Hickenlooper Wins Colorado Primary 57%-43%, Advancing Toward 2nd Senate Term
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Updated · NBC News · Jul 1
Hickenlooper Wins Colorado Primary 57%-43%, Advancing Toward 2nd Senate Term
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Jul 1
Summary
More than 80% of expected votes counted gave John Hickenlooper a 57%-43% win over state Sen. Julie Gonzales in Colorado’s Democratic Senate primary.
The 74-year-old incumbent framed the race as likely his final campaign and defended his bipartisan Senate record against Gonzales’ attacks on his votes for 10 Trump Cabinet nominees and opposition to Medicare for All.
Money and message favored Hickenlooper, who vastly outraised and outspent Gonzales while running on healthcare, affordability and resisting the Trump administration.
Mark Baisley, unopposed for the Republican nomination, now awaits Hickenlooper in a general election where Democrats argue the conservative state senator is out of step with increasingly blue Colorado.