Utah Republican Party

Michael Steele, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, visited Utah on Friday, October 16, attending two events sponsored by the Utah Republican Party.  Steele spoke first to a fundraising luncheon at the Salt Lake City Marriott, then participated in a "Conversation with the Chairman" town hall format event at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City, featuring Utah's Governor Gary Herbert.  Steele and Herbert fielded questions from an audience of over 200 on a number of topics.  

Special guests at the luncheon and the town hall event were the Utah College Republicans and Republican county officers from as far away as Kane, Uintah, Washington, and Emery counties who made the trip to hear Chairman Steele and Governor Herbert.

The message Chairman Steele brought with him was one of opportunity and challenge -the opportunity we have for our Republican message and values to be heard in our country if we meet the challenge to get out there and work for our principles and our Republican candidates in this election cycle.  

Steele praised Utah and Governor Herbert for "having the most efficient, cost effective, responsive state government in the country.  See what having a Republican administration and a Republican legislature with Republican values can do?" 

It was an encouraging day with a message from both the Chairman and the Governor focused on what we, as Republicans, need to do to be successful.  Our task now is to put that message into action to get the job done in 2010 and beyond.