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John Hickenlooper’s entry into the Senate race complicates matters for the incumbent, Cory Gardner. Here’s CoPo’s inside look at Gardner’s campaign strategy, first published July 10. Moments after U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner visited with the owner of Dirt Coffee Bar in downtown Littleton on a recent Monday morning, he ran into a family friend. “Oh…

From governor to presidential hopeful to Senate candidate — all in less than eight months. And Colorado Politics has been following the twists and turns of John Hickenlooper’s remarkable political odyssey every step of the way. Here are key CoPo stories. And CLICK ABOVE for a gallery of Hickenlooper’s journey. > John Hickenlooper launches bid for…

Less than a week after withdrawing from the Democratic presidential primary, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced his bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Cory Gardner in a video posted to his campaign website late Wednesday night. “I’m not done fighting for the people of Colorado,” Hickenlooper says in the video, which…

Former Gov. John Hickenlooper has a 13 percentage point lead over U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in a hypothetical 2020 contest for Colorado’s U.S. Senate seat, according to a new poll of the state’s registered voters. The poll, released Tuesday by Emerson College, comes as Democrat Hickenlooper is expected to announce within days whether he will…

GREENWOOD VILLAGE • Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley stumped for U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner Monday afternoon before an invited audience of about 100 Colorado Republicans and media, characterizing Gardner as fighting for Republican values yet willing to work with others to accomplish his goals. At the gathering at The Dome at AMG, an event…