- Hickenlooper softened his denials of interest in the Senate in recent weeks as his campaign finances dwindled and pressure increased from other Democrats.
- Gardner is considered one of the most vulnerable Republican senators up for reelection in 2020.
- There may be policy changes after a CPR News story about a new member of the state’s Independent Ethics Commission. Debra Johnson was investigated for harassment during her time as Denver's Clerk and Recorder. CPR public affairs reporter Bente Birkeland learned that Johnson ultimately agreed to counseling and to spend six months away from the office she oversaw. David Sachs, who covers city government for Denverite, joined Bente Birkeland to talk about the response to the report.
- The investigation of the former Denver Clerk and Recorder, and the resulting no-contact agreement in the workplace, have not previously been known to the public.
- Earlier this year, Congressman Ken Buck, the Republican State Party Chair, told members they were going to teach Democrats how to spell recall.
- Several sources tell CPR Pence had planned to tour the Aurora ICE detention center, but the visit has since been canceled.
- Colorado’s reinsurance plan would use $260 million, including both federal and state funds.
- Colorado’s Republican Senator, Cory Gardner, criticized Democrats for normalizing socialism and pulling the country farther to the left during his keynote speech at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver Friday night.
- The Colorado Secretary of State has cleared the way for recall campaigns to start gathering signatures against Democratic Senators Brittany Pettersen of Lakewood and Pete Lee of Colorado Springs.
- Some attendees of the right-leaning event admired the governor for showing up, while others were confused why he even did.
- In the run-up to the debate, both Hickenlooper and Bennet said they wanted to use the night as a way of introducing themselves to America.
- The fight began shortly after the governor signed the gun control bill into law, when the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and three Republican lawmakers sued the state.
- Jon Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet will take the debate stage with eight other candidates on the evening of Thursday, June 27.
- "What we're saying is, Governor, do you remember the conversation?
- The governor’s office says CDPHE will use existing funds to try to achieve these objectives, but eventually, more state money will be needed to implement all of the strategies.
- The announcement comes on the same day that gun-violence prevention groups announced they'd put $100,000 into fighting the Sullivan recall effort.
