Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, has prostate cancer and will have surgery this month
The Colorado Democrat said in a statement that he was diagnosed in March and called himself"fortunate" that the cancer was detected early. He said his prognosis"good.""The work we have in front of us to restore a politics that is worthy of our kids and grandkids has never been more important," he said in the statement.
He announced on Wednesday that he was making his second trip to New Hampshire this weekend.Bennet was setting up to run a campaign focused on the dysfunction in Washington, anchored by an explosive speech he gave on the floor of the United States Senate where he excoriated Sen. Ted Cruz for worrying about a government shutdown considering the Texas Republican once used the same tactic.
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