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June 30, 2019As you probably know, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is running for president. He was part of Thursday night’s debate, where he got about 5 minutes of talk time.
The bevy of Democratic candidates begs a question: how well-known do you have to be to run for President of the United States?
I know who Hickenlooper is, because I live in Colorado. However, he apparently has some serious name recognition trouble: even security at the debate on Wednesday didn’t recognize him.
As Hickenlooper, who is participating in Thursday night’s debate, attempted to go inside the hall to take questions from reporters, a security guard stopped him after mistaking him for a member of the press.
“Are you here to pick up press credentials?” the security guard asked, according to NPR’s Scott Detrow.
“I’m a candidate,” Hickenlooper replied.
For his part, Hickenlooper took the incident in stride:
(In addition to politics, Hickenlooper also founded a popular Denver brewery.)
