Monday morning, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper launched his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Hickenlooper announced his decision to run in a campaign video which highlights the his 16 years of executive experience and his record of accomplishment.

At the start of his first term, he faced an historic recession, devastating droughts, forest fires, and floods, as well as the mass-shooting in Aurora. Colorado has since jumped from 40th in job growth to the number one economy in the country.

“I’m running for President because we need dreamers in Washington, but we also need to get things done,” says Hickenlooper in the video. “I’ve proven again and again I can bring people together to produce the progressive change Washington has failed to deliver.”

Hickenlooper says he has accomplished 'progressive change' by bringing people who don’t always agree to the table. Colorado has near-universal health insurance coverage, following a bipartisan effort.

As Mayor, Hickenlooper worked cooperatively with suburban mayors, two thirds of them Republicans and Independents, to implement the largest mass-transit plan in state history, adding 119 miles of new rail tracks to the region.

As Governor, Hickenlooper also enacted the first methane regulations in the country, following a yearlong negotiation with the energy industry and environmentalists. The regulations became the model for California and Canada.

Hickenlooper was one of only two Democratic governors to win a swing state in 2014, one of the worst years for Democrats in decades. He left office in January as the most popular governor in decades, in a state evenly divided among Democrats, Independents and Republicans.