Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper responds to questions during a news conference in the brewpub that he established before his foray into politics Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in lower downtown Denver. Hickenlooper will appear at a sendoff event Thursday in Denver's Civic Center Park to launch his campaign for the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 2020. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Associated Press

Who is John Hickenlooper?

Current job: 2020 presidential candidate.

Age: 67.

Family: Hickenlooper has been married to digital news executive Robin Pringle since 2016, and has a 16-year-old son named Teddy, with his first wife Helen Thorpe.

Hometown: Narberth, Pennsylvania.

Political party: Democratic.

Previous jobs: Governor of Colorado 2011-2019, mayor of Denver 2004-2010, restaurant entrepreneur and executive, field geologist.

Who is John Hickenlooper's direct competition for the nomination?

Based on a recurring series of national surveys we conduct, we can figure out who the other candidates competing in John Hickenlooper's lane are, and who the broader opponents are within the party.

Only about 16 percent of the respondents who were registered to vote and indicated they'd participate in the Democratic primary said they were familiar with Hickenlooper, and only a quarter of those said they'd be satisfied in the event he was the nominee.

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Given we only have 120 respondents who'd be satisfied with his win, it's premature to draw too many conclusions as to where his support is coming from.
In general, the non-Sanders Democratic rivals that perform best overall - Harris, Biden, Booker and Warren - have the broadest overlaps with Hickenlooper. Still, these figures are very liable to shit.

INSIDER has been conducting a recurring poll through SurveyMonkey Audience on a national sample to find out how different candidate's constituencies overlap. We ask people whether they are familiar with a candidate, whether they would be satisfied or unsatisfied with that candidate as nominee, and sometimes we also ask whether they think that person would win or lose in a general election against President Donald Trump.

What are John Hickenlooper's policy positions?

On healthcare:
On immigration:
On climate change:
On campaign finance/election reform:
On abortion:
- Hickenlooper is pro-choice, and supports Planned Parenthood.
On LGBTQ rights:
On education:
On guns:
On criminal justice reform:
- Under Hickenlooper's leadership, Colorado oversaw the legalization and regulation of recreational marijuana - the first state to do so.
- Hickenlooper now believes marijuana should be decriminalized at the federal level, and the question of legalization left up to the states.
On trade:
- Hickenlooper is strongly supportive of free trade and is opposed to President Donald Trump's tariffs on China and European Union nations.
- "We strongly urge our negotiators to address these opportunities without closing markets, imposing tariffs or enacting government regulations that threaten to negatively affect our manufacturers and agricultural producers," they wrote.
On foreign policy:
On taxes:
- Hickenlooper opposed the Republican party's $1 trillion tax cut legislation signed into law last year.
On jobs and the economy:
On technology:

What are John Hickenlooper's political successes?

How much money has John Hickenlooper raised?

While presidential candidates have until April 15 to file their next quarterly fundraising reports, Hickenlooper reported raising $1 million in the first 48 hours after announcing the launch of his campaign on March 4.

Could John Hickenlooper beat President Trump?

Referring back to INSIDER's recurring poll, Hickenlooper overall is believed to be a somewhat weaker candidate in a general election against Donald Trump compared to the whole field.

Based on responses from Democratic primary voters, for a typical candidate surveyed 36% of respondents think they'd win, 9% think they'd lose, and 55% are unsure.

Among Democrats, Hickenlooper is fairly obscure at this early stage, and even those roughly 240 respondents who know of him are very uncertain about his ability to beat Trump: 21% think he'd win, 8% think he'd lose, and 71% are unsure.