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I wanted to make sure you all saw this: Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet on Wednesday called on the Senate to act in the wake of a mass shooting at a supermarket in his state, asserting in an impassioned speech from the chamber floor that his colleagues have a moral obligation to a generation...

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  • March 25, 2021

Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D. OH) in support of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet’s (D. CO) re-election campaign: Sen. Michael Bennet (D. CO) The Washington Post: “GOP looks to win back Senate in 2022” The fight for the Senate has already begun — we’re only a couple...

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  • February 24, 2021

Here’s some big news on health care: Sen. Michael Bennet is leading the drive for a public health insurance option in the U.S. The Colorado Democrat and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine first introduced their public option bill, Medicare-X, three years ago and reintroduced it on Wednesday. Under the bill, Medicare-X...

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  • February 18, 2021

Here’s the latest news today out of Colorado: Three polls released Sunday and Monday hint at big wins for Democrats at the top of Colorado ballots: Joe Biden and John Hickenlooper. On Monday, the data firm Morning Consult released the results of its final 2020 election survey, which was conducted Oct. 22-31. Biden leads President Donald...

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  • November 3, 2020

Here’s the latest news today out of Colorado: A new poll conducted just days before the 2020 election shows Democrats Joe Biden and John Hickenlooper are poised for double-digit victories in Colorado. Biden, a Democrat, leads President Donald Trump 53% to 41% in the presidential race with only a fraction...

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  • November 2, 2020

What a fucking clown: Asked if he thinks President Donald Trump ― who disdains notions of virtue on a near daily basis ― is an ethical and moral man, Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) replied in the affirmative. “Yes,” Gardner said Tuesday during a debate in Colorado’s U.S. Senate race. He...

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  • October 15, 2020
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Some very encouraging news today courtesy of Morning Consult’s latest poll: x #NCsen:Cunningham (D) 47% (+6)Tillis (R-inc) 41%.#AZsen:Kelly (D) 49% (+8)McSally (R-inc) 41%.#MIsen:Peters (D-inc) 49% (+9)James (R) 40%.#COsen:Hickenlooper (D) 50% (+10)Gardner (R-inc) 40%@MorningConsult, LV, 10/2-11https://t.co/7AsGqSmIR8— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) October 13, 2020 And in the presidential election: x COLORADOBiden 54%Trump 40%...

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  • October 13, 2020

Here’s the latest news out of Colorado: Democrat John Hickenlooper leads Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner by 9 percentage points as Colorado voters get ready to receive their ballots in the mail, according to a new poll released Thursday by Colorado Politics and 9News. The survey, conducted online Oct. 1-6...

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  • October 9, 2020

Wow: Some of the biggest and most deadly COVID-19 outbreaks in the U.S. stemmed from the meatpacking industry. But Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) was reluctant to call for accountability, including when it came to a Colorado-based plant Gardner received donations from, Business Insider reports. Early in the pandemic, meatpacking factories'...

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  • September 25, 2020

Following up with my diary about Morning Consult’s polling showing Sen. Hypocritical Two-Faced Coward (R. SC) tied with Jaime Harrison (D. SC), Morning Consult also tested the other U.S. Senate races and here’s the really good news: x #NCsen:Cunningham (D) 47% (+9)Tillis (R-inc) 38%.#AZsen:Kelly (D) 49% (+9)McSally (R-inc) 40%.#COsen:Hickenlooper (D)...

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  • September 22, 2020

Received this e-mail on Friday from Slate Magazine’s The Surge where they rank these seven U.S. Senate races to watch: 1. Maine Putting this race in the top slot feels a bit like cheating. Sure, there was a Quinnipiac poll this week that showed GOP Sen. Susan Collins trailing her Democratic opponent,...

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  • September 20, 2020

AlterNet has a great piece about how vulnerable GOP U.S. Senators like Cory Gardner (R. CO) and Martha McSally (R. AZ) know that they are totally screwed in their re-election bids against John Hickenlooper (D. CO) and Mark Kelly (D. AZ). But they are sticking with Trump all the way....

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  • September 9, 2020

Of course he would: In some of his most candid remarks to date about the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner told a conservative crowd that public health advice and science have been politicized in recent months, causing an erosion of public trust. Gardner, a Yuma Republican, spoke in person to the Steamboat Institute’s...

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  • September 6, 2020

Here’s the latest news out of Colorado courtesy of Morning Consult’s latest poll: Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner has a math problem. The most vulnerable Republican up for re-election this fall boasts stronger support among the party’s base than most of the other GOP Senate contenders this year, but he is...

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  • September 3, 2020

The Denver Post has a great piece out about many of the U.S. Senators from the class of 2014, including Cory Gardner (R. CO), were elected in a very good year for the GOP when the Affordable Care Act wasn’t popular. But in 2020, the tables have turned: Public sentiment...

