Politics

Americans strongly prefer primary elections open to all voters but it's tough to move away from caucuses and closed primaries even in states where there's lots of unhappiness with the current system.

The Republican field to challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is still very much up in the air, but some possible contenders have not ruled...

Colorado has largely been spared from the political wrangling ahead of the 2016 presidential race. But as Republicans nationally are working to narrow...

"We're going to be making sure that [members of Congress] know their constituents care about this stuff," said one industry representative.

Both parties are trying to appeal to Hispanics. And there's a big reason for that: They are one of the fastest-growing minority groups in the U.S. and have the power to remake future elections.

At the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce this week, Sen. Ted Cruz called the community "fundamentally conservative" and added, "I don't think I've ever seen a Hispanic panhandler."

A new law in Oregon is designed to make voting easier. Advocates are looking to it to increase turnout, but that might not necessarily be the result.

As Americans move toward more favorable views of pot, politicians are moving, too — in some cases.

A Pew Research Center survey shows that 63 percent of Republicans under the age of 34 favor legalization.

Produce growers often rely on workers who are in the U.S. illegally. Some farmers worry that if those workers gain legal status, they will leave agriculture. But some workers say they would stay.