“Senator Udall focused his entire campaign as a social-issues warrior, and that was rejected by the people of Colorado, who embraced our plan of creating jobs and opportunity, growing energy independence, looking at education opportunities for the future, and making sure we're focused on protecting this great Colorado environment.”

American attorney and politician

Cory Scott Gardner is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Colorado from 2015 to 2021. A Republican, he also represented Colorado’s 4th congressional district in the U.S. House from 2011 to 2015 and served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011. He is known for his work in state and federal office across more than a decade of public service. He became Colorado’s last Republican to serve in the U.S. Senate, as of 2026, and is associated with the political career that carried him from the state legislature to Congress.