State Sen. Julie Gonzales will launch a campaign Monday to unseat U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper in next summer’s Democratic primary, joining a growing roster of challengers seeking to reorient an unsteadied party establishment.

Gonzales, who represents north, west and parts of downtown Denver, is one of the legislature’s most progressive members. The fate of her U.S. Senate candidacy will depend on how much the rising tide of Democratic discontent has reached Colorado — and whether the swell can sink one of the state’s most established politicians.

“We have seen so many communities being impacted by (President) Donald Trump’s corporate cronies treating our government like a piggy bank for their bottom lines, while millions of American families, and certainly families all across the state

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