I had the great pleasure of attending the El Paso County Republican Party Beach Party on Saturday at the El Paso Fairgrounds and was honored to have won the straw poll for the State Treasurer’s race! In the other race of the day, the chili cook-off, I have to give the title to Rep. Mark Waller’s recipe…pretty spicy with great flavor. It was great to see so many of our Republican legislators who worked so hard this year to stand up for Colorado taxpayers. On hand were Sens. Bill Cadman and Mark Scheffel, and state Reps. Marsha Looper, Amy Stephens and Frank McNulty. It was also good to see State Board of Education member Peggy Littleton. Congratulations to county chair Kay Rendleman for such a great event and for again demonstrating why El Paso County is such a great hotbed of Republican leadership.