Romanoff piles up more delegates [View All]

Former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff increased his convention delegate lead over Sen. Michael Bennet Saturday, sweeping up victories in some of Colorado's largest county assemblies.

Romanoff, who is mounting an aggressive challenge to Bennet in the Democratic primary for Senate, now leads the appointed senator 57 percent to 42 percent among delegates, according to a Romanoff campaign count.

Bolstered by his strength in Denver and El Paso counties, the result builds on the lead Romanoff established coming out of the precinct caucuses in March.

"Many delegates selected at the caucuses were uncommitted and most of them have come off the fence at the county assemblies. Romanoff gained the lion's share of them," Romanoff spokesman Dean Toda told POLITICO.

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