Unlike Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker, a progressive who took on the DSCC’s preferred candidate in this week’s primary, Romanoff hasn’t received high-profile endorsements from liberal leaders such as Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders or New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Warren has actually endorsed Hickenlooper, something he touted in a TV ad released Tuesday.
Those endorsements can direct an army of grassroots donors to an underdog candidate, and Romanoff has struggled to match Hickenlooper’s fundraising. The former governor had raised $12.6 million and his campaign had $5.9 million on hand as of June 10, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Romanoff had raised $2.9 million, with $795,000 left in his campaign account.
Romanoff has been endorsed by the Sunrise Movement, a group that aims to combat climate change, and Our Revolution, which was founded by former Sanders staffers. On Wednesday, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which is aligned with Warren, also endorsed Romanoff.
“We’re choosing to back Romanoff as the more progressive of the two [candidates],” PCCC spokeswoman Maria Langholz said.
A bluer state
The state and the party have moved to the left in recent years, so a more liberal candidate might have a better shot today than in 2010, when Romanoff lost the primary to Bennet by 9 points.
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