections. It’s a marked change from 2002, when the GOP dominated politics in Colorado.