Gotta hand it to the Denver Post: Nobody's better at simply scribbling down the facts and completely failing to make any connections between them. 
To wit: The article states that DINO Michael Johnston "[drew] upon connections to his hometown of Vail, his schooling at Yale and his work in the education and nonprofit sectors" to raise money for his campaign. With the possible exception of some of his Vail connections, these are out-of-state sources. Thus, it's a little surprising that the Post's reporter would still be mystified several paragraphs later, when he writes, "[i]t remains uncertain which outside groups will play in the 2018 race" before speculating that the oil and gas industry might go after Polis. Reformite groups are already emerging from under their rocks to fund Johnston - how's about starting the analysis there?