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Proposition HH, which failed in Colorado's election Tuesday despite backing from Gov. Jared Polis and top Democratic leaders, suffered from the lack of a clear message by supporters.

Last night, Colorado voters tossed state Proposition HH into the furnace – the same place they’ve relegated constant attempts over the years to take away our TABOR refunds. Despite lies on the ballot (claiming HH was a property tax decrease), misleading claims by the legislators who slammed HH through in the final days of session, and the full-throated support of Gov. Jared Polis – one of the worst campaigns Colorado has ever seen went down in defeat by 20 points. Speaking at the No on HH ...

Colorado voters are left without an answer for rising property taxes after rejecting the Democrat-backed measure, and Democratic lawmakers have no backup plan.

A proposal backed by Colorado Democrats to cut property tax rates while allowing the state to retain more excess tax revenue in the long term appeared to be decisively rejected

Colorado's wide-ranging Proposition HH, a property tax relief and education-funding measure pressed by the state's Democratic leaders, has gone down in defeat as voters rejected it by more than 20 percentage points.

Peak has preached for months that Gov. Polis and his warm and fuzzy Democrats in the state legislature made a major mistake in assuming voters were complete idiots who would fall for a deceptive tax hike disguised as a cut. As if the legislature needed voters’ permission in the form of a ballot mea

Proposition HH failed with more than 60% of voters rejecting it. With high property taxes still looming for Colorado property owners, what will the governor do next?

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday called the legislature into a special session beginning late next week to come up with a replacement property tax relief plan.

Gov. Jared Polis announced a special session will be held following the failure of Proposition HH.

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