Congressman Bob Beauprez officially launched his campaign for governor today, vowing a platform of conservative principles that included limited government, traditional family values, and personal freedoms.
“I believe that the vast majority of Coloradans understand and identify with the same conservative principles that guide me: respect for traditional family values including the institution of marriage and the sanctity of life and an unyielding belief in the rights enshrined in our founding documents,” he said to a group of supporters at the State Capitol.
The two-term Congressman is running against fellow Republican Marc Holtzman in the party primary.
Flanked by his mother and his wife, Beauprez said that the lessons he learned growing up ranching and farming in Colorado – hard work, personal responsibility and saving nickels and dimes – had shaped him into the a person who can lead Colorado as governor.
He also gave a preview of what issues he will concentrate on during his campaign: illegal immigration, water rights, renewable energy, and government fiscal responsibility.
