Yes Virginia, there are still elections even when Barack Obama is not running for office.

Odd-year elections just can't get any respect. Many new voters swelled polling places last year on a wave of excitement around Obama's campaign, but will that political energy carry over to local contests this November?

While Democrats in the state legislature voted against a bill Tuesday that sought to help implement a statewide database of sole-source government contracts, a local Democrat is bucking the trend of his party by calling for more transparency and competition.

During one of the most important weeks of the legislative session, the Colorado state House’s most junior member is vacationing on a beach in Puerto Vallarta with her family for Spring Break, according to her husband, Larry Beer’s, status on the Facebook social-networking site