Committee to Elect Stan VanderWerf
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Endorsements for State Senate District 12
"I am grateful to our community and to the many friends I have made over the years who have decided to endorse our campaign."
-Stan VanderWerf
Michael Allen
District Attorney, 4th Judicial District
Bob Gardner
State Senator
Steve Schuck
Chairman, Schuck Communities
Bentley Rayburn
Major General, USAF (Ret.)
Bernie Herpin
Former Colorado State Senator
Dan May
Former District Attorney, 4th Judicial
Bill Holen
Arapahoe County Commissioner
Chuck Broerman
El Paso County Treasurer
Eli Bremer
Olympian and Entrepreneur
David VanderWerf
US Postal Service Union Employee
Brian Risley
Property Manager
Vincent Colarelli
Business Owner, Construction Company
Greg Felt
Chaffee County Commissioner, Outdoor Rec Company Owner
Terri Carver
Former Colorado State Legislator and Lawyer
Bob Balink
Former Clerk and Recorder/Treasurer
Joe Kahoe
Colonel, USAF (Ret.) and Defense Contractor
Trevor Deirdorf
IT Business Owner, Former El Paso County GOP Chair
David Johnson
Dental Surgeon
Patrick Warnaka
Former State Senior Legislative Aide
Ethan Hollenberger
Winnebago County, Wisconsin
John Suthers
Former Mayor, Colorado Springs
Guyleen Castriotta
Mayor, Broomfield
Sue Sharkey
Former Regent, University of Colorado
Kevin Grantham
Freemont County Commissioner, Former State Senator
Richard Randall
Conservative Radio Talk Show Host
Bunny Noland
Founder, Red Noland Auto Group
Steve Schleiker Jr.
Clerk and Recorder, El Paso County
Dave Simmons
Former Assessor, Teller County
Wayne Williams
Former Secretary of State, Colorado
Dick Elsner
Park County Commissioner
Michael Labout
Realtor
Dylan Sparks
Data Analyst
Chuck Duray
Educator and Rancher
Rich Schur
Auctioneer / Broker
Edward Hunt
Development Director, Colorado Nuclear Alliance
Holly Williams
El Paso County Commissioner
Dorothy VanderWerf
Retired Church School Administrator
Felix Lopez
Las Animas County Commissioner
Roy Griggs
Retired Defense Contractor
Brian Olson
Citizen
Sarah Jack
Business Owner
Joe Roybal
Sheriff, El Paso County
Paul Lundeen
State Senator
Don Suppes
Delta County Commissioner
President, Colorado Counties Inc.
Erik Stone
Teller County Commissioner
Mary Elizabeth Fabian
Business Owner
Wynne Palermo
Real Estate Consultant
Wynne Realty, Ltd.
Alan Feldkamp
Aerospace Defense Expert and Veteran
Bill Nelson
Attorney
Vicki Broerman
Community Activist
Candi Boyer
President, El Paso County Republican Women
Darius Allen
Former Alamosa County Commissioner, and Rancher
Elizabeth Cobb
Realtor
Betsy VanderWerf
Precinct Leader and Humane Society Board Member
Jim Komadina
Retired
Jim Bensberg
Former El Paso County Commissioner
Kent Traylor
President, Pikes Peak Roundtable
Jim Machamer
Non Profit Executive, Scouting
Patrick Davis
Political Entrepreneur
Lisa Toepp
Colonel, USA Reserve (Ret.) and Physician
Organization Endorsements
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Colorado Chamber of Commerce
Colorado State Shooting Association
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Editorial Board
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Patriots For
Freedom Club
Pikes Peak Firearms Coalition
What People Are Saying About Stan!
"I can't think of anyone I'd support more for any office!"
Lisa Toepp, MD, Medical Professional
"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
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
"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