Sooners stump at chili cook-off
Jeff Riles speaks to the crowd at Saturday's chili cook-off, hosted by the Cleveland County Democratic Party at Norman's J.D. McCarty Center. Riles, a first-year law student, is a volunteer for Jari Askins' gubernatorial campaign and represented her campaign at the event. Charles Ward/The Daily
An OU professor and OU students were among the politically-minded people serving up steaming chili and speeches Saturday at the Cleveland County Democratic Party’s chili cook-off. . .
Another OU student took the mic to stump, but first-year law student Jeff Riles wasn’t trying to garner votes for himself, but instead for gubernatorial candidate Jari Askins.
“These are my favorite kind of [campaign] events, because these are the real people that are out there every day, working, living wherever their local community is,” he said. “This is the real deal.” . . .
Riles is currently volunteering for Askins’ campaign, but said he has worked for her office in the past.
“[Askins] just called me and said ‘Hey, I know you’re going to be there. I know that you’re a good supporter and you’ll have lots of friends there. . . ‘” Riles said.
Great supporters at the Cleveland County Chili Cook-Off
The chili cook-off has been going on for more than 15 years, said Suzette McDowell, chairwoman of the Cleveland County Democratic Party.
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