DENVER -- Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar has won statewide election twice. Now. he's running for the U.S. Senate and will try to make it three wins in row.

Lance Hernandez, a 7NEWS reporter, talked to the fifth-generation Coloradan from the San Luis Valley about his Democratic campaign.

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Ken Salazar Discusses Issues In U.S. Senate Race

"I wanted to let you know that I'm going to be your next U.S. Senator," Salazar told a group of voters recently.

Salazar says he respects his Democratic and Republican competition but he says they don't know the state the way he does.

"I have been in every community and every county multiple times. I've worked on the issues involving seniors. I've sued the drug manufacturing companies for fixing the price of drugs. I've created the safe schools initiative in every one of our counties in Colorado. I've worked with law enforcement to fight crime, so I know this state," Salazar told Hernandez.

He says economic security and homeland/national security are the major issues concerning Coloradans. If elected, he says he'll introduce legislation to implement the recommendations of the 9/11 commission. He says it should have already been done.

"Washington, frankly, is too slow to move on problems that affect Americans today. We won't have that kind of slowness when I get elected as U.S. senator," he said.

Education is also on Salazar's mind. He wants to make higher education more affordable.

"Without the ability to get into the best schools in America, we are not the kind of country that creates the very best in Americans," he said.

He's want to increase the Pell Grant limit for students and to double the Hope Scholarship tax credit for parents.

"I'm going to win with your help."

If he wins, he says he won't waste anytime making a difference for Coloradans.

For more information, visit the Ken Salazar for Senate site.