03/11/2010 - With just 5 days until caucus, the momentum continues to grow behind Andrew’s campaign. This week, more than 170 current and former local elected officials endorsed Andrew (see the full release below) and today Andrew will appear on nationally broadcast television and radio.
-by Bill Romjue
Andrew Romanoff is Colorado’s best choice for fixing the broken system in Washington and a new poll today shows he is the only candidate that can hold the seat for Democrats in November. Andrew continues to climb since the last month’s poll and has pulled into a virtual tie with the leading Republican contender according to Rasmussen Reports.
On Tuesday, March 16th, you can take the first step toward nominating a candidate for the U.S. Senate, by participating in your precinct caucus. Andrew recorded a new video explaining this process. (To find your caucus location, please click here.)
-by Andrew Romanoff
My grandparents came to America in the first half of the last century. They came without any money or political connections. They came for the same reason so many people do -- to create a better life for themselves and their children.
My father's parents opened a small grocery store in Schenectady, New York; they lived in an apartment above it while my dad was growing up. Hundreds of fellow immigrants found their way to Romanoff's Delicatessen. My grandfather Herman (a softer touch than his wife Annie) fed many customers for free during the war.
Below is a brief update from the Romanoff campaign. If you haven't visited us at campaign headquarters yet, please do. We are located at 2223 South Monaco Parkway in Denver or call us at 720-319-8683.
-by Andrew Romanoff
I debated my shadow last night.
That's what it felt like, for a little while. Having sent a surrogate to our first forum on Saturday, my opponent himself showed up yesterday, at a debate hosted by the Denver Young Democrats. At least I think it was my opponent. He used most of his time to agree with me.
Washington doesn't work, I said. He agreed. The Senate has not delivered the reforms we need in health care, the economy, or energy policy. Agreed. Special interests have turned Congressional committees into wholly owned subsidiaries by bankrolling their campaigns. Agreed.
Lagging in the polls, my opponent has evidently decided that "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em."
-by Andrew Romanoff
I hope you're having a good week. I'd like to share some news from the campaign trail and an invitation to get involved.
In the last ten days, we've proposed an aggressive slate of financial reforms. We picked up endorsements from two of Colorado's largest labor organizations, two-thirds of the Democrats in the State House, and 40 other legislators, past and present. And we opened up a seven-point lead on our primary opponent in a head-to-head matchup against the Republican frontrunner.
Sixty-one current and former Colorado state legislators endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff today.
Romanoff won support from a majority of the Democrats in the state legislature -- including two-thirds of those in the House of Representatives, where he served for eight years and was speaker for four. They're the ones who have worked with Romanoff most closely.
"Leadership matters, and Andrew has got it," said Rep. Joe Rice, D-Littleton, a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves.
U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff has won the support of two of Colorado's largest labor organizations.
The United Food and Commercial Workers, which represents 23,000 members statewide, and the Colorado Council of Teamsters, with 16,000 members, endorsed Romanoff's primary bid.
-by Andrew Romanoff
A little more than a year ago, some of America’s biggest financial institutions helped send our nation into its deepest fiscal crisis since the Great Depression. Since then, millions of Americans have lost their homes, their paychecks, and their savings.
In 1933, Congress moved swiftly to reform the banking industry and protect depositors. Washington worked.
Today’s Congress, in contrast, has failed to act. A reform bill passed by the House languishes in the Senate. Wall Street wins. Main Street loses.
-by Andrew Romanoff
Last week, the Supreme Court decided that special-interest groups can make "independent expenditures" for or against political candidates -- without any limit at all. That decision came in a case called Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. It means that out-of-state corporations and other interest groups can not only tell Coloradans how to vote, they can spend millions or even billions of dollars drowning out the voices of the people who actually live here.
Today, I'm asking the other candidates in the race for the U.S. Senate to join me in standing up for the people of Colorado.
-by Ken Gordon
Talk is cheap - especially if you're a giant corporation.
The Supreme Court yesterday opened the floodgates for independent expenditures by corporations and other special interest groups - as if the $1 billion those groups spent in the last election wasn't enough.
Andrew Romanoff is the first and - so far, the only - candidate in this race to turn down corporate cash. In fact, he refuses to accept contributions from any political action committee. Andrew is leading by example, which is one of the reasons I support his campaign.
-by Andrew Romanoff
If you like the way Washington works, you’re going to love this decision.
Special interest groups poured $1 billion into the last election. Today’s ruling just opened the floodgates for billions more. The Supreme Court said that corporations and other interest groups can spend as much as they want on independent expenditures.
It’s as if the justices took a look at America’s political system and concluded that special interests don’t have enough power.
The problems that afflict America today are too broad and too deep for a state to solve on its own. We find ourselves at a tipping point. Our economy, our health, and, in many ways, the fate of the earth itself hang in the balance.
Yesterday we honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “The ultimate measure of a man,” Dr. King once said, “is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
This is a time of challenge and controversy. We need bold leadership not only in the White House but also at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
That’s why I’m running for the U.S. Senate.
01/06/2010
I have known Bill and Jeannie Ritter for more than 16 years, and I appreciate how much they and their children have sacrificed for the sake of our state. I join all Coloradans in thanking the Governor and his family for their selfless service—and in wishing them the very best in the years ahead.
(by Andrew's Mom)
Hello. I'm Andrew Romanoff's mother, and I need your help.
I'd like to spend more time with my son during the holidays. His campaign, however, has been taking up almost every spare minute.
(by Nancy Dick)
Thirty years ago, I was elected Lieutenant Governor — the first woman to hold that post in the history of Colorado. I’ve met a lot of candidates since then, but I’ve never been more enthusiastic about any race than I am about this one.
Anyone who has watched Andrew Romanoff recognizes what an extraordinary Senator he will be. He has spent most of his life fighting tooth and nail for ordinary people: the kids he taught in Central America, the Klan victims he defended at the Southern Poverty Law Center, the constituents he represented so well in the Colorado House of Representatives.
Andrew Romanoff, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, today announced that top veteran Democratic strategist Bill Romjue has joined the Romanoff team as campaign manager.
“I am delighted to put a talented leader like Bill Romjue at the top of our team. I have enormous respect for his service to our country and his skill as a campaign manager," Romanoff said. "Bill shares my determination to fight for the families of Colorado, who have been forgotten by too many federal officials. Bill believes, as I do, that the choice of our next U.S. Senator should rest not with the power brokers in Washington or on Wall Street but with the people of Colorado."
12/17/2009
Consumers lost another round in Washington yesterday when the insurance industry and its allies in the U.S. Senate refused to allow discussion of the American Health Security Act of 2009 -- a proposal to cover all Americans at a lower cost than the other plans now under consideration. The defeat capped a week of losses for American families, as the public option and other insurance reforms fell victim to industry pressure and Congressional cowardice.
(by Betty Lehman)
I am a single parent of a child with autism, and I am supporting Andrew Romanoff for United States Senate. I want to tell you why, and ask you to support him as well.
When my son Eli was insured by United Healthcare, he was entitled to speech therapy. This therapy was important because autism can create an almost insurmountable barrier to verbal communication. If he could learn to communicate, it would change his life.
