Author: Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press

Nearly 20 Democratic presidential candidates – including Colorado’s John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet – gathered in Iowa Sunday in n early effort to demonstrate potential in the leadoff 2020 caucus state. It was to be akin to an afternoon-long political talent show, with 18 of the 24 declared Democratic hopefuls taking the stage for their strictly-enforced five-minute…

DES MOINES, Iowa — Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet plans to travel to Iowa this month to meet with Democratic activists in the early presidential caucus state as he considers entering his party’s 2020 White House field, his aides said Thursday. The soft-spoken moderate plans to visit working-class Dubuque and nearby towns in northeast Iowa, the…