Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is struggling in the final days before his state's June 30 Democratic Senate primary.
Republicans, once confident of keeping their Senate majority in the fall election, now fear Democrats have a fresh advantage as the coronavirus crisis has reshaped campaigns.Republicans have openly rooted for Romanoff, seeing him as a weaker challenger in November against Gardner. On Tuesday, both Gardner and the National Republican Senatorial Committee released ads bashing Hickenlooper, an unusual move during a Democratic primary.
During a debate Tuesday night, Hickenlooper grounded his case in electability. “Inside the state of Colorado, I haven’t lost yet, and Andrew hasn’t won an election in 14 years,” Hickenlooper said. Romanoff shot back: “They’re not going to attack me for violating the state ethics law because I didn’t.” In an interview Wednesday, Romanoff said of Hickenlooper, “He’s now endangering our chances to beat Cory Gardner.”Get our Essential Politics newsletterEnter Email AddressThe ethics issue had dogged Hickenlooper even before he entered the race.
. Then Senate Democrats, alarmed at an unwieldy primary for the party’s nomination to challenge Gardner, recruited Hickenlooper to run for the Senate instead. The ethics investigation into Hickenlooper moved slowly, even as every other candidate besides Romanoff dropped out. Hickenlooper was prepared to testify during an in-person hearing in March that was canceled because of the coronavirus outbreak. When the commission proposed having Hickenlooper testify during a virtual hearing, he objected and even went to state court to quash the commission’s subpoena, arguing it would violate his rights.
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