John Hickenlooper: “I rise today to honor my great friend John Stulp. John passed away this past Monday, July 7. He was with his family in…”

“I rise today to honor my great friend John Stulp. John passed away this past Monday, July 7. He was with his family in Lamar, out on the Eastern Plains, a place that he loved more than anything. John was a good man--a great man, by any measure. Certainly, he was defined by his unwavering commitment to his family, his neighbors, his friends, and his home State of Colorado. He was the essence of a public servant. His list of contributions to our State is impressively long. He served as Colorado's commissioner of agriculture during my predecessor Bill Ritter's governorship, and I appreciate Governor Ritter introducing me to him, discovering him for me. John Stulp was a former Prowers County commissioner, a Democratic commissioner in a county that is not well-known for Democratic commissioners. He was also a former State board of land commissioner, a State wildlife commissioner, and a member of the State board of agriculture. And in John's mind, above all that, he was a dryland wheat farmer and a cow-calf rancher from southeast Colorado. John's reputation for patient consensus-building is well-known throughout our State and trusted throughout our State.”