State Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, is calling in Gov. John Hickenlooper’s help on two projects dead to Democrats and internet users, especially in rural Colorado.

Donovan’s office shared a letter she the governor Thursday. She said that when Republicans members of the Federal Communications Commission repealed the Obama administration rule that all websites and traffic be treated equally, they tilted the playing field against most Coloradans.

“As Colorado secures significant funds for the deployment of broadband infrastructure, we must ensure that the networks treat all internet sites equally, be they the smallest store front or the biggest warehouse,” she wrote to Hickenlooper. “Given the high level of attention to this issue, and importance for a fair and open online marketplace, I ask that the Administration review what steps may be taken to protect net neutrality in our state and work with the General Assembly to bring any clarity in our statutes that will support a fair and open internet.”

Hickenlooper was traveling Saturday for the commissioning of the USS Colorado in Connecticut, but Donovan is likely to find support, at least moral.

When the FCC board repealed net neutrality in mid-December, the governor said. “Innovation and an open internet have always been synonymous; today the FCC voted against innovation and against fair access to information and content.”

A number of states – including California, New York, Rhode Island and Washington – are pushing back against the federal rule, by using state consumer protection laws.

Democrats across the country have rallied around net neutrality, which they say will slow down internet speeds for those who don’t pay more, which will bad for consumers and small businesses.

But it’s not a new issue for Donovan.

She’s been dogged about rural broadband. Two years ago she tried to give local governments more leeway and money to unserved areas. The bill died in its first committee. Donovan tried another rural broadband bill last year,.

This session, Donovan’s Senate Bill 104 could allow the state to receive money for rural broadband deployment from the $100 million Connect for America fund offered by the FCC. The bill is scheduled to be heard on the House floor Monday. It’s co-sponsored by Reps. Yeulin Willett, R-Grand Junction, and Barbara McLachlan, D-Durango.

Here is the full letter.