Colorado Democratic senator announces run for governor

Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, who has served in the Senate for more than 16 years, announced a Colorado gubernatorial bid Friday.

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., questions U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during a Senate Finance Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 8, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Bennet has served in the Senate more than 16 years. 

The lawmaker won re-election in 2022, so if he were elected governor, he would vacate his Senate seat before the end of his current six-year term.

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Jared Polis, governor of Colorado, speaks to members of the media in the spin room following the first vice presidential debate at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.

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