Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper (D) stated Wednesday he’ll run for reelection simply as soon as.
“I’m only gonna do two terms,” Hickenlooper instructed Punchbowl Information’s Andrew Desiderio. “I’ve said it first here, two-term limit, oath of conscience.”
Hickenlooper, the state’s former governor, gained a seat within the higher chamber by means of successful a key race towards former Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) in 2020.
“There should be more people that are involved in local, municipal politics and governing and state politics and governing, who [get] into the Senate so that they bring those experiences with ‘em,” stated Hickenlooper, who has additionally served as mayor of Denver.
Hickenlooper briefly ran for president in 2020.
He shortly backed Vice President Harris in her marketing campaign for the presidency after President Biden introduced he was leaving the race in late July.
“Vice President Harris is already uniting the Democratic Party, just as she will unite America,” Hickenlooper stated in a submit on the social platform X final month. “She has been President Biden’s copilot for these amazing four years and we can’t wait to do everything we can to help her win.”
