gone after her for close to three years. different scenarios there and a lot of people who point to the former president. joe o-dea mastery dixon was. there is a mixed bag here. but that all factors in and there will be a lot of talk about the 45th president of the united states and how much that influence or not influence impacted these races. and the closing argument seemed to work. it seemed to work. we didn t think it was going to work. we talked about threat to democracy and dana: i was thinking about that last night about president obama coming in for the last-minute rallies. we saw a different obama. not hope and change obama. he was angry and demanding they
that is the dark vision he won on and tonight colorado is rejecting that vision. and rejected it handily. senator bennett join us now. good morning. good to see you. getting a big round of applause. it s great to see you. let s talk about your race. interesting opponent in joe o dea who tried to distance himself from former president trump on issues like same-sex marriage and abortion rights and the 2020 election conspiracies. he was attack aed last night after you won handily by president trump for not going ie along more with the election conspiracy. what was at the center of your race, what decided this and how did you win by so much? i think what was the center of the race was rejection of 40 years of washington consensus of trickle down economics that colorado wants to reject. we have one of the most dynamic economies in america but people
ten point and bennett wins by 12 points. democratic incumbent michael bennett projected by nbc news to defeat republican challenger o dea. bennett took to the stage to celebrate the win and reject the former president s vision for america. we have to give people a sense of economic opportunity again. this is what i talked about on the trail in red parts of the state and blue parts of the state. and that s because when people lose a sense of opportunity for themselves and their families that s when inevitably, in human history, somebody shows up and says i alone can fix it. you don t need a democracy. you don t need the rule of law. you should expect your public sector and private sector to be hopelessly corrupt. hopelessly bankrupt. that is the dark vision donald trump ran for president on.
when we talked with the election supervisor yesterday he told us of the ballots they sent out, only 30% have been submitted. every vote is going to matter, especially in some of the closer races like the ever tightening u.s. senate race here in colorado. you ve got the republican, joe o dea taking on the democratic republican michael bennett, and we spent time with o dea, without the endorsement of trump but he would campaign against trump if he were to run again. if we don t get 2022 right, 2024 will not matter. i m focused on that, stay on my message and make sure we are talking all of colorado, that s important to them. we also got invited to senator michael bennett s final campaign stop out in boulder. he told a packed crowd that he is ready to get started on his
mess. the counties that i would watch tonight would be like luzerne, erie, washington, if there s a robust turnout in those counties, philadelphia s numbers are going to matter less. john: we will take your tip and watch those counties. salina, great to catch up with you. i know it s going to be an interesting day. sandra: great insights there. former new jersey governor chris christie at this says the senate race in colorado could deliver a huge price, that joe o dea could pull off an upset victory over bennett. what s the feeling in denver today, jeff? sandra, it s going to be a very busy day of voting throughout the state of colorado, and where we are at this drive through location in denver, it could be one of the more high traffic spots where people can basically walk up, pull up in a bike or a car, drop off their ballot and basically they have voted.