Colorado Democrat Diana DeGette was counting on her decades of experience in Congress to sweep her to victory over her insurgent rival in her deep-blue district.
The 15-term House incumbent pitched herself as the type of “strong, bold, hardened leader” who would hold President Donald Trump accountable. “Now is not the time to gamble and send somebody with no experience to Washington,’’ DeGette, 68, said at a candidate forum less than two weeks before the primary.
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