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Cory Scott Gardner [1] (born August 22, 1974) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Colorado from 2015 to 2021. A Republican , he was the U.S. representative for Colorado's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2015 and a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011.
Gardner also faced a four-year grassroots campaign across the state by progressive political activists to hold him accountable for his votes, featured a cardboard cutout dubbed "Cardboard Cory". [11] The seat was expected to be highly competitive and the most likely Republican-held seat to flip Democratic.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Mark Udall ran for re-election to a second term, but narrowly lost to Republican U.S. Representative Cory Gardner by a margin of 1.9 percent. Despite Gardner's win however, with slightly over 48% of the vote, it is the lowest a winning Republican had received in the Class 2 Senate seat since 1918.
On June 30, Hickenlooper defeated former state house Speaker Andrew Romanoff in the Democratic primary, [57] winning the nomination to challenge one-term incumbent Republican Cory Gardner. [58] He defeated Gardner by 9 points [59] and took office on January 3, 2021.
Bennet cosponsored the bipartisan STATES Act, proposed in the 115th U.S. Congress by senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Gardner, which would exempt individuals or corporations in compliance with state cannabis laws from federal enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act. [53]
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Colorado was admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876 and elects U.S. senators to Senate class 2 and class 3.. Both of Colorado's current U.S. senators are Democrats Michael Bennet (serving since 2009) and John Hickenlooper (serving since 2021).