Watch tv this weekend on cspan2. Democrats need to pick up four seats in the november election to win a majority in the u. S. Senate. According to the Cook Political Report 15 of the 35 senate races are considered competitive including the contest in colorado. Republican incumbent Senator Cory Gardner and democratic candidate John Hickenlooper took part in a televised debate from Colorado State university. Senator gardner is considered to be one of the more Vulnerable Senate republicans in this election cycle. Republican Senator Cory Gardner is embracing his allegiance to President Trump and Mitch Mcconnell making the case hes in a position to deliver for colorado. If coloradans deliver it back to the private sector for the first time in 15 years that will complete a herd of republicans out of high office in colorado area democrats turned to a man who wanted to be president , the democratic primary voters did not share that desire so former governor John Hickenlooper is back running fo
We want to think the candidates for being with us tonight. Yes, they are socially distanced and following all protocols. Both are being tested regularly. A quick reminder about the rules for the debate. Candidates will have 60 seconds to answer most questions, 30 seconds to answer followup questions. We will ask specific yes and no questions throughout the debate. And we are asking that both candidates please refrain from interrupting one another. We have a lot of territory to get through tonight, so we must start with the pandemic. We have seen the consequences, economic devastation, especially for the lowest wage workers, people of color hit disproportionately, people struggling with Mental Health and suicides climbing. On monday, the president tweeted do not be afraid of covid, do not let it dominate your life. 2,000 in colorado have died, 75,000 in colorado have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. As a member of the senate, are you proud of the way that the republican majority is
Hello, folks. I am smokey, the forestfighting bear, with a mighty Important Message for you. It is very rare in history you have one kind of originating moment. In a way, it is a creation story for explaining who we are. In the spring of 1910, the earth passed through the tale of haleys comet. The appearance seemed to foreshadow the deadly fire that would engulf the Northern Rockies. No amount of money, equipment, or firefighters could stop the hurricane of fire that raged out of control on august 20 and 21st, 1910. The big blowup would be the catalyst of Fire Suppression for the next 100 years. On august 20, a terrific hurricane broke over the mountains. It picked up the fires and carried them for miles. The wind was so strong that it almost lifted men out of their saddles and the canyon seemed to act as chimneys through which the wind and fires swept like the roar of a thousand freight trains. Ranger ed pulaski. Narrator in the years before the big blowup, president Theodore Roosevel
We want to think the candidates for being with us tonight. Yes, they are socially distanced and following all protocols. Both are being tested regularly. A quick reminder about the rules for the debate. Candidates will have 60 seconds to answer most questions, 30 seconds to answer followup questions. We will ask specific yes and no questions throughout the debate. And we are asking that both candidates please refrain from interrupting one another. We have a lot of territory to get through tonight, so we must start with the pandemic. We have seen the consequences, economic devastation, especially for the lowest wage workers, people of color hit disproportionately, people struggling with Mental Health and suicides climbing. On monday, the president tweeted do not be afraid of covid, do not let it dominate your life. 2,000 in colorado have died, 75,000 in colorado have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. As a member of the senate, are you proud of the way that the republican majority is
Private sector for the first time in 15 years that will complete a purge of republicans out of high office in colorado. Democrats turned to a man who wanted to be president , the democratic primary voters did not share that desire. So former Governor John Hickenlooper is back running for the senate, the job he said he didnt want and wouldnt be good at. Two men coloradans know well with clear disagreements on healthcare, the economy, immigration, the Supreme Court and how to handle the pandemic. Now all thats left is for them to debate and you to decide. Brought to you by nine news, in association with colorado politics, and broadcasted statewide in every corner of colorado, presented live from the campus of Colorado State university in in fort collins, next presents race for the senate. Here are your moderators, kyle clark and marshall bellinger. Good evening. Next expands to a commercial free our statewide this evening. Statewide this evening for this u. S. Senate debate. We are follo