DENVER—President Barack Obama pleaded with Colorado Democrat to stick with Sen. Michael Bennet in a primary challenge, calling the appointed senator “the person that I want alongside me.”
Bennet is facing a primary challenge from Andrew Romanoff, a former state lawmaker who has blasted Bennet as too cozy with corporate interests. Obama joined a conference call with Colorado Democrats Tuesday evening and disputed that, saying Bennet “stood up again and again” to big corporations and was “one of the key people I needed” in the Senate to see a financial regulation overhaul pass.
The president noted that many in Colorado’s mostly mail-in balloting have already voted but urged Bennet volunteers on the call to redouble efforts to boost turnout.
