Sen. Michael Bennet thanks supporters pledges to focus on economy among other issues in Washington
Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, who CNN projects will win reelection, thanked voters and said he feels he won this race by listening to the “struggles of the working people in this economy.”
He said he will continue to focus on the economy in Washington, DC, saying that it has worked for the top percentage of earners, but “hasn’t worked for anybody else.”
He said it is a result of policies made on Capitol Hill for the last 40 years that prioritizes people who “want to make stuff as cheaply as possible,” namely in China, instead of investing in US supply chains or trying to fix wages and income inequality.
Bennet touted bills that he has supported during his time in Congress, such as capping drug prices and passing a climate and energy bill to reduce costs — but said there is still more to do.
Bennet said his Republican challenger Joe O’Dea called him to concede and congratulate him on his victory, adding that his opponent said during the call, “‘I hope you do what’s right for the state of Colorado’ and I said, ‘that’s all I want to do’ and we agreed to stay in touch.”
“I appreciate the fact that he stepped up and ran for office, it’s not an easy thing to do,” Bennet said of O’Dea.
Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet , who CNN projects will win reelection, thanked voters and said he feels he won this race by listening to the “struggles of the working people in this economy .”He said he will continue to focus on the economy in Washington, DC, saying that it has worked for the top percentage of earners, but “hasn’t worked for anybody else.”He said it is a result of policies made on Capitol Hill for the last 40 years that prioritizes people who “want to make stuff as cheaply as possible,” namely in China, instead of investing in US supply chains or trying to fix wages and income inequality . Bennet touted bills that he has supported during his time in Congress, such as capping drug prices and passing a climate and energy bill to reduce costs — but said there is still more to do. Bennet said his Republican challenger Joe O’Dea called him to concede and congratulate him on his victory, adding that his opponent said during the call, “‘I hope you do what’s right for the state of Colorado ’ and I said, ‘that’s all I want to do’ and we agreed to stay in touch.”“I appreciate the fact that he stepped up and ran for office, it’s not an easy thing to do,” Bennet said of O’Dea.
