CRAIG STEINER for Chairman Colorado Republican Party Experience & Stability   I'm Craig Steiner and I'm running for Chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. Governor Polis and the radical left have completely taken over our state government and destroyed Colorado. The Republican Party must unite and focus on winning elections THIS November. Our party has gone through a lot of turmoil in recent years, and I am running to bring experience, focus, and stability to the party so that we may get back to our job: Electing Republicans. My primary goals are: Get Out The Vote: We must focus on electing Republicans. A professional and effective GOTV will be my highest priority so that we reverse the trend of increasingly absurd Democrat policies in Colorado. In many ways Colorado has out-California'd California. We stop this by focusing on electing Republicans. Rebuild The Party: The state party is essentially nonexistent. We must rebuild from the ground up. This requires re-establishing a functioning physical office, restoring confidence with the RNC, and providing the resources and training necessary to strengthen our partnership with county parties. Restore Donor Trust: We need to restore the trust of our large donors because only with their help will the party have the resources necessary to be successful. We will accomplish that by demonstrating that we're a serious, well-functioning organization that is focused on our primary mission -- electing Republicans. If we focus on getting out the vote instead of fighting with each other, we will earn donor trust, have more resources, and reverse the ominous Democrat trend in Colorado. My Experience GOP Officer Experience: Chairman, Douglas County Republicans, 2013-2015 Secretary, Douglas County Republicans, 2009-2013 Chairman, House District 43, 2015-2016 Infrastructure Experience: Voter Spectrum GOTV System. Since 2017, I've developed the Voter Spectrum GOTV service that has been used by county parties, candidates, and PACs throughout Colorado and in other states. At different times, this system has been used by the county parties of Pueblo, Mesa, Larimer, Fremont, Adams, Weld, Douglas, and Denver; and used by Maricopa County in Arizona -- a county that approaches the total population of Colorado. Colorado Republican Caucus and Assembly (CRCAS) System. In 2012, I developed the CRCAS system that we use for caucus and assembly, and I've worked with every administration for the last 14 years to assist in that effort. Caucus/Assembly Experience: Douglas County Caucus 2010, 2012: Organized as Secretary. Douglas County Assembly 2014: Presided as Chairman. Statewide Caucus/Assembly 2012-2026: Working with counties and the state party since 2012, I've seen the many different ways caucus and assembly are done in different counties. Other Experience: Software Engineer: I'm a software engineer by profession. This gives me a mindset of analyzing problems, breaking them down into logical components, and solving the problem. Spanish. I'm fluent in Spanish. Univision? Telemundo? No problem. Lawfare We must stop spending our time and the party's resources fighting with each other with never-ending lawsuits. The infighting in recent years has all but eliminated any interest of our donors to invest in our party -- why contribute if the money is immediately going into some attorney's pockets? Every lawsuit between the State Party and other Republicans only helps the Democrats continue their destruction of Colorado. I have not been involved in any efforts to oust either of our previous two chairs. I have no axe to grind, no desire for retribution, and I have no interest in continued lawfare between Republicans. I ask all Republicans to pray for peace and wisdom, practice forgiveness, and let past grudges die. Until we do, the donors are not going to participate and we will continue to lose elections due to a lack of resources. Bylaws & Neutrality I strongly believe in party and officer neutrality, as required by our bylaws. As a party officer, I have never endorsed or opposed -- nor publicly praised or criticized -- any of our primary candidates. When I was chairman in Douglas County, I took Party and officer neutrality very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that when I attended a party-affiliated breakfast and saw the leader of that breakfast treat some primary candidates with preference, I asked him after the event to assure me that wouldn't happen again. When he told me couldn't promise me that, I informed the Executive Committee at our next meeting that the breakfast was no longer a Republican-affiliated breakfast. Neutrality is critical so that all candidates and party members can trust the party isn't putting its thumb on the scale to promote certain candidates. Our Republican nominees will be chosen by Republican voters -- without any interference by the State GOP. Opt-Out Our emphasis the rest of this year must be on getting out the vote and electing Republicans. However, we must also immediately start preparing for the probability that the SCC will vote to opt-out of the primary next year. Given the recent court ruling that made it clear that the 75% threshold for opt-out is unconstitutional and given recent SCC votes, we must be fully prepared for the likelihood that the SCC will opt-out next year. We must build a process that will work statewide, scaling from the smallest counties to the largest. Those processes need to be simple enough to happen in each precinct but robust enough that candidates and citizens have complete faith in the process and the results. As the party of election integrity, it's critical that our first party-driven process is beyond reproach and sets the standard for what elections should aspire to be. As the only candidate for state chairman who has served as a county party chairman and as a county party secretary, who has organized and run caucuses and county assemblies, and who has worked with counties across the state with their county-specific caucus processes, I have the skillset to lead the party as we navigate this much larger responsibility.