U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, is campaigned in Colorado for U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally in Aurora in October for Colorado Democrats. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
The 2016 campaign is all the rage in Washington and itap starting to blow west to Colorado.
This weekend, MoveOn.org is coordinating house parties across the nation to encourage Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president.
Warren has said many times before, , that she is not interested. But itap not dampening the “Run Warren Run” effort.
A Denver event at a rooftop condo in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, hosted by Steven Olberg, is booked with 40 people registered to attend. Another in Greeley is expecting eight participants and a Colorado Springs event will draw 18, .
The event is timed one-year-to-the-day before the first votes are cast in the Democratic presidential primary, according to organizers.
An event for an actual candidate — Democrat Hillary Clinton — is scheduled for Monday in Denver.
Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb is organizing a “Call to Action: Blacks in America Supporting Hillary Clinton 2016” event. It is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the Blair Caldwell African American Research Library on Welton Street.
Webb is a longtime Clinton supporter and is keenly focused on the next presidential election. He even wore his “H” logo pin to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s inauguration party.
