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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in Washington, after the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a military operation. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate running on ousting Chuck Schumer as party leader

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 8, 2020, file photo, John Hickenlooper, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Colorado, speaks during a car rally in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Sen. John Hickenlooper hints at Biden dropping out to protect U.S. interests

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE—John Hickenlooper, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Colorado, speaks during a car rally for Doug Emhoff, husband of Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, at East High School late Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in Denver. More than 70 motorists took part in the rally to urge people to get out and vote in the upcoming election. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

John Hickenlooper wins Colorado Senate race, beats Cory Gardner: Report

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2020 file photo Democratic challenger John Hickenlooper, front, talks during a debate with Republican U.S. Senator Cory Gardner during a debate between the candidates in Fort Collins, Colo. Democrats seeking to pick up senate seats in Montana and Colorado are painting their opponents as a threat to the undeveloped public lands for which the two Rocky Mountain states are known. (Bethany Baker File)/The Coloradoan via AP, File)

Dems keep focus on public lands despite GOP legislative win

By MATTHEW BROWN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

Democratic challenger John Hickenlooper, front, talks during a debate with Republican U.S. Senator Cory Gardner during a debate between the candidates Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in Fort Collins, Colo. (Pool Photo By Bethany Baker/Fort Collins Coloradoan via AP) ** FILE **

Gardner tells Hickenlooper to ‘stop being a coward’ as Democrat stays mum on court-packing

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Democratic challenger John Hickenlooper, front, talks during a debate with Republican U.S. Senator Cory Gardner during a debate between the candidates Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in Fort Collins, Colo. (Pool Photo By Bethany Baker/Fort Collins Coloradoan via AP) ** FILE **

Gardner defends record, Trump’s morality in final debate

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

Gardner on the offensive in crucial live, televised debate

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

Hickenlooper, Gardner tangle in translated Spanish debate

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

Candidates swap jabs on ethics, health care at Senate debate

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is running for Senate. However, he is facing calls to drop out of the primary against former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff. Mr. Hickenlooper made a series of racially insensitive remarks and photos emerged. (Associated Press)

John Hickenlooper beats Andrew Romanoff in Colorado Democratic primary

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019 file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa. Now a candidate for the U.S. Senate, Hickenlooper defended his record Friday, June 5, 2020 at a state ethics hearing about travel on private jets he took as Colorado governor, one day after the ethics panel found him in contempt for failing to appear. Hickenlooper rejected claims he violated Colorado law by accepting trips and insisted they either involved personal business or happened while he was touting Colorado's economy to potential investors during his 2011-2019 term. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

John Hickenlooper wins Colorado’s Democratic Senate primary

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is running for Senate. However, he is facing calls to drop out of the primary against former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff. Mr. Hickenlooper made a series of racially insensitive remarks and photos emerged. (Associated Press)

John Hickenlooper campaign for Senate stumbles after series of gaffes, missteps

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 13 ,2019, file photo former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper listens to a question during a media availability at the National Press Club in Washington. Hickenlooper was supposed to be Democrats' worry-free solution to the Colorado Senate race, but he's stumbled badly in the weeks leading up to the party's June 30 primary. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

‘A hot mess’: Hickenlooper stumbles into Democratic primary

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019, file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum, in Des Moines, Iowa. Colorado's ethics commission on Friday, June 12, 2020 fined Hickenlooper $2,750 for violating state ethics law as governor by accepting a private jet flight to an official event and by receiving benefits he didn't pay for at a meeting of government, business and financial leaders in Italy. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Senate hopeful Hickenlooper apologizes for slave comment

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

CORRECTION: Hickenlooper ethics story

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019, file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum, in Des Moines, Iowa. Colorado's ethics commission on Friday, June 12, 2020 fined Hickenlooper $2,750 for violating state ethics law as governor by accepting a private jet flight to an official event and by receiving benefits he didn't pay for at a meeting of government, business and financial leaders in Italy. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Ethics panel fines former Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper $2,750

Associated Press

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is running for the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat. His campaign hit a snag when activists endorsed former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff instead. (Associated Press Photographs)

John Hickenlooper: I believe Tara Reade, but ‘I still support Joe Biden’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019 file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa. Now a candidate for the U.S. Senate, Hickenlooper defended his record Friday, June 5, 2020 at a state ethics hearing about travel on private jets he took as Colorado governor, one day after the ethics panel found him in contempt for failing to appear. Hickenlooper rejected claims he violated Colorado law by accepting trips and insisted they either involved personal business or happened while he was touting Colorado's economy to potential investors during his 2011-2019 term. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Panel: Ex-Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper violated ethics law

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019 file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa. Now a candidate for the U.S. Senate, Hickenlooper defended his record Friday, June 5, 2020 at a state ethics hearing about travel on private jets he took as Colorado governor, one day after the ethics panel found him in contempt for failing to appear. Hickenlooper rejected claims he violated Colorado law by accepting trips and insisted they either involved personal business or happened while he was touting Colorado's economy to potential investors during his 2011-2019 term. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Hickenlooper violated ethics law by accepting free flights, dinners

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks in Des Moines, Iowa. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Hickenlooper didn't appear at a Colorado Independent Ethics Commission hearing Thursday, June 4, 2020, defying a commission subpoena and a court order that he participate as it considers a Republican complaint that trips he took on private planes while Colorado's governor violated the state's gift ban. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Former Colorado governor held in contempt by ethics panel

By JAMES ANDERSON - Associated Press