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  • August 29, 2020

So U.S. Senator Martha McSally (R. AZ) was busted doing this: x YouTube Video Sen. Martha McSally has a new campaign ad featuring a cancer survivor who talks about how her “path collided” with McSally, whom she describes as a champion for protecting those with pre-existing medical conditions. The emotional...

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  • August 27, 2020

Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D. MT) in support of these Senate Democratic candidates: We’re asking you to chip in just $6 today. Nope, that’s not a typo. Here’s why: There are SIX battleground Senate races — Maine, Georgia, Colorado, North Carolina, Iowa, and yes, Montana —...

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  • August 26, 2020

Here’s some good news today out of Colorado: x #COSen Poll: Hickenlooper(D) 51% (+9)Gardner (R-Inc) 42%@ppppolls (D)https://t.co/AOGz3xUPYu— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) August 25, 2020 Click here for the full results. Let’s keep up the momentum and flip Colorado Blue. Click below to donate and get involved with Hickenlooper, Biden and their...

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  • August 25, 2020

Anna Ramirez Crawford, board chair for the Women;s Lobby of Colorado has a good op-ed piece out in the Denver Post that goes after U.S. Senator Cory Gardner’s (R. CO) abysmal record on women’s health and reproductive rights: It’s no secret that state and local politicians across the country, emboldened...

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  • August 23, 2020

From Ian Silverii at The Denver Post: Sen. Gardner’s record is not in dispute when it comes to his votes to eliminate the ACA without a replacement that protects people with preexisting conditions. He voted for every single repeal bill the Trump administration put forward, none of which protected people...

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  • August 20, 2020

Yesterday, I highlighted this: Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) is running a new Facebook ad, touting his close relationship with President Donald Trump. “We’re asking patriots nationwide to show that they support the pro-growth, conservative agenda that President Trump and I are fighting for ― will you join them? Sign your...

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  • August 18, 2020

The Huffington Post reports that U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R. CO) has been boosting a new Facebook ad touting his record being Trump lapdog. But as the article points out that the only place you won’t see it popping up is in Colorado: In theory, the campaign may not have...

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  • August 17, 2020

Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D. OH) in support of John Hickenlooper’s (D. CO) U.S. Senate campaign: John Hickenlooper (D. CO) We need to win in Colorado if we’re going to take back the Senate this November and remove Majority Leader Mitch McConnell from power. Former Colorado...

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  • August 14, 2020

From Westword: During recent interviews, Gardner has said positive things about the way Colorado has conducted mail-in voting, and he did so again, more or less, during a forum not meant for public consumption: an August 5 telephone fundraiser. But in a transcript from the event obtained by Westword, he also sought to...

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  • August 13, 2020

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,...

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  • August 7, 2020

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...

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  • July 28, 2020

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...

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  • July 25, 2020

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...

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  • July 20, 2020

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...

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  • July 16, 2020

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...

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  • July 14, 2020

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...

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  • July 12, 2020

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...

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  • July 12, 2020

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...

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  • July 12, 2020

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...

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  • July 1, 2020

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...

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  • June 30, 2020

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...

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  • June 29, 2020

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...

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  • June 26, 2020

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...

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  • June 23, 2020

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...

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  • June 20, 2020

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...

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  • June 20, 2020

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...

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  • June 18, 2020

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...

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  • June 17, 2020

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...

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  • June 17, 2020

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...

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  • June 16, 2020

A lot’s been going on in the news but here’s something you might’ve missed: The Senate is expected to debate into next week bipartisan legislation that would allow massive spending on the nation’s public lands and help two GOP senators boost their moderate credentials in tight reelection races. Senators voted...

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  • June 12, 2020

Received this e-mail today from the Council for a Livable World: I have some much-needed good news: Senators who have staked their reputations on their close relationships with President Donald Trump and his dangerous policies are hurting at the polls. This is great for our endorsed Senate candidates. In North...

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  • June 1, 2020

From The Denver Post: x YouTube Video U.S. Senate candidate John Hickenlooper released his first television ad Sunday, an uplifting message titled “We’re Colorado” that touts the state’s economic resurgence during his time as governor and advocates for economic fairness. Sitting on a porch outside his Denver home, the Democrat looks into the camera...

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  • June 1, 2020

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D. WA) in support of MJ Hegar (D. TX), John Hickenlooper (D. CO) & U.S. Senator Tina Smith’s (D. MN) re-election campaign: MJ Hegar (D. TX) There is so much on the line in the 2020 election — and during this...

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  • May 31, 2020

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D. NV) in support of Amy McGrath (D. KY) and John Hickenlooper’s (D. CO) U.S. Senate campaigns: Amy McGrath (D. KY) This November, Democrats have a real shot at taking back the Senate from the GOP. But in order to make...

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  • May 30, 2020

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D. MD) in support of John Hickenlooper’s (D. CO) U.S. Senate campaign: John Hickenlooper (D. CO) I’m reaching out today to ask you to support John Hickenlooper for Senate in his race against Cory Gardner, who Politico called “Republicans' most vulnerable Senate...

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  • May 27, 2020