DENVER — Former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, a Denver Democrat, on Thursday filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission concerning a campaign for U.S. Senate.
The filing comes as speculation has ramped up in recent weeks that Romanoff will mount a challenge to Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, considered by some to be the most vulnerable GOP incumbent senator up for election in 2020.
But a Romanoff representative said Thursday's filing is an update of previous information concerning a campaign committee dating from Romanoff's unsuccessful 2010 Senate bid and not specifically related to a 2020 challenge to Gardner.
Democratic operatives tell Colorado Politics that Romanoff and his representatives have been contacting potential supporters and operatives ahead of an anticipated announcement of a campaign.