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Jared Polis: “When I came into Governor, we had 32,000 employees roughly…”

Featuring: Jared Polis, Democratic | Governor of Colorado

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Published | Video Starts at 24:57

Right? Like that's, you know, I was not a big company guy. Like, oh, yes, we have 8,000 employees in 16 different cities, right. But When I came into Governor, we had 32,000 employees roughly for the state of Colorado. So the first thing I had to do over two months was basically recruit my cabinet. We'd open applications for every cabinet position because the way the government works, state government, it's more like a conglomerate. (24:57–25:02)

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Asserts that the state of Colorado had approximately 32,000 employees when he became governor.

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