Colorado Democratic Senator Announces Run For Governor

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., announced a gubernatorial bid connected Friday, becoming nan 2nd Democrat to jump into nan 2026 title to win term-limited Gov. Jared Polis. 

Phil Weiser, Colorado's Democratic lawyer general, has already announced a bid. Weiser has emerged arsenic a high-profile force of nan Trump administration, joining pinch different authorities attorneys wide to record lawsuits complete a bid of policies and executive orders.

But Bennet, a erstwhile Denver Public Schools superintendent, instantly becomes nan defacto front-runner successful blue-leaning Colorado's gubernatorial contest.

"From expanding nan Child Tax Credit to securing $7B for Colorado’s infrastructure, we’ve made existent advancement together," Bennet said connected X. "Now, it’s clip to support building a early successful Colorado that useful for each of us."

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Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., questions U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during a Senate Finance Committee proceeding successful nan Dirksen Senate Office Building connected April 8, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Bennet has served successful nan Senate much than 16 years. 

The lawmaker won re-election successful 2022, truthful if he were elected governor, he would vacate his Senate spot earlier nan extremity of his existent six-year term.

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FILE - Democratic statesmanlike candidates (L-R) Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., return portion successful nan 2nd nighttime of nan first Democratic statesmanlike statement connected June 27, 2019, successful Miami. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Bennet antecedently mounted a statesmanlike bid successful 2019 but dropped retired successful 2020.

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His announcement connected Friday  makes Bennet nan latest Senate Democrat readying to move connected from Congress astatine nan extremity of adjacent year.

Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Gary Peters of Michigan, and Tina Smith of Minnesota announced earlier this twelvemonth that they wouldn't activity re-election successful nan 2026 midterms

Jared Polis, politician of Colorado, speaks to members of nan media successful nan rotation room pursuing nan first vice statesmanlike statement astatine nan CBS Broadcast Center successful New York, US, connected Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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