2010 U.S. Senate Election
In early 2009, Senator Ken Salazar was nominated and confirmed for U.S. Secretary of Interior. Andrew Romanoff was on a short list of possible candidates for appointment to Salazar's seat. To fill that seat, Governor Bill Ritter chose Denver schools' superintendent Michael Bennet. The Colorado Independent reported on August 29, 2009 that Romanoff will challenge Bennet in a 2010 Primary for the Senate seat.
Romanoff has made campaign finance and ethics a key issue of his campaign, declining to take Political Action Committee money.
A preference poll taken March 16 at precinct caucuses showed Romanoff with 51 percent support, Bennet with 42 percent, and the remaining uncommitted. Delegates at each stage of the Democratic caucus-assembly process aren’t pledged to a candidate but are selected based on candidate preference.
Romanoff won the Democratic State Assembly against Michael Bennet, with 60.4% of the vote to Bennet's 39.6%. The State Assembly determines ballot placement for the August Primary. As Romanoff had a higher percentage of votes, his name appeared first on the Democratic ballot.
On September 16, 2009, Romanoff officially announced his campaign to challenge Bennet for the Democratic Senate nomination of 2010. He was endorsed by Bill Clinton on June 29, 2010. President Barack Obama endorsed Bennet shortly after Romanoff announced his candidacy to unseat Bennet.
On August 10, 2010, Romanoff was defeated by Bennet in the Colorado Democratic Primary.
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