Hanks Wins at GOP Assembly

State Representative Ron Hanks won the top line designation in the Republican primary for Colorado’s U.S. Senate seat on Saturday at the GOP’s state assembly.   

“I fully expected Donald Trump to win in 2020—and he did,” Hanks said to a roar of cheers at the Broadmoor World Arena, where over 3,700 delegates gathered to pick statewide candidates for the June 28 primary ballot.   

“I expected him to drain the swamp in D.C. while we fought to turn this state toward liberty,” Hanks said. “What we saw on Election night in 2020, it changed everything, just like the changes we felt after 9/11.” 

Hanks received 39% of the delegate vote, enough to keep the other five candidates who had been hoping to challenge Democrat Michael Bennet below the 30% needed to make the primary ballot.   

Hanks will face construction company owner Joe O’Dea in the primary. O’Dea successfully petitioned onto the ballot and says he doesn’t agree with claims by Trump and his allies about the last election.   

Dan R