Colorado's mercurial political nature was on full display Tuesday, with voters overwhelmingly approving taxes on marijuana sales but rejecting an income tax hike for schools.
The results suggest the state is in play for both political parties preparing for bigger races next year.
Democrats pushing a $1 billion income tax increase to overhaul the state's funding system for schools were dealt a resounding defeat, with about two-thirds of voters rejecting the proposal widely championed by the liberal establishment. Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, who's running for re-election in 2014, threw his political weight behind the education measure.
"What's going to come up immediately is the talk of the next year's governor's race," said Norman Provizer, a professor of political science at Metropolitan State University of Denver. "And whenever you're behind an initiative that fails, everybody starts thinking you're vulnerable."
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo used the proposal's defeat to attack Hickenlooper.
"The voters of Colorado are once again rejecting John Hickenlooper's agenda," the former congressman said.
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Sounds like Colorado is taking their state back.
Colorado was the testing ground for "The Blueprint" to flip a red state to blue that was done by 4 multi-millionaires. Colorado has also been liberalised by a huge influx of progressive Democrats fleeing from California. The biased article did not mention that Bill Gates and Mike Bloomberg EACH donated a million dollars to push this income tax hike. Bet you also don't know that "Common Core" cirriculum for public education is a Bill and Melinda Gates project. This country is being manipulated and destroyed by a few wealthy Billionaires. Colorado is fighting back.
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