John Hickenlooper is up for reelection. Colorado Republicans don’t really have a candidate to challenge him.

John Hickenlooper is up for reelection. Colorado Republicans don’t really have a candidate to challenge him.

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? With the 2026 election cycle already well underway, Colorado Republicans have no clear challenger to Democratic U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper next year. The state party’s bench is depleted after a long stretch of defeat, caused both by changing demographics and GOP mistakes, and the few people who might be in line for the race are taking a pass because they see a loss as inevitable. The scenario would have been unthinkab…