“RINOs Want Republicans Everywhere — Except Where It Actually Matters”

Well, WTH, here we go again. The RINO brigade is at it, lecturing us that the key to victory in 2026 is to… wait for it… run a Republican in every single race in Colorado. Apparently, the problem is that we didn’t field enough candidates in hopeless districts where Republicans couldn’t win if George Washington himself rose from the grave to campaign.

This is what passes for “strategy”. These geniuses, the same ones who can’t fund a $2.4 million budget, now want us to scatter our limited time, money, and talent across races we have zero chance of winning. At this rate, they’ll be lucky if they can afford a porta-potty at their next big “fundraiser.” (When is that? I want to make sure NOT to attend).

Let’s talk reality. In 2024, there were seven races Republicans lost by less than 5%. Seven! That’s where the fight should be. That’s where an extra few thousand dollars, a sharper ground game, and a focused grassroots push could flip seats red. Instead, the clown car wants us to dump resources into districts where we couldn’t win if we hired Obama as the campaign manager.

Here are the seven battlegrounds from 2024 where Democrats barely squeaked by:

1. State Senate – District 12

Democrat: Marc Snyder – 48.90% (36,971 votes)

Republican: Stan VanderWerf – 47.45% (35,872 votes)

Margin: 1.45% – total votes: 72,843

2. State Senate – District 21

Democrat: Dafna Michaelson Jenet – 51.11% (33,438 votes)

Republican: Frederick Alfred Jr – 48.89% (31,982 votes)

Margin: 2.22% – total votes: 65,420

3. State Representative – District 59

Democrat: Katie Stewart – 51.21% (27,918 votes)

Republican: Clark Craig – 48.79% (26,599 votes)

Margin: 2.42% – total votes: 54,517

4. State Representative – District 43

Democrat: Bob Marshall – 51.26% (27,915 votes)

Republican: Matt Burcham – 48.74% (26,542 votes)

Margin: 2.52% – total votes: 54,457

5. State Representative – District 25

Democrat: Tammy Story – 52.11% (31,327 votes)

Republican: George B. Mumma Jr – 47.89% (28,790 votes)

Margin: 4.22% – total votes: 60,117

6. State Senate – District 16

Democrat: Chris Kolker – 52.15% (53,740 votes)

Republican: Robyn Carnes – 47.85% (49,302 votes)

Margin: 4.30% – total votes: 103,042

7. State Representative – District 46

Democrat: Tisha Mauro – 52.28% (23,823 votes)

Republican: Kim Swearingen – 47.72% (21,746 votes)

Margin: 4.56% – total votes: 45,569

These are the seats where real conservatives can win if we actually focus.

Now, contrast that with the nine races where Republicans didn’t even run someone. RINOs want you to believe that’s where we should blow our resources in 2026. Wrong. Dumping millions into Boulder or Denver East is not strategy, it’s lighting money on fire.

Races Without a Republican Candidate

State Representative – District 32 → Manny Rutinel (DEM)

State Representative – District 36 → Michael Carter (DEM), Eric Mulder (LIB)

State Representative – District 37 → Chad Clifford (DEM) State Representative – District 42 → Mandy Lindsay (DEM)

State Representative – District 52 → Yara Zokaie (DEM), Steve Yurash (LBT)

State Representative – District 61 → Eliza Hamrick (DEM)

State Senator – District 18 → Judy Amabile (DEM), Gary Swing (GRN)

State Senator – District 29 → Janet Buckner (DEM)

State Senator – District 31 → Chris Hansen (DEM), David Aitken (LBT)

Here’s the brutal truth: we don’t need a Republican in every race. We need a true CONSERVATIVE in the right races. We need to hold every seat we’ve got, and then target the winnable ones — the 5% or less margins. Those are battlegrounds. Those are the fights that matter. Not the fantasyland where some consultant gets paid to run a “Republican” in Boulder just to say we checked a box.

And while we’re on the subject, maybe we should also be cleaning our own house. Why waste thousands defending people like Anthony Hartsook in HD-44, who traded his spine the second he hit the Capitol, voting for a Democrat Chair and not the Republican Chair candidate. (Yes, you read that right…all true). Running Republicans everywhere just means running more of that, and we don’t need any more of that!

So no, you Establishment McCain Republicans, Globalist, Trans-Republicans, or your run-of-the-mill RINOs. We don’t need your “every race, every time” idiocy. We need a strategy. We need discipline. And above all, we need leadership that actually understands politics is about winning, not virtue-signaling about Unity and how many names we can print on a ballot.

As always, saying the quiet things out loud.