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From The Rocky Mountain News: John Hickenlooper loves being Denver’s mayor. But he said Friday he has concluded he could have “greater impact” as governor. Hickenlooper stopped short of making a formal announcement to run, but his spontaneous revelation during an affordable housing conference led many in the audience to infer that he has decided […]

The word is slowly leaking out: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper will run for governor. While nothing is completely official until Hick says it himself, it would be a surprise at this point if he announced anything other than a run for governor — which could come as soon as Monday.

He may be there already, but if not Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper is getting awfully close to approaching the tipping point in his decision-making process on a potential run for governor when too many people start saying, “who cares?” Mike Littwin of The Rocky Mountain News echoes the sentiments of those who like to say, […]

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill Ritter discussed his candidacy for governor with The Denver Post’s Jim Spencer, which includes this tidbit about a possible candidacy from Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper: …[Ritter] will need support if Hickenlooper runs for governor. This possibility became clear in a late-night December discussion between the two men. At Hickenlooper’s request, the […]

We hear that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper has told colleagues that he will have a decision by Monday as to whether or not he will run for governor. Of course, no word on which Monday he might have been referring to.

The Rocky Mountain News has a good look at the factors that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper is considering in a potential run for governor: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper opened up Wednesday about some of the factors he’s “processing” as he contemplates whether to run for governor. (No, Colorado, he has not yet decided.) On the […]

The Denver Post wonders today about when Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper will make a decision about running for governor: Will he or won’t he? It’s a question that’s been dogging Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and Colorado Democrats for months. But Hickenlooper continues to avoid telling anyone whether he will run for governor this year. And […]

Count Republican Marc Holtzman among those who apparently think that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper is a serious threat to run for governor. Holtzman took a few shots at Hickenlooper yesterday, according to The Denver Post, which sounded a lot like a candidate going after a potential opponent: John Hickenlooper hasn’t even ridden his scooter into […]

We hear that state Rep. Alice Madden has made it clear to supporters that she will run for governor if Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper does not…though she is still optimistic that Hick will enter the race. Madden has apparently made some high-level inquiries in terms of fundraising support and is beyond the stage of merely […]

The Colorado arm of NARAL, the pro-choice lobbying group, is doing their own lobbying for governor, apparently. Last week they sent an e-mail to NARAL supporters around the state encouraging them to ask Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper to run for governor. To see the e-mail they sent to supporters, click below…