Democrats draft playbook for defeating Gardner, their top Senate target in 2020

WASHINGTON — A recent vote by Sen. Cory Gardner helped the U.S. Senate confirm Chad Readler for a lifetime appointment as a judge on one of the most powerful courts in the country.

Gardner’s critics think that vote will help them to oust the GOP lawmaker in 2020.

The Colorado senator — like every other Republican in the chamber except Sen. Susan Collins of Maine — voted to confirm Readler for the seat on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Readler was approved by a vote of 52-47, with no Democratic support.

Democrats had decried the nomination, pointing to Readler’s role in challenging the Affordable Care Act when he was a top attorney at the Justice Department. He filed a legal brief urging the court to strike down the law, including its protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

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