April 17, 2025 • 15 mins
GREG LOPEZ IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR Again. Find out more about Greg's campaign by clicking here and I've got him on at 1pm today to discuss why he thinks this time will be different.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Joining me once again to talk about a candidacy, a
campaign he has launched to be governor of Colorado. Former
Mayor of Parker, Greg Lopez, and I should say former
Congressman Greg Lopez, Welcome back to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Greg.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Hey, Mandy, it's great to be on your show today.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Now, I said earlier on the show that this is
how many times have you run for office in your career?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
In my career, Let's see, you're one now you're talking
about a general election or like, I.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Know, you ran for the mayor of Parker and you
won that, right, You're were twenty seven years old, and
since then you have run for state Senate and were unsuccessful,
and then governor twice.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Correct, I ran for the nomination, not for the actual
election for governor, right right, So yes, I ran in
the primary. Okay, Now, I didn't justant for clarity, because
a lot of people do just go onto the websites
Denver post on the Senate thing. I never submitted documentation
(01:04):
for actually being a candidate, but that was an interview
that we did have. So I would say mayor once
twice for the governor Republican nomination, once for the vacancy
for CD four and then for the actual stepping in
against the Democrat kind of election.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Okay, So the reason I asked that is because you're
running again for governor. What evidence or what suggests that
this time is going to be different When you didn't
make it out of the primary and the Republican Party
either time? What is different this time? In your eyes?
Speaker 3 (01:40):
You know, what's really different is not only is my
name recognition very well established throughout the state and people
knowed me now as a congressman, a former congressman that
went to DC, but more importantly Mandy. Since I've announced
it's been I've gotten an enthusiastic support from not only
Republican but Democrats and unaffiliated voters. So the tapestry has
(02:04):
changed dramatically since the last since back in twenty twenty two,
Where are you on.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
The issues that you feel like it is going to
be able to bring in independent voters. We've just been
an hour now, have thirty minutes on the show, getting
suggestions from people on the tech line, and there were
a lot of people who said, I don't want to
talk about abortion anymore. I just don't even talk about it.
You've endorsed a full ban on abortion. Do you think
that's going to come back and haunt you in a
(02:31):
state that keeps overwhelmingly affirm a right to abortion.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
No, I don't think. Look, you know, if people want
to talk about abortion, they know my position. Right, there's
really no discussion on that, you know. Really, what I
want to talk about is the day to day issues
that are impacting the lives of families of individuals, the
cost of living, what's going on with our crime and
our streets, what's going on at the legislature that's actually
(02:58):
impacting our quality of life throughout the entire state. You know,
what's happening with our ranchers, you know all those things.
Those are the things that I'm going to focus in
on because it's important that we start looking at what
was the special thing about Colorado and we've lost it.
So I want to make sure that we talk about
what makes Colorado special. Let's take the burden off of people,
(03:21):
and let's make sure that we improve the quality of
life for everybody.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Well, no, I don't disagree with anything you just said.
The problem is is that every time you talk to
well most news media outlets, they're going to ask you
about your stance on abortion. They're going to ask you
if you believe that the twenty twenty election was stolen.
So that's going to be the second question they ask you. Unfortunately,
Republicans in this state, especially in a state wide race,
you're not just running against your opponent. You know this,
(03:45):
You know how the media in this state works. So
when I make an issue of that, it's not because
I believe that should be top of mind. But the
reality is, in this state, I'm not sure that you
won't be bludgeoned to death with that alone.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
That abortion should be illegal.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
It will be the first thing every single news organization
here leads with. It will be the thing that defines you,
even if you don't want it to. And this is
why I guess I'm asking you know, how does that
jibe with an electorate that keeps overwhelmingly saying we want
to write to abortion. That's I think there's got to
be a better answer to thing. Well, well, there's got
to be a better answer for it, Greg than you know.
(04:22):
There's no more discussion about this because that's not how
people feel about it, because now it is a safe issue.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Now you go ahead, So here.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Here's the bottom line, Right, everybody focuses on what the
media has to say. I've been out there talking to ranchers, farmers,
small business owners in the urban corridor. I've been talking
to people, you know what, and they are not interested
in the conversational abortion. You're right, the media, the media
is going to try to paint me in a negative
(04:52):
like they did it back in twenty twenty two. You
saw the mailers, you saw the flyers, right, you saw
the commercials. You know, that's exact what they do. You
have to ask yourself, why is that, you know what?
