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Make Colorado the first state where every high school student can graduate ready to earn a living wage.

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No opportunityFact-checker reviewConfidence: 90%

This is a gubernatorial campaign promise (make Colorado the first state where every high school student can graduate ready to earn a living wage) that could only be enacted from the governor's office. The cited Colorado Sun article, corroborated independently by CPR, NBC News, 9News, and the Washington Post, documents that Michael Bennet LOST the June 30, 2026 Colorado Democratic primary for governor to Attorney General Phil Weiser (AP called it ~7:55 p.m. with Weiser +10). Because Bennet is not the nominee and will not hold the office the promise depends on, he has no opportunity to enact it — NO_OPPORTUNITY is correct and conservative. The source is reachable and directly supports the outcome. The rating's quote is a lightly-trimmed but faithful rendering of the article's actual sentence (the clause "defeated ... in Colorado's Democratic primary for governor" appears verbatim); I replaced it with the article's exact wording in the verified source. Not fabricated, not overstated.

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