Vermont senator Bernie Sanders (I.) is not endorsing any of the Democratic candidates for Senate in Colorado while making a campaign swing through the state. 
John Hickenlooper's exit from the presidential race came on the same day he would have had to file his financial disclosure forms with the Office of Government Ethics. 
One of the top intra-party challengers for the Democratic Senate nomination in Colorado suspended his campaign on Tuesday, clearing away one of the toughest obstacles former Governor John Hickenlooper faced when he joined the contest after dropping his failing presidential bid. 
Leaked emails revealed a host of Democratic leaders in Colorado voicing frustration with and opposition to John Hickenlooper's decision to drop his presidential run in favor of pursuing the party's nomination for a U.S. Senate run next November. 
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said during a Sunday CNN town hall he would not consider running for Senate should he fail to secure the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. 
At least two Colorado Democrats running for the party's nomination to take on Republican Senator Cory Gardner next year won't be clearing the field for John Hickenlooper now that he's decided to run. 
Former Colorado governor and failed Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper on Thursday morning launched his Senate campaign after saying back in February he is “not cut out to be a senator.”
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will end his floundering presidential campaign Thursday according to multiple reports. A former president of the Colorado Senate blasted John Hickenlooper on social media Wednesday morning, saying the former governor was taking too much credit for sweeping gun laws passed in the state in 2013. 
John Hickenlooper’s abrupt axing of a radio interview midstream last week was not a one-off event, as the former Colorado governor has a history of tiffs with local media dating back to his time as mayor of Denver. 