Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday ended his 2020 White House bid, and is now weighing a run for the U.S. Senate.
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Thursday that he's ending his run for the 2020 presidential nomination and is now giving"serious thought" to running for the U.S. Senate in his home state.
After months of resisting the Senate entreaties, Hickenlooper said that he's now opening up to the possibility. “There are several other top-flight candidates running for Senate in Colorado, I think any one of which could beat Cory Gardner,” Hickenlooper said during a campaign stop in Iowa last month. “I mean, he is amazingly vulnerable.”Hickenlooper entered the Democratic primary on March 4 and raised $1 million in the 48 hours that followed. But after a lackluster performance in the June debates in Miami, his campaign showed signs of cracking.
Hickenlooper entering the Senate race would be a big win for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who has struggled to persuade several high-profile Democrats to take a shot at the Senate. Hickenlooper's campaignIn his time as a presidential candidate, Hickenlooper staked his claim as one of the more moderate candidates in the race.
Hickenlooper failed to garner much attention from his appearances in the first round of Democratic debates. As of early August, his national polling average was less than 1%, according to RealClearPolitics.
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