{"id":2448566,"date":"2019-09-11T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T18:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=312701"},"modified":"2019-09-11T12:36:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T18:36:12","slug":"hickenloopers-colorado-senate-bid-ends-another-democrats-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/hickenloopers-colorado-senate-bid-ends-another-democrats-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Hickenlooper\u2019s Colorado Senate bid ends another Democrat\u2019s campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/03\/AP17131728676338-1240x839-1240x839.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/03\/AP17131728676338-1240x839.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/03\/AP17131728676338-1240x839-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/03\/AP17131728676338-1240x839-325x220.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/03\/AP17131728676338-1240x839-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/03\/AP17131728676338-1240x839-620x420.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/03\/AP17131728676338-1240x839-600x406.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Colorado Gov. John HIckenlooper<\/strong><br \/><em>AP file<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>DENVER \u2014 John Hickenlooper\u2019s Colorado Senate run has pushed another Democrat out of the party\u2019s crowded primary.<\/p>\n<p>Former U.S. Attorney John Walsh announced Wednesday he was suspending his campaign for the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Cory Gardner. Walsh endorsed Hickenlooper as the most electable Democrat in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Hickenlooper is a former two-term Colorado governor who shrugged off Democratic pleas to challenge Gardner for a brief presidential bid. Last month he ended his White House ambitions and belatedly entered the Senate race. A dozen Democrats had already gotten in before Hickenlooper announced.<\/p>\n<p>Walsh\u2019s departure follows that of former State Sen. Mike Johnston, who dropped out last week because he didn\u2019t want to attack Hickenlooper.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner is considered the most vulnerable Republican incumbent in the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/hickenloopers-colorado-senate-bid-ends-another-democrats-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Gov. John HIckenlooperAP file DENVER \u2014 John Hickenlooper\u2019s Colorado Senate run has pushed another Democrat out of the party\u2019s crowded primary. Former U.S. Attorney John Walsh announced Wednesday he was suspending his campaign for the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Cory Gardner. Walsh endorsed Hickenlooper as the most electable Democrat in the field. 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