When we're talking about the daily lives of people, you know,
people aren't interested necessarily about, you know what, what is
going to happen in the future. Colorado already voted on that, right. Look,
(05:15):
I don't support at all killing babies. I just don't.
But it's been parted on. It's not a part of
the constitution. I'm focusing on what's going to make lives
better for parents and families and children, small business owners,
the economy here in Colorado. And I know a lot
of people are going to say, well, I want to
know about this. Well, I'm going to tell you, and
(05:36):
then I'm going to focus on what's important because really
what's important is the quality of life that we're all
struggling with. Look, nobody will argue that for the last
eight years under a one party government, things have dramatically
changed from what it was eight years ago. No one
will argue that point. So we need to focus on
(05:57):
what kind of Colorado do we want. Do we want
more of the same or do we want to have
hope that we can bring a balanced government back onto
the governor's office. Someone that actually will listen, someone that
actually go out there because he understands and he understands
the challenges. Look, I come from humble beginnings. I don't
come from money. I don't come from an Ivy League school.
(06:20):
You know, I've been here in Colorado thirty seven years.
I've seen it change. But I'm not going away. You know,
I think a lot of people. Man, you're like, you
know what, Like you were you were talking earlier. It's
like this guy doesn't go away. You know, every four
years he's coming back, and I'm coming back because it's
not changing, it's getting worse. We're now worse in California.
(06:40):
Think about that for a minute. We're worse in California.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Greg that was a much better answer.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
That was a much better answer on the question, because unfortunately,
this is how Republicans have to fight, right. We don't
have the luxury of just presenting the issues and pointing
out the ways that the state has fallen off a
cliff in so many significant areas, because you're going to
have to answer that question. You're going to have to
answer that twenty twenty election question, even though it's freaking
(07:07):
you know, twenty twenty six. You're going to be asked
these things. And I am held bent on trial by
fire here, you know, rather than trial by fire somewhere else.
That's my new attitude, because I'm tired of seeing good
people stumble over these sort of questions that to your point,
and I think you're absolutely right, it doesn't matter as
(07:27):
much to Coloradin's it's in the Constitution.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
It's done. Move on, we're doing that.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Now. Let's talk about some issues that do matter. Because
one of the things that we were talking about in
the last last hour was what specific things should should
the party should should the party messaging be so every
Republican in the state has access to the same data
to back up these solutions.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
What are those issues.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
That you think are the issues that are going to
make independent voters say, you know what, that's kind of
a good idea. Perhaps I'm going to look at the
publicans this time.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Yeah. Look, you know what, when we're talking about the
daily lives and the future of Colorado, let's talk about education.
Let's talk about making sure that our children are actually learning,
that they're being more proficient in reading and writing and
doing math. Let's focus on giving them the skill sets
that they need to be successful and good stewards to
(08:23):
our environment, and also making sure that, you know, they
can live that American dream. Look, there's a lot of
distraction that's going on inside the school buildings these days.
You know it, I know it. All I want is
our children to be a good educated, be able to read.
And I want to ask people is like, do you
know that in Colorado a teacher cannot withhold a student
(08:43):
if they're not ready to move on to the fourth grade.
They still have to pass them on to the fourth grade,
even they know that they're going to struggle, they know
they're going to struggle in that We've got to reevaluate
what are we doing here. You know, let's talk about transportation.
How long it's taking people to get home to their families,
you know, or to get to a meeting. One of
the things that I'd like to do is, you know,
(09:03):
I would it's time that we buy E four seventy.
The state should buy E four seventy and take the
tolls off. Let's get all that congestion off of downtown.
Let's get all those semis to go around. This is
the stuff that impacts people every day. Every day when
they go to work. They hate getting on I twenty
five because they know that if somebody does something, you know,
(09:25):
whether it's a misstep, they try to cut somebody off,
if someone clipped somebody, it's gonna be an hour to
an hour and a half just to open that highway
once again, these are the things that I believe we
need to focus in on now when it comes to
the cost of living. Look, everybody complains about the cost
of eggs. You know what, Oh my god, you know
you go to I'm not even buying eggs anymore. I
(09:46):
don't know about you, but you know when you buy
eight dollars for a carton of eggs, you know a
lot of people forget that. The reason that's happened is
because our governor destroyed the supply chain. One point five
million chickens got killed here in Colorado, you know, and
that was the supply chain for the eggs. And so
(10:07):
when people say, well, why is egg so expensive? We
got to look at all that stuff. These are some
of the things that I think common people want to
know what happened, what are we going to do different
and why? How what is the future going to look
like for me.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
And my family? Greg what do you think about the
attacks on Tabor? I'm going to lost up a softball
for you, because that I think that I think could
be a winning issue for Republicans, but unfortunately the Democrats
have chipped away at it with giveaways to other people,
with those Taber refunds. But what would your argument be
(10:41):
about Tabor?
