December 12, 2025 09:41 AM UTC

Elizabeth Warren Throws Down Bigly For Hick

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• by: Colorado Pols

Just days after state Sen. Julie Gonzales of Denver announced her challenge to incumbent Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper while at the same time sort-of renouncing her ties to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), one of the foremost progressive leaders in the U.S. Senate is jumping in to shore up Hickenlooper’s left flank. Here are some kind words for Colorado’s junior U.S. Senator in today’s joint fundraising appeal from Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts:

I want to tell you a bit more about John and why his re-election really matters. John’s a former small business owner who’s taken on the corporate special interests running the show in Trump’s Washington.

He’s been fighting to rebuild our economy and make it work for the many rather than the few.

Before running for office, he was a laid-off geologist who felt that the voices of everyday Coloradans weren’t being heard. He knows a thing or two about what laid off federal workers are experiencing right now under Trump.

Mostly, John’s a regular guy who cares about real people. Time and again, I’ve seen him put solving problems for working families ahead of politics.

It’s critical that we support good Democrats like John everywhere if we want to take back the Senate in 2026 and put a stop to Trump’s extremist agenda. That work starts now.

John flipped his seat in 2020, and we’ve got to make sure this seat stays blue. That’s why I’m asking if you’ll split a donation between my campaign and John Hickenlooper’s so we can work to take back our Senate majority in 2026.

It’s a message that we don’t mind telling you we’ve been in agreement with since well before Sen. Gonzales announced her primary bid. Sen. Hickenlooper simply isn’t a clean target for the angst from the Democratic base against Democratic politicos over effectively combating Donald Trump’s excesses, and support from Sen. Warren helps illustrate why. Hickenlooper voted against the cave-in by Senate Democrats that ended the October government shutdown, which has become a focal point of base discontent. Sens. Warren and Hickenlooper share a common approach to policy–more to the point, policy branding–that recognizes the need for progressive solutions unencumbered by the “socialism” label that creates instant barriers with a large segment of the voting public.

As one of the leading progressive women leaders in the U.S. Senate, there’s no better ally on the ground with Hickenlooper to keep Democratic primary voters on task.