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John Hickenlooper is a former governor of Colorado. Hickenlooper served as a governor from 2011 to 2019. From 2003 until 2011, he was mayor of Denver. He received a bachelor’s degree in English from Wesleyan University and a master’s degree in geology from Wesleyan University. In 2019, he ran for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in August.
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