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Colorado U.S. Senate Candidates Share Views with Business Community at Virtual Forum Thursday

COLORADO U.S. SENATE CANDIDATES SHARE VIEWS WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY AT VIRTUAL FORUM THURSDAY Gardner and Hickenlooper Shared Views on COVID-19, Health Care, Oil & Gas and More at Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation Event DENVER – The Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation hosted the 2020 U.S. Senate Candidate Forum on Thursday, Oct. 15, with U.S. […]

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COLORADO U.S. SENATE CANDIDATES SHARE VIEWS WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY AT VIRTUAL FORUM THURSDAY

Gardner and Hickenlooper Shared Views on COVID-19, Health Care, Oil & Gas and More at Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation Event

DENVER – The Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation hosted the 2020 U.S. Senate Candidate Forum on Thursday, Oct. 15, with U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. Candidates discussed key business issues, including job creation, transportation and immigration with Forum moderator Ed Sealover, senior reporter at the Denver Business Journal. Nearly 740 people registered for the virtual event.

View a recording of the Forum.

The event also included remarks from Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation Executive Director Dan Lewis and Denver Metro Chamber President and CEO Kelly Brough.

Fidelity Investments was the event’s Gold Sponsor, and CRL Associates and Swire Coca-Cola, USA were Silver Sponsors. Event Partners were the Aurora Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Association of REALTORS, Colorado Business Coalition for Immigration Solutions, Colorado Competitive Council, Colorado Farm Bureau, Colorado Succeeds, Colorado Technology Association, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Douglas County Business Alliance, Downtown Denver Partnership, Grand Junction Economic Partnership, Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance and VISIT DENVER.

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