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• Bill Clinton stumps for Bennet in Colorado

  October 19, 2010 8:48 AM

  Former President Bill Clinton is pleading with Colorado Democrats to stick with Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, saying that a vote for Republicans would return the nation to dangerous times. About 2,000 people packed a high school gym Monday in northeast Denver to hear Clinton speak in a rally that... more »

• Andrew Romanoff lands job at anti-poverty group

  October 6, 2010 11:37 AM

  Unsuccessful Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff has landed a new job at an anti-poverty group that helps farmers in developing countries. The Democrat tells The Denver Post that he'll work for Lakewood-based International Development Enterprises, where he'll travel frequently. The former state House speaker turned down being considered for... more »

• Election results (unofficial)

  August 11, 2010 11:14 AM

  U.S. Senate Democrat 100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING Michael Bennet (Inc.) 183,521 54% Andrew Romanoff 155,016 46% U.S. Senate GOP 100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING Ken Buck 209,967 52% Jane Norton 197,143 48% U.S. Senate Libertarian 100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING Maclyn Stringer 1,178 52% John Finger 1,066 48% U.S. House District 3 GOP 100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING Scott Tipton 39,491 56% Bob McConnell 31,360 44%... more »

• Romanoff gets help from President Clinton

  August 9, 2010 5:33 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado Democrats are getting calls from a second president. Less than a week after President Barack Obama joined a telephone call with Sen. Michael Bennet, former President Bill Clinton recorded a telephone appeal for Bennet's challenger, Andrew Romanoff. Romanoff is challenging Bennet in a Tuesday primary.... more »

• Sprint time for Colorado Senate candidates

  August 9, 2010 11:09 AM

  It's sprint time for Colorado Senate candidates in primary elections. They're working the phones, waving signs on busy street corners and putting final touches on what they hope will be victory speeches Tuesday night. Democrats are focusing on Colorado Springs. That's because El Paso is the most populous Colorado... more »

• Obama pleads with Colorado Dems to stick with Bennet

  August 4, 2010 8:29 AM

  President Barack Obama is pleading with Colorado Democrats to stick with Sen. Michael Bennet in a primary challenge, calling the appointed senator "the person that I want alongside me." Bennet is facing a primary challenge from Andrew Romanoff, a former state lawmaker who has blasted Bennet as too cozy... more »

• Pueblo Senate debate canceled for lack of interest

  August 3, 2010 12:38 PM

  Are voters getting tired of Colorado's Senate primary candidates? The folks in southern Colorado appear to be, with a major debate planned in Pueblo being canceled for lack of interest. Action 22, a civic group that advocates for 22 southern Colorado counties, planned to play host to Democrat Andrew... more »

• Colorado Democrats getting automated calls from Obama

  July 23, 2010 9:07 AM

  Colorado Democrats could be getting a phone call from the president this week. President Barack Obama taped an automated phone call asking Democrats to vote for Sen. Michael Bennet in his Aug. 10 primary against Democratic challenger Andrew Romanoff. Obama says, "Michael may be new to politics, but... more »

• Senate candidate acknowledges doctored campaign photo

  April 16, 2010 12:14 PM

  A Democrat who has acknowledged doctoring a photo on his campaign Web site to add black and Latino faces nearer the candidate is keeping the picture. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff's campaign has acknowledged changing a photo on his Web site that adds a black woman and two Latino faces... more »

• El Paso County Democrats like Romanoff

  April 10, 2010 6:17 PM

  Both political parties had their county assemblies today in Colorado Springs. The headliner for the Deomcratic Party was the race for U.S. Senate. Challenger Andrew Romanoff beat Senator Michael Bennet by 10 percent of the vote. Romanoff had 307 votes while Bennet got 251 votes at the assembly held Saturday... more »

• Current, former state legislators endorse Romanoff

  February 13, 2010 10:01 AM

  Former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff has been endorsed by 61 current and former state legislators in his campaign for the U.S. Senate. Romanoff announced Friday that he has the support from a majority of the Democrats in the state Legislature in the Democratic primary race against incumbent Sen. Michael... more »

• Romanoff officially joins crowded Senate race

  September 16, 2009 2:54 PM

  Former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff has formally announced he will challenge U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in the Democratic primary. Romanoff kicked off his campaign in Pueblo Wednesday. He told a crowd of about 80 that a U.S. senator should be elected, not chosen. It was a dig at Bennet,... more »