Speaker 3 (10:43):
I would say this to the people of Colorado. Look,
most of the people that are talking about they don't
want Tabor. I don't even know if they were eight
years old or ten years old when Taber got passed.
You know, Taber was passed because the people of Colorado said, look,
we don't tr us government, We don't trust government that
they know how to spend our money. So we're gonna
(11:05):
give them a cap. We're gonna give them a cap.
And if they truly believe they need more money, all
they have to do is come and ask us. All
they have to do is convince us that this is
what the right way to spend our tax dollar money.
One of the things that really people need to understand
is that that TABOR refund belongs to you, to you,
(11:26):
and this is how we reward people. They're here in
Colorado because if the economy is doing very well, if
it's robust, and there's extra funds, why wouldn't we want
to give more money in the pockets of every Colorado.
Let them go out there and enjoy a movie, Let
them go out there and go to dinner, take their
kids to the zoo. You know what. This is what
the quality of life is all about. So, yes, TABOR
(11:48):
is something that we must understand. We cannot let go.
If we lose TABOR, we will become worse twice worse
than California because right now we're spending way more than
we have. When you have a budget that's one point
two billion dollars over what they were supposed to spend
(12:09):
and it's supposed to be a balanced budget. Who is
not watching the tech book. How can they not know
that they're one point two billion dollars over budget? Well,
I mean we need to focus it.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
They know it, they just don't care. Greg Lopez is
my guest. He is running for governor. A lot of people,
myself included, I have already said this. I think Michael Bennett,
just because of name ID, is going to be very
hard to beat. And if Phil Wiser drops out of
the race on that side, which I don't know if
he will, I have no information that says Phil Wiser
(12:40):
is it will really come down to fundraising. I think
Michael Bennett's gonna be really challenging to beat. If he's
a nominee, how do you how do you win?
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Maddie. Let's be honest, right, It's going to be hard
for any Republican to win any race here in Colorado.
Look at the numbers. One point nine million registered on
affiliate voters, one million registered Democrats, and about nine hundred
and forty thousand registered Republicans. It's not about our party.
It's about our vision, it's about our values. It's about
(13:09):
how we're going to help people. Look, I've been in
the urban corridor. I have a lot of Democrat friends.
You don't remember. I used to be the president of
the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. I have friends in
those visios that are RASA. I have friends in Lulak,
the League of the United Latin American Citizens, the NAACP.
I have been in those communities. I'm here to tell you.
While the press thinks everybody likes Senator Bennett, the voters
(13:34):
do not. The voters truly understand his record is not
helping Colorado. He's never helped Colorado. And then when he
has the audacity to say, hey, look I'm gonna run
for governor, but I'm not going to resign. I'm going
to keep my office so then I can appoint my replacement.
The deals are being struck right now as we speak.
(13:54):
I know that, Mandy, I know that, and the people
inside the Urban Corridor they understand it, and they're not
liking the deals that are being cut.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Well, Greg Lopez, I appreciate you coming on the show.
I'm sure we're gonna have you on again. I mean,
this is a long race, so it's gonna be a while,
but I appreciate you making time. And I told Greg
before you came on, I said, are you going to
answer some hard questions. You said, let's do it, let's go,
So I appreciate that. And you know, obviously there's going
(14:24):
to be more Republicans jumping in to this race, so
we're gonna have everybody on. I think this is going
to be the year that I am going to try
and put something together here at KOA where we can
do a candidate forum, kind of a debate on the air,
that kind of thing. So I hope that you would
make time for us when we get a little closer
and we can put that together.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
Oh, you bet you, Mandy. Look, you know what, there's
a lot of great individuals that have already in the race.
There's other individuals that I'm hearing want to get in
the race. Here's what I will tell all your listeners
and olive Republicans. Let's not focus on who can win
the primary. Let's focus on who can win the general.
Who can actually get the votes that are needed to
become the next governor and make sure that our brighter
(15:05):
future here in the state can be achieved.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
That sounds like a great plan. To meet Greg Lopez.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
I put a link to his website where you can
find out more about his campaign and if you want
to support him, you can do that. It's Greg Lopez
dot co. Greg Lopez dot co. And again I put
a link on today's blog.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Greg.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
I appreciate your time today. We'll talk again soon.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
All right, Take care, Mandy.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
All right. That is Greg Lopez running for governor.
