Andrew Romanoff, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Colorado, apologized Friday for a photograph on his web site that was altered to show an African-American woman standing next to the candidate. Romanoff also removed the photo.
Romanoff, who is challenging Sen. Michael Bennet for the Democratic nomination, in a statement apologized if the photo offended any one. But he also defended himself.
“I take offense at any suggestion that our campaign attempted to deceive anyone. That’s outrageous and false,” he said.
A group of Latino leaders, many of whom support Bennet, had written a letter demanding an apology from Romanoff.
The Romanoff campaign had called the photo, which was the banner of its web site, a “collage.” It used photos from Romanoff’s kickoff rally in September. Besides the woman who was added next to Romanoff, more crowd shots were used to fill out the rally.
The woman, Andrea Mosby, had said she had no problem with the alteration and is a supporter of Romanoff.