Messenger: Colorado Republican Committee

Candidate: John Hickenlooper

Contest: U.S. Senate

Affiliation: D

Date delivered: Sept. 28, 2020

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Message type: mailer

Message tone: negative

About the message:

This mailer from the Colorado Republican Committee claims that Democratic Senate candidate and former Gov. John Hickenlooper supports a ban on fracking that would damage Colorado's economy.

In reality, Hickenlooper opposes a ban on fracking, though he isn't as vocal a proponent of the oil and gas extraction method as he was when he drank fracking fluid at a public hearing. In a June debate, he said he wanted to make the practice obsolete with a goal of using 100% renewable energy by 2050. But he says he opposes an outright ban.

Hickenlooper is challenging Republican Sen. Cory Gardner, who receives significant campaign support from the oil and gas industry.

About the messenger:

The Colorado Republican Committee is the federal fundraising arm of the Colorado GOP.

The messenger's money:

This federal political party committee may take up to $10,000 per year from individual donors. Most of the party's money in 2024 came from $20,000 to $40,000 fees charged to presidential candidates to get on the ballot and a joint fundraiser with other national Republican committees.