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# Telecom Law Expert Weiser Wins Democratic Governor Primary in Colorado
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/telecom-law-expert-weiser-wins-democratic-governor-primary-in-colorado/
- Published: 2026-07-02T15:45:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T21:51:20.000Z
- Description: The longtime attorney general won on his strong opposition to President Trump’s policies
- Author: Lincoln Patience
- Tags: Primary elections, Phil Weiser, Colorado, Michael Bennet, Donald Trump, Ken Salazar, Barb Kirkmeyer, Victor Marx, Jonathan Nuechterlein, #with-siderail

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2026 — A telecom expert has become the surprise Democratic candidate for Colorado governor. 

Colorado Attorney General **Phil Weiser** won the state’s Democratic primary for governor on June 30, defeating U.S. Sen. **Michael Bennet** in an upset, [according to election results reported by Associated Press](https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/colorado-primary-results-governor/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com#Dem). 

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This likely clears Weiser’s path to the governor’s office. Colorado has elected a Democrat for governor [every cycle for the past 20 years. ](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/phil-weiser-governor-race-colorado-primary-election-democrat/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)

Both candidates ran on similar platforms, with Weiser touting the more than 65 lawsuits he filed against President **Donald Trump** during his first and second administrations. Weiser successfully cast Bennet as a Washington insider who had insufficiently opposed Trump during Bennet’s time in the Senate.

[Bennet had represented Colorado in the Senate since 2009](https://www.9news.com/article/news/politics/elections/democratic-primary-election-results-colorado-governor-weiser-bennet/73-eaefc5c6-2be4-4fda-b5a5-51e88bf13342?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com), after the resignation of former Democratic Sen. **Ken Salazar,** who became Interior Secretary under President Obama.

Weiser will face the winner of the Republican primary, either state senator **Barb Kirkmeyer** or pastor and Marine Corps veteran **Victor Marx**. The GOP primary election was held on July 1 in a race still too close to call.

Weiser and **Jonathan Nuechterlein** are the co-authors of “Digital Crossroads: Telecommunications Law and Policy in the Internet Age” [published in 2005 by MIT Press](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262519601/digital-crossroads/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com).