​​"I can't think of anyone I'd support more for any office!"

Lisa Toepp, MD, Medical Professional

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"El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf is running for Colorado Senate District 12 after years of elective and an adult lifetime of non-elective service.

VanderWerf assumed his county office in 2017, after serving for 28 years as the chief scientist at the federal government’s NORAD and Northcom combatant commands in Colorado Springs. Using his command of physics, VanderWerf stopped an expensive proposal to electrify the county’s automotive fleet. With numbers and facts, he proved to his colleagues the inability of our local electric grid to support the plan.

With VanderWerf, District 12 constituents will get “less regulation, more freedom, lower prices, better roads, less crime and drugs, strong support of our military families and veterans, good paying jobs for families to afford decent housing and safe quality schools.”

Democrats believe they can pick up District 12, after the term-limiting of State Sen. Bob Gardner. Taking 12 could give Democrats the Senate supermajority they dream of, which means a barrage of more far-left extremism.

“I have been preparing for this challenge while serving nearly seven years on the El Paso County Commission where we kept taxes low, eliminated regulations strengthened law enforcement and improved the roads in El Paso County,” VanderWerf told The Gazette, after he entered the race last summer.

For stability and a semblance of legislative balance, nominate VanderWerf and put him in the Senate.

Colorado Springs Gazette Editorial Board

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VanderWerf will be more effective at getting things done and working with other legislators due to his extensive experience.

Patrick Warnaka. Businessman, Former State Legislative Aide, Former State Chairman Colorado College Republicans

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"After the Waldo Canyon fire, the lack of fire protection became very real for us in far western El Paso County. Our only fire response was the US Forest Service, and they only fight forest fires, not structure fires. For many years we worked with our local representative to look for a solution, but all roads seemed to lead nowhere. Then Stan VanderWerf & Terri Carver attended our neighborhood meetings.  Terri helped with research, and Stan was able to reach across county lines to help get support from Teller County.  With the help of Stan, Terri, Jim Reid (Pikes Peak Emergency Management), and Tyler Lambert, our El Paso County neighborhood just received an inclusion into the North East Teller Fire Protection District. Could not have done it without you. Thank you Stan!!"

Mary Higgins, Western El Paso County Resident