Although over a dozen Democrat candidates initially ran for the Senate seat, only [[John Hickenlooper]] and [[Andrew Romanoff]] were left by the time of the primary election. The establishment-backed Hickenlooper, the former governor of [[Colorado]] who briefly ran for president, has faced criticism from both the left and the right after flip-flopping over whether he would run for the seat,<ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/08/22/nrsc-mocks-hickenlooper-for-reversing-course-running-for-senate-n2552056 NRSC Mocks Hickenlooper for Now Running for Job He Said He Couldn't Do]</ref> admitting to having once took his mother to see a pornographic movie,<ref>Multiple references: | Although over a dozen Democrat candidates initially ran for the Senate seat, only [[John Hickenlooper]] and [[Andrew Romanoff]] were left by the time of the primary election. The establishment-backed Hickenlooper, the former governor of [[Colorado]] who briefly ran for president, has faced criticism from both the left and the right after flip-flopping over whether he would run for the seat,<ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/08/22/nrsc-mocks-hickenlooper-for-reversing-course-running-for-senate-n2552056 NRSC Mocks Hickenlooper for Now Running for Job He Said He Couldn't Do]</ref> admitting to having once took his mother to see a pornographic movie,<ref>Multiple references: |