A Victorious Night for Hickenlooper’s Table Set for All

By J.A.Dandridge

FORT COLLINS Colo.- John Hickenlooper stated that everyone, including the rancher, the artist and the environmentalist will eat at the table and work as a non-partisan unit to get Colorado where it needs to be in the years ahead.

Hickenlooper assured that as a whole, Coloradans are going to, “re-build hope in our state and get this economy back on track.”

A wealth of kisses, embraces and thanks went around the table as Hickenlooper gave his victory speech for becoming governor elect, Wednesday night at the Civic Center Plaza to an exuberant crowd. The Democratic candidate won 50.7 percent of votes and left his opponents, in the dust.Tom Tancredo had a percentage of 36.7 percent of votes while he split the Republican vote with Dan Maes at 11 percent of the votes.

Goals were bountiful and the former mayor briefly went over the mountains that the state will be working to get over.

Access to better health-care and education for children is one mountain that voters will be expecting him to take lead on.

One method Hickenlooper claimed to improve Colorado’s economy was through jobs for families so they would have the ability to pay their mortgage for example.

He also spoke of restoring economic power back into grass roots and creating a system where all of Colorado can work towards one common goal of becoming a place where young entrepreneurs will aspire to settle. He talked about becoming a place in the United States that people would look to for solutions on energy and technology to restore the economy.

“The global recession didn’t start here, but we mean to end it here”

The thing that Coloradans must work on is, “doing more with less resources” by balancing a tight budget in tough times.

Hickenlooper reminded the audience that they ran a clean race absent of tearing down opponents and candidates.

The crowd went wild as Hickenlooper stated, “What stands out for me is the pioneer spirit, a certain Western pride, that you find in every community and every corner of Colorado,” as he reminded Coloradans that they have “a "can-do" way of life,” with “Perseverance. Faith. Optimism.”