Joining me once again to talk about a candidacy, a
campaign he has launched to be governor of Colorado. Former
Mayor of Parker, Greg Lopez, and I should say former
Congressman Greg Lopez, Welcome back to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Greg.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Hey, Mandy, it's great to be on your show today.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Now, I said earlier on the show that this is
how many times have you run for office in your career?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
In my career, Let's see, you're one now you're talking
about a general election or like, I.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Know, you ran for the mayor of Parker and you
won that, right, You're were twenty seven years old, and
since then you have run for state Senate and were unsuccessful,
and then governor twice.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Correct, I ran for the nomination, not for the actual
election for governor, right right, So yes, I ran in
the primary. Okay, Now, I didn't justant for clarity, because
a lot of people do just go onto the websites
Denver post on the Senate thing. I never submitted documentation
(01:04):
for actually being a candidate, but that was an interview
that we did have. So I would say mayor once
twice for the governor Republican nomination, once for the vacancy
for CD four and then for the actual stepping in
against the Democrat kind of election.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Okay, So the reason I asked that is because you're
running again for governor. What evidence or what suggests that
this time is going to be different When you didn't
make it out of the primary and the Republican Party
either time? What is different this time? In your eyes?
Speaker 3 (01:40):
You know, what's really different is not only is my
name recognition very well established throughout the state and people
knowed me now as a congressman, a former congressman that
went to DC, but more importantly Mandy. Since I've announced
it's been I've gotten an enthusiastic support from not only
Republican but Democrats and unaffiliated voters. So the tapestry has
(02:04):
changed dramatically since the last since back in twenty twenty two,
Where are you on.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
The issues that you feel like it is going to
be able to bring in independent voters. We've just been
an hour now, have thirty minutes on the show, getting
suggestions from people on the tech line, and there were
a lot of people who said, I don't want to
talk about abortion anymore. I just don't even talk about it.
You've endorsed a full ban on abortion. Do you think
that's going to come back and haunt you in a
(02:31):
state that keeps overwhelmingly affirm a right to abortion.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
No, I don't think. Look, you know, if people want
to talk about abortion, they know my position. Right, there's
really no discussion on that, you know. Really, what I
want to talk about is the day to day issues
that are impacting the lives of families of individuals, the
cost of living, what's going on with our crime and
our streets, what's going on at the legislature that's actually
(02:58):
impacting our quality of life throughout the entire state. You know,
what's happening with our ranchers, you know all those things.
Those are the things that I'm going to focus in
on because it's important that we start looking at what
was the special thing about Colorado and we've lost it.
So I want to make sure that we talk about
what makes Colorado special. Let's take the burden off of people,
(03:21):
and let's make sure that we improve the quality of
life for everybody.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Well, no, I don't disagree with anything you just said.
The problem is is that every time you talk to
well most news media outlets, they're going to ask you
about your stance on abortion. They're going to ask you
if you believe that the twenty twenty election was stolen.
So that's going to be the second question they ask you. Unfortunately,
Republicans in this state, especially in a state wide race,
you're not just running against your opponent. You know this,
(03:45):
You know how the media in this state works. So
when I make an issue of that, it's not because
I believe that should be top of mind. But the
reality is, in this state, I'm not sure that you
won't be bludgeoned to death with that alone.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
That abortion should be illegal.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
It will be the first thing every single news organization
here leads with. It will be the thing that defines you,
even if you don't want it to. And this is
why I guess I'm asking you know, how does that
jibe with an electorate that keeps overwhelmingly saying we want
to write to abortion. That's I think there's got to
be a better answer to thing. Well, well, there's got
to be a better answer for it, Greg than you know.
(04:22):
There's no more discussion about this because that's not how
people feel about it, because now it is a safe issue.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Now you go ahead, So here.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Here's the bottom line, Right, everybody focuses on what the
media has to say. I've been out there talking to ranchers, farmers,
small business owners in the urban corridor. I've been talking
to people, you know what, and they are not interested
in the conversational abortion. You're right, the media, the media
is going to try to paint me in a negative
(04:52):
like they did it back in twenty twenty two. You
saw the mailers, you saw the flyers, right, you saw
the commercials. You know, that's exact what they do. You
have to ask yourself, why is that, you know what?
When we're talking about the daily lives of people, you know,
people aren't interested necessarily about, you know what, what is
going to happen in the future. Colorado already voted on that, right. Look,
(05:15):
I don't support at all killing babies. I just don't.
