the formerth colorado senator announcing his campaign in a 10 minute speech. senator hart finished a close second to walter mondale for the 1984 nomination and was considered by many observers to be the front-runner going into 1988. but within weeks of this announcement, senator hart faced allegations of a extramarital affair, which led him to withdraw from the race. massachusetts governor michael dukakis won the nomination but lost decidedly to vice president george h.w. bush in the general election. ♪ sen. hart: thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. [applause] sen. hart: thank you very much. our out-of-town friends, welcome the colorado. if you don't like the weather, it will change in a few minutes. [laughter] sen. hart: i want to say thanks to my good friends tim wirth and federico pena and all the elected officials and leaders of our community and state here on this platform. i want to take this opportunity, if i may, to introduce the best daughter anyone ever had, andrea hart. [applause] i was tempted to introduce the next first lady of th

the formerth colorado senator announcing his campaign in a 10 minute speech. senator hart finished a close second to walter mondale for the 1984 nomination and was considered by many observers to be the front-runner going into 1988. but within weeks of this announcement, senator hart faced