Gov. John Hickenlooper delivers his fifth State of the State address in January to Colorado lawmakers. (Photo By Brent Lewis/The Denver Post)
Gov. John Hickenlooper spent two days to start the week at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) meetings in Washington.
The high-profile conference is rare air for the Democrat who says he is not entertaining thoughts of higher office and is not actively engaged in the geopolitical sphere. AIPAC from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.
A Hickenlooper spokeswoman said the governor attended at the invitation of AIPAC, in part for his role as chairman of the National Governors Association. The organization also touted his reputation as a bipartisan deal broker.
Hickenlooper spent Sunday in Washington — to the nation’s capital in recent weeks — and spoke to an energy panel Monday that discussed regulatory frameworks in Colorado, his office said.
His administration recently announced it would depart on a trade mission to Israel next year. Hickenlooper on a personal trip.
He is expected to return Tuesday to Colorado.
