John Hickenlooper is a new Senate for Colorado. Hickenlooper defeated the Republican Party's Cory Gardner in Colorado's U.S. Senate Race on 3 November 2020. His victory is considered the result that the Democrats counted on in the party's fight claiming the Senate majority from Republicans.
John Hickenlooper focused on the top priorities, including climate change, racial justice, and Covid-19 in the senate that led him to the victory against Republican Cory Gardner. While Gardner amassed 1,276,381 (44.0%) votes (as of now), Hickenlooper is ahead with 1,562,849 votes making a difference of 14,35,2109 votes.
Concerning his victory as the U.S. Senate for Colorado, Hickenlooper asked his followers to join Facebook Live to attain some of his remarks through Twitter.
On Facebook live, Hickenlooper asserted:
"Clearly people are saying it's time to turn the page, it's time for a different approach, it's time to start solving problems and helping people. And that's exactly what I intend to do."
Gardner, who was his rival in the Senate race for Colorado, congratulated him, stating: 'Please understand, to all the people who have supported our efforts tonight that his [Hickenlooper's] success is Colorado's success and our nation and our nation and state need him to succeed.'
John Hickenlooper's Net Worth Details
John Hickenlooper, who is an American geologist, politician, and businessman, makes his net worth from his multi-dimensional career progression. He has a net worth of $10 million and earns around $90,000 per year as a Governor.
Hickenlooper is widely known as the 43rd Mayor of Denver for nearly eight years from July 2003 to January 2011. Similarly, he was the Chair of the National Governors Association from July 2014 to July 2015.
Also, he served as the 42nd Governor of Colorado for eight years from January 2011 to January 2019. His recent political acts include his campaign for Presidential election and withdrawal from it.
His candidacy for the Senate of Colorado and the victory comes as his latest political career updates.
John Hickenlooper Is Married Twice
John Hickenlooper went through a couple of marriages throughout his life. Previously, he was married to his first wife, Helen Thorpe, an Irish-American author and freelance journalist. The former lovebirds exchanged their wedding vows in 2002 and cherished their relationship for thirteen years until 2015. Also, they share a child (son) named Teddy together.
Following their nearly one and a half-decade of married life, the lovebirds called off their marriage in 2015. They resided together in Denver's Park Hill neighborhood before their divorce.
John Hickenlooper and his second wife, Robin Pringle, during their wedding (©: Twitter/John Hickenlooper)
Currently, Hickenlooper is married to his second wife, Robin Pringle, an alum of Duke and Northwestern University. They tied their marital knot in 2016 after Hickenlooper divorced his first wife, Helen Thorpe, in 2015. Despite having a huge age gap of 40 years, the pair unleash their romantic lifestyle in full swing.
Moreover, Pringle is the Vice President at Liberty Media and is on the Board of Directors at SiriusXM.