Former Colorado Speaker of the House runs for U.S. Senate

julio 22, 2019

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Andrew Romanoff

Andrew Romanoff

Por Julia Caulfield

There are nearly a dozen people running in the Democratic primary to challenge Cory Gardner for a U.S. Senate seat in 2020. Among those is Andrew Romanoff. He is a former Colorado State Speaker of the House and President and CEO of Mental Health Colorado. Earlier this week Romanoff spent the day in Telluride talking with voters. KOTO ‘s Julia Caulfield sat down with him to talk about why he’s running and some of the issues facing Colorado and the West End.

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