Four years ago, before Donald Trump was president, Colorado Republicans had a place at the table. They held one of Colorado’s U.S. Senate seats and three statewide offices: attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer. The GOP was even in power at the Colorado Capitol, where the state Senate was in the party’s hands, forcing […]
Eric Sondermann
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In Colorado, where climate change is front and center, John Hickenlooper is favored to unseat Cory Gardner
Democrat John Hickenlooper famously told a U.S. Senate committee he’d sipped fracking fluid — it was, “almost ritual-like,” he said in 2013 — to prove it’s safe. Now the one-time energy geologist is pitching himself as the more pro-climate candidate in a battle to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner. Hickenlooper’s success might seem surprising […]
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Andrew Romanoff’s record on immigration complicates his progressive bid for U.S. Senate
Andrew Romanoff pitches himself to Democratic voters as the proven progressive option in Colorado’s 2020 primary race for U.S. Senate. But his record on immigration complicates that narrative. As Colorado’s House speaker from 2005 to 2009, he oversaw the passage of what at the time were considered among the most restrictive policies in the nation […]
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How Colorado’s Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper fared in the Democratic presidential debate
In a feisty debate Thursday that led Democratic front-runners to stumble, Michael Bennet made a strong case against President Donald Trump on immigration while John Hickenlooper touted his progressive record, moments that helped the Colorado candidates survive the first major test of the 2020 primary race. Bennet and Hickenlooper split from the pack on major […]