A Democrat's Road to Disillusionment

A Democrat's Road to Disillusionment

A Democratic state lawmaker in Colorado resigned Sunday, weeks after facing felony charges alleging she falsified her residency in order to run in her district again following last year's redistricting. Prosecutors say Tracey Bernett, who represented part of Boulder County in the Colorado House of Representatives, lied in sworn documents when she said she lived [...]

A Democrat’s Road to Disillusionment

Even before she graduated from high school, Evan Barker was working in Democratic politics as a 2008 volunteer on Barack Obama's presidential campaign. She turned 18 just in time for the November vote, and the night Obama won was "one of the happiest moments of my life." Coming from extremely modest circumstances in Missouri and burdened with "a severe lung disease" that was not fully curable, it took Barker six years to earn her college degree.…