Received this e-mail from John Hickenlooper’s (D. CO) U.S. Senate campaign: Hello, On this day in 1965, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law banning racial discrimination at the ballot box. Civil Rights heroes, like Representative John Lewis, risked their lives for the right to vote. They marched, bloodied and bruised, for the chance to exert…
Category: CO-Sen
AZ, CO, MI, NC & GA-Sen A: Morning Consult Poll Has Some Very Good News For Senate Dems
Morning Consult has some new polls out in these Senate battleground states today and all in all, very good and encouraging news for Senate Democrats campaigns. First off, Arizona: Of the five Senate contests polled, Democrats are strongest in Arizona, where ex-astronaut Mark Kelly — the fundraising dynamo and husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords…
CO-Sen: NRSC F***ing Up Cory Gardner's (R) Re-Election Bid With Attack Ad Exploiting A Tragedy
So this happened last week: Erin Martinez, who survived an explosion in Firestone that killed her husband and brother, has called on a Republican group to take down an ad about the explosion. “I woke up this morning to hear about a horrifying political ad using images from the explosion and fire that destroyed my…
MT, NC & CO-Sen: Democrats Call Out These Fake “China Hawks” Long Business Ties In China
Back in May, I highlighted this story from The Daily Beast about U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R. MT) running on a “tough in China” campaign: Daines’ campaign moved on April 16 to reserve TV ad time for a 30-second spot that alleged, in the words of campaign filings with the Federal Communications Commission: “China is responsible for…
CO-Sen: John McCain's Vote To Save The ACA & Praise For Hickenlooper (D) Haunts Cory Gardner (R)
From The Colorado Times Recorder: Three years ago this month, after the downward-pointing thumb of John McCain put an end to the last of three Republican attempts to kill Obamacare, the Arizona senator issued a statement with ideas on how America could move forward to improve its health care system. Among McCain’s suggestions: “heed the recommendations of…
MI, TN, MN, KS, NC, SC & CO-Sen: Giffords PAC Launches Virtual Road To Background Checks Tour
Received this e-mail today from Giffords PAC: This is the year we will elect a gun safety majority in the United States Senate. When elected, our majority will take historic action to make our country safer. So this summer, we're going on the road—virtually—to rally voters around background checks ahead of the November election. Join…
CO-Sen: “A fellow Republican asks — where did Cory Gardner’s (R) integrity go?”
Former U.S. Rep. Claudine Schneider (R. RI), founder of the organization, Republicans for Integrity, has started calling out U.S. Senate Republicans up for re-election for losing their integrity by putting their loyalty for Trump over democracy. Last week, she called out U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R. NC). This week, she released a scathing op-ed in…
AZ, CO, ME & NC-Sen: Sen. Ron Wyden (D. OR) Keeps Up The Momentum To Flip All Four Seats Blue
Received this e-mail this week from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D. OR) in support of Mark Kelly (D. AZ), John Hickenlooper (D. CO), Sara Gideon (D. ME) and Cal Cunningham’s (D. NC) U.S. Senate campaigns: Four. That's the number of Senate seats Democrats need to win to take back the majority from Mitch McConnell. And…
CO-Sen: Sen. Chris Murphy (D. CT) Helps John Hickenlooper (D) Take Down NRA Puppet Cory Gardner (R)
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D. CT) in support of John Hickenlooper’s (D. CO) U.S. Senate campaign: John Hickenlooper (D. CO) We’re putting Senate seats across the country in play, and any of them could be the seat that determines control of the Senate. But there are few states as ripe…
CO-Sen: PPP Has John Hickenlooper (D) Crushing Cory Gardner (R) 51-40
Some very good news today out of Colorado courtesy of PPP’s latest poll for End Citizens United: x #Colorado @ppppolls (D): President:Biden 56%Trump 39%#COSen:Hickenlooper (D) 51%Gardner (R-inc) 40% (6/29-30)— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) July 1, 2020 A new poll of Colorado voters, commissioned by End Citizens United (ECU) and Let America Vote (LAV) and conducted by…
ME, CO, IA, SC, NC & AZ-Sen: Colllins' (R) Brett Kavanaugh Problem Is Also These GOPers Problem