But it's been parted on. It's not a part of
the constitution. I'm focusing on what's going to make lives
better for parents and families and children, small business owners,
the economy here in Colorado. And I know a lot
of people are going to say, well, I want to
know about this. Well, I'm going to tell you, and
(05:36):
then I'm going to focus on what's important because really
what's important is the quality of life that we're all
struggling with. Look, nobody will argue that for the last
eight years under a one party government, things have dramatically
changed from what it was eight years ago. No one
will argue that point. So we need to focus on
(05:57):
what kind of Colorado do we want. Do we want
more of the same or do we want to have
hope that we can bring a balanced government back onto
the governor's office. Someone that actually will listen, someone that
actually go out there because he understands and he understands
the challenges. Look, I come from humble beginnings. I don't
come from money. I don't come from an Ivy League school.
(06:20):
You know, I've been here in Colorado thirty seven years.
I've seen it change. But I'm not going away. You know,
I think a lot of people. Man, you're like, you
know what, Like you were you were talking earlier. It's
like this guy doesn't go away. You know, every four
years he's coming back, and I'm coming back because it's
not changing, it's getting worse. We're now worse in California.
(06:40):
Think about that for a minute. We're worse in California.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Greg that was a much better answer.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
That was a much better answer on the question, because unfortunately,
this is how Republicans have to fight, right. We don't
have the luxury of just presenting the issues and pointing
out the ways that the state has fallen off a
cliff in so many significant areas, because you're going to
have to answer that question. You're going to have to
answer that twenty twenty election question, even though it's freaking
(07:07):
you know, twenty twenty six. You're going to be asked
these things. And I am held bent on trial by
fire here, you know, rather than trial by fire somewhere else.
That's my new attitude, because I'm tired of seeing good
people stumble over these sort of questions that to your point,
and I think you're absolutely right, it doesn't matter as
(07:27):
much to Coloradin's it's in the Constitution.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
It's done. Move on, we're doing that.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Now. Let's talk about some issues that do matter. Because
one of the things that we were talking about in
the last last hour was what specific things should should
the party should should the party messaging be so every
Republican in the state has access to the same data
to back up these solutions.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
What are those issues.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
That you think are the issues that are going to
make independent voters say, you know what, that's kind of
a good idea. Perhaps I'm going to look at the
publicans this time.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Yeah. Look, you know what, when we're talking about the
daily lives and the future of Colorado, let's talk about education.
Let's talk about making sure that our children are actually learning,
that they're being more proficient in reading and writing and
doing math. Let's focus on giving them the skill sets
that they need to be successful and good stewards to
(08:23):
our environment, and also making sure that, you know, they
can live that American dream. Look, there's a lot of
distraction that's going on inside the school buildings these days.
You know it, I know it. All I want is
our children to be a good educated, be able to read.
And I want to ask people is like, do you
know that in Colorado a teacher cannot withhold a student
(08:43):
if they're not ready to move on to the fourth grade.
They still have to pass them on to the fourth grade,
even they know that they're going to struggle, they know
they're going to struggle in that We've got to reevaluate
what are we doing here. You know, let's talk about transportation.
How long it's taking people to get home to their families,
you know, or to get to a meeting. One of
the things that I'd like to do is, you know,
(09:03):
I would it's time that we buy E four seventy.
The state should buy E four seventy and take the
tolls off. Let's get all that congestion off of downtown.
Let's get all those semis to go around. This is
the stuff that impacts people every day. Every day when
they go to work. They hate getting on I twenty
five because they know that if somebody does something, you know,
(09:25):
whether it's a misstep, they try to cut somebody off,
if someone clipped somebody, it's gonna be an hour to
an hour and a half just to open that highway
once again, these are the things that I believe we
need to focus in on now when it comes to
the cost of living. Look, everybody complains about the cost
of eggs. You know what, Oh my god, you know
you go to I'm not even buying eggs anymore. I
(09:46):
don't know about you, but you know when you buy
eight dollars for a carton of eggs, you know a
lot of people forget that. The reason that's happened is
because our governor destroyed the supply chain. One point five
million chickens got killed here in Colorado, you know, and
that was the supply chain for the eggs. And so
(10:07):
when people say, well, why is egg so expensive? We
got to look at all that stuff. These are some
of the things that I think common people want to
know what happened, what are we going to do different
and why? How what is the future going to look
like for me.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
And my family? Greg what do you think about the
attacks on Tabor? I'm going to lost up a softball
for you, because that I think that I think could
be a winning issue for Republicans, but unfortunately the Democrats
have chipped away at it with giveaways to other people,
with those Taber refunds. But what would your argument be
(10:41):
about Tabor?
