April 11, 2016 11:35 AM UTC

The Speech that Changed the GOP Senate Race

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• by: Colorado Pols

El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn pulled off one of the biggest political upsets in recent memory at the Republican State Convention on Saturday.

Glenn absolutely dominated the voting for the GOP Senate race, capturing 70% of the vote in a four-way race to earn the top spot on the June 28th Primary ballot. More importantly, Glenn was able to keep three other Republican challengers from making the ballot altogether, ending the 2016 Senate campaigns of Tim Neville, Peg Littleton, and Jerry Natividad.

How did Glenn pull of such a big victory? Much of the buzz on Saturday centered around Glenn’s red-meat speech to Republican delegates, which you can watch in its entirety below. We’ll have much more analysis on the U.S. Senate race shortly, but in the meantime, here is “The Speech”: