Colorado’s Gardner Mixes Renewables, Fossil Fuels in 2020 Bid

Republican Sen. Cory Gardner has spent his first term embracing Colorado’s booms in clean energy as well as oil and gas production.

He’s about to learn whether that balancing act pays off politically in a state that swung Democratic in the last three presidential elections. Environment, climate change, and energy are areas in which Gardner believes he appeals to a wide spectrum of voters.

“I am a pro-clean energy, pro-environment, pro-conservation Republican,” Gardner told Bloomberg Environment, rattling off his work as a lead Republican on a conservation-public lands package as well as efforts on renewable energy ...