Speaker 3 (10:43):
I would say this to the people of Colorado. Look,
most of the people that are talking about they don't
want Tabor. I don't even know if they were eight
years old or ten years old when Taber got passed.
You know, Taber was passed because the people of Colorado said, look,
we don't tr us government, We don't trust government that
they know how to spend our money. So we're gonna
(11:05):
give them a cap. We're gonna give them a cap.
And if they truly believe they need more money, all
they have to do is come and ask us. All
they have to do is convince us that this is
what the right way to spend our tax dollar money.
One of the things that really people need to understand
is that that TABOR refund belongs to you, to you,
(11:26):
and this is how we reward people. They're here in
Colorado because if the economy is doing very well, if
it's robust, and there's extra funds, why wouldn't we want
to give more money in the pockets of every Colorado.
Let them go out there and enjoy a movie, Let
them go out there and go to dinner, take their
kids to the zoo. You know what. This is what
the quality of life is all about. So, yes, TABOR
(11:48):
is something that we must understand. We cannot let go.
If we lose TABOR, we will become worse twice worse
than California because right now we're spending way more than
we have. When you have a budget that's one point
two billion dollars over what they were supposed to spend
(12:09):
and it's supposed to be a balanced budget. Who is
not watching the tech book. How can they not know
that they're one point two billion dollars over budget? Well,
I mean we need to focus it.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
They know it, they just don't care. Greg Lopez is
my guest. He is running for governor. A lot of people,
myself included, I have already said this. I think Michael Bennett,
just because of name ID, is going to be very
hard to beat. And if Phil Wiser drops out of
the race on that side, which I don't know if
he will, I have no information that says Phil Wiser
(12:40):
is it will really come down to fundraising. I think
Michael Bennett's gonna be really challenging to beat. If he's
a nominee, how do you how do you win?
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Maddie. Let's be honest, right, It's going to be hard
for any Republican to win any race here in Colorado.
Look at the numbers. One point nine million registered on
affiliate voters, one million registered Democrats, and about nine hundred
and forty thousand registered Republicans. It's not about our party.
It's about our vision, it's about our values. It's about
(13:09):
how we're going to help people. Look, I've been in
the urban corridor. I have a lot of Democrat friends.
You don't remember. I used to be the president of
the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. I have friends in
those visios that are RASA. I have friends in Lulak,
the League of the United Latin American Citizens, the NAACP.
I have been in those communities. I'm here to tell you.
While the press thinks everybody likes Senator Bennett, the voters
(13:34):
do not. The voters truly understand his record is not
helping Colorado. He's never helped Colorado. And then when he
has the audacity to say, hey, look I'm gonna run
for governor, but I'm not going to resign. I'm going
to keep my office so then I can appoint my replacement.
The deals are being struck right now as we speak.
(13:54):
I know that, Mandy, I know that, and the people
inside the Urban Corridor they understand it, and they're not
liking the deals that are being cut.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Well, Greg Lopez, I appreciate you coming on the show.
I'm sure we're gonna have you on again. I mean,
this is a long race, so it's gonna be a while,
but I appreciate you making time. And I told Greg
before you came on, I said, are you going to
answer some hard questions. You said, let's do it, let's go,
So I appreciate that. And you know, obviously there's going
(14:24):
to be more Republicans jumping in to this race, so
we're gonna have everybody on. I think this is going
to be the year that I am going to try
and put something together here at KOA where we can
do a candidate forum, kind of a debate on the air,
that kind of thing. So I hope that you would
make time for us when we get a little closer
and we can put that together.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
Oh, you bet you, Mandy. Look, you know what, there's
a lot of great individuals that have already in the race.
There's other individuals that I'm hearing want to get in
the race. Here's what I will tell all your listeners
and olive Republicans. Let's not focus on who can win
the primary. Let's focus on who can win the general.
Who can actually get the votes that are needed to
become the next governor and make sure that our brighter
(15:05):
future here in the state can be achieved.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
That sounds like a great plan. To meet Greg Lopez.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
I put a link to his website where you can
find out more about his campaign and if you want
to support him, you can do that. It's Greg Lopez
dot co. Greg Lopez dot co. And again I put
a link on today's blog.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Greg.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
I appreciate your time today. We'll talk again soon.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
All right, Take care, Mandy.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
All right. That is Greg Lopez running for governor.
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