First off, she needs to be called out for her bull shit: Embattled Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said in a statement Monday that she agreed with the Supreme Court decision striking down Louisiana’s draconian abortion law, adding that while conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh sided with the minority, his opinion “gave no indication” that he would…
ME, MT, IA, NC, AZ, CO & GA-Sen: Dem Senate Candidates Are Lining Up Against The Filibuster
From Huffington Post: Leading Democratic Senate candidates from around the country are open to at least reforming the filibuster, according to a HuffPost survey, with at least two supporting wholesale elimination of the Senate’s 60-vote hurdle. The candidates uniformly argue that the filibuster has empowered obstructionists and prevented the country from making needed progress on…
CO-Sen: GOP Lawsuit To Kill Obamacare Comes Back To Bite Cory Gardner (R) On The Ass
He is so fucked: With Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner on record as saying nothing about Obamacare since well before the pandemic hit America–and Republicans in Washington pressing their case in the U.S. Supreme Court to have the national health care law overturned–activists stood outside of Gardner’s office in downtown Denver today and asked, “Where’s Gardner…
CO-Sen: Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Helps John Hickenlooper (D) Put A End To Moscow Mitch's Majority
Received this e-mail yesterday from former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA), in support of John Hickenlooper’s (D. CO) U.S. Senate campaign: John Hickenlooper (D. CO) Democrats need to flip four seats to make sure we take back the U.S. Senate — and that starts right here in Colorado. I’m proud to endorse…
CO & MS-Sen: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Endorses John Hickenlooper (D) & Mike Espy (D)
Former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA), endorsed a whole slate of down ballot Democrats today. Two of them are for the U.S. Senate: x .@MikeEspyMS will fight his heart out for the people of Mississippi with empathy and determination. I’m proud to endorse him and his historic campaign to become the state’s…
CO-Sen: HuffPost, “Coloradans Are Getting Mysterious Texts Bashing John Hickenlooper (D)”
From The Huffington Post: Colorado residents have reported getting mysterious anonymous text messages bashing John Hickenlooper, the Democratic Senate candidate seeking to oust Republican Sen. Cory Gardner this November. The texts feature a link to a 2014 clip of Hickenlooper comparing the job of a political scheduler to being on a slave ship, and a…
NC, ME, CO & AZ-Sen: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D. OH) Doubles Down To End Moscow Mitch's Majority
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D. OH) in support of Cal Cunningham (D. NC), Sara Gideon (D. ME), John Hickenlooper (D. CO) and Mark Kelly’s (D. AZ) U.S. Senate campaigns: The Center for Politics says there are four races that Democrats likely need to win in November if we’re going to…
KY, NC, IA, CO, GA-Sen A & B: PFAW Pressures GOPers To Protect Your Vote During A Pandemic
Received this e-mail today from the People for the American Way: The coronavirus pandemic is impacting virtually every aspect of our lives – including our ability to participate in our democracy. We’ve already seen the impact that coronavirus has had on the primaries. We must ensure that moving forward, voters can safely, securely, and efficiently exercise…
AZ, CO, ME, NC, MT, IA & KY-Sen: Newsweek, “The 7 GOP Senators at Risk of Losing Their Seats”
Newsweek has a good piece out that discusses the control of the U.S. Senate and which seats are at most danger for the GOP: With polling in the presidential race swinging in the Democrats' favor, the party will be buoyed in its ambitions to oust a handful of GOP senators in a bid to take…
AZ, NC, ME & CO-Sen: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D. NY) Keeps The Focus On Flipping These 4 Seats
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D. NY) in support of Mark Kelly (D. AZ), Cal Cunningham (D. NC), Sara Gideon (D. ME) and John Hickenlooper’s (D. CO) U.S. Senate campaigns: Mark Kelly (D. AZ) If the GOP holds onto its Senate majority, Mitch McConnell will block every piece of meaningful legislation…
