Colorado Democrats are about to learn the wisdom of spending $4 million to meddle in today’s GOP Senate primary. Calling Ron Hanks a true conservative and questioning if Joe O’Dea is even a Republican may give them a weaker nominee to fight off — or it could strengthen the rival they feared…

Bennet is running for a third term in a state Biden won by more than 13%. But after Republican Glenn Youngkin won in plus-11 Virginia, Democrats looked across the map to reassess who else might have a tighter-than-expected race in 2022.

They don’t want Bennet to face O’Dea, a first-time candidate who was adopted at birth by a working-class family and supports some abortion rights. The founder of a successful construction company, O’Dea has given $1.6 million to his own campaign.

The goal is to engineer a victory for Hanks, a state representative who marched to the Capitol on Jan. 6, opposes abortion in all circumstances and has questioned Biden’s legitimacy.