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:''See main article: [[United States Senate election in Colorado, 2020]]
After dropping out of the 2020 presidential race, Hickenlooper announced his run for [[U.S. Senate]] in 2020 to unseat [[Republican]] [[Cory Gardner]].<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-hickenlooper-2020-announces-senate-run-after-dropping-out-of-white-house-race/ John Hickenlooper announces Senate run after dropping out of White House race]</ref> Although backed by the Democrat [[establishment]], Hickenlooper faces a tough primary race, having lost the statewide precinct caucuses held in March 2020 to the much more [[progressive]] candidate [[Andrew Romanoff]] by a massive margin.<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/green-new-deal-advocate-claims-win-over-hickenlooper-in-colorado-caucuses/ar-BB10U95Q Green New Deal advocate claims win over Hickenlooper in Colorado caucuses]</ref>
After dropping out of the 2020 presidential race, Hickenlooper announced his run for [[U.S. Senate]] in 2020 to unseat [[Republican]] [[Cory Gardner]].<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-hickenlooper-2020-announces-senate-run-after-dropping-out-of-white-house-race/ John Hickenlooper announces Senate run after dropping out of White House race]</ref> Although backed by the Democrat [[establishment]], Hickenlooper faces a tough primary race, having lost the statewide precinct caucuses held in March 2020 to the much more [[progressive]] candidate [[Andrew Romanoff]] by a massive margin.<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/green-new-deal-advocate-claims-win-over-hickenlooper-in-colorado-caucuses/ar-BB10U95Q Green New Deal advocate claims win over Hickenlooper in Colorado caucuses]</ref>
On June 9, 2020 in a 9NEWS-held debate for the upcoming Senate election between Romanoff and Hickenlooper, the latter asserted — during his closing statement — that [[Cory Gardner]] supported [[Donald Trump]] “a hundred percent of the time”.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXTm75xi9R4 John Hickenlooper, Andrew Romanoff face off in 9NEWS Democratic Senate Debate]</ref> Being outright false on a strict factual basis, Gardner has voted with Trump around 89% of the time since the [[115th United States Congress]], but ''only 82% of the time for only the [[116th United States Congress]]''.<ref>[https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/cory-gardner/ Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump]</ref> In addition, it's important to note that on January 4, 2018 in the Senate floor, Sen. Gardner strongly rebuked then-attorney general [[Jeff Sessions]]' marijuana crackdown despite [[Colorado]]'s statewide legalization, announcing that he would oppose every Trump [[DOJ]] nomination until Sessions will reverse the decision.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDJpYwZZFVI Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) on Attorney General Jeff Sessions' marijuana policy change (C-SPAN)]</ref>
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