Hickenlooper Makes 2020 Presidential Bid Official

Addison Herron-Wheeler is OUT FRONT's co-publisher and editor-in-chief and friend…

Former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper just made his presidential bid official with a video released this morning.

https://youtu.be/QwIk0hUmzk8

“I’m John Hickenlooper. I’m running for president because we’re facing a crisis that threatens everything we stand for,” he claims.

OUT FRONT previously covered Hickenlooper’s tentative announcement, and we spoke to him just before he left his position as governor.

“When I first ran for mayor, the LGBTQ community really rose up and from the beginning strongly supported me, and I think I may have missed one, maybe two, Pride parades when I was sick or out of town, but that’s it,” he told OUT FRONT in January. “It’s been a great partnership. Colorado, if you look at it, we have as strong and vocal a gay community as any state in america. Everyone talks about California or Massachusetts, but I think we stand right up there with them.”

Hickenlooper is planning to host a “hometown send-off” at Civic Center Park this Thursday from 5-8 p.m.

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Addison Herron-Wheeler

Addison Herron-Wheeler is OUT FRONT's co-publisher and editor-in-chief and friend to dogs everywhere. She enjoys long walks in the darkness away from any sources of sunlight, rainy days, and painfully dry comedy. She also covers cannabis and heavy metal, and is author of Wicked Woman: Women in Metal from the 1960s to Now and Respirator, a short story collection.