“Where the race is going is strictly to people’s pocketbooks,” Democratic strategist David Boian said about the 8th Congressional District. “Can they get to the store and get food for their kids?”

“There’s no doubt, to my eye, that (Phil) Weiser was helped by anti-incumbent sentiment. But this was a shellacking,” said Colorado State University political science professor Kyle Saunders.

As last results filtered in Thursday, state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer’s path to victory narrowed considerably.

“Adopting the Government’s interpretation would pose grave constitutional problems because there is little justification … for detaining every one of the millions of unadmitted noncitizens.”

Agency data shows increase in enforcement as detention facility population hits 39,000.

Hearn had said he reached into the pool to examine the newly peeled coating.

Critics argue this militarizes the border and impacts local communities.