2020 Democratic candidate John Hickenlooper is reportedly considering dropping out of the presidential race to run for a Senate seat.
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the former Colorado governor, who’s currently polling at one percent in the crowded Democratic primary race, is in talks to launch a campaign against Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO).
Hickenlooper reportedly spent 20 minutes driving around Iowa with fellow 2020 candidate Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) on Friday to talk about the decision.
However, unnamed Democratic officials told the Times that the decision isn’t final.
With over 20 Democratic candidates running to unseat President Donald Trump and most of them polling at one percent or less, there’ve been calls for some of the candidates to aim for the Senate instead. In order to gain control of the Senate, Democrats would need to win four GOP-held seats in 2020.
By all means, John. Do exactly that.
Please write governor Hickenlooper a nice note if he pulls the trigger. Make this a good experience for him. Show Beto the way.
Excellent idea. I wonder why Hickenlooper didn’t do that in the first place.
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@discobot display help.This should have been his first step, he probably would have been unstoppable against Gardner and no other Democrats would have jumped in. Now, there’s already a bunch of candidates, which means they will likely go through a primary that could get nasty, which could damage whoever comes out of it. Hickelooper would still be the favorite I’d think, but if things go bad he might be damaged…it may not be enough to save Gardner, but even making the chance possible was a bad idea.
Really, the Democrats need to thin their herd, and send several of the candidates to run for the Senate or governor instead. Those positions are really important in 2020…we need the Senate out of Republican hands in order to allow the president to have a government (you know McConnell will block all appointments, especially judges), and governorships will stop insane gerrymandering for the next decade. There’s no excuse for risking either of those happening, especially with an unpopular drag as the presidential candidate and the possibility of a recession next year…Democrats should be all out at every level to win as much as they can, and then pivot to make government work again.