Tag: stan vanderwerf
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State Senate primary races for Districts 10, 12 in Colorado Springs have large leads
In Tuesday’s Republican primary races for state Senate seats in Colorado Springs, early vote tallies showed an incumbent, and a current El Paso County commissioner, with sizable leads over their respective opponents in the hours after polls closed. State Sen. Larry Liston had secured more than 62% of the vote in early returns in the…
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Campaign complaint dismissed against El Paso County commissioner running for state office
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office has officially dismissed a complaint against current El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf for comments made about his state Senate run in a May 9 Board of County Commissioners meeting. The state Elections Division motion to dismiss was granted on June 7. Integrity matters, the resident watchdog group…
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2024 Primary Election Voter Guide: El Paso County commissioner faces political newcomer in Senate District 12
El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf is facing Adriana Cuva, a former teacher, in the race to replace term-limited state Sen. Bob Gardner. The two are competing to represent a district that covers a portion of western Colorado Springs, the mountain communities along U.S. 24, Fountain and Fort Carson. The victor will face Democratic House…
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Resident sues El Paso County for violating dead-end road rules; ‘they’re putting people’s lives at risk’
Tucked into a valley north of the Air Force Academy, the residents of about 80 homes have one way out in the event of a fire — Hay Creek Road. Some houses are well hidden in the foothills and accessed by dirt roads that wind down to the main paved two-lane Hay Creek. None have an…
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Resident sues El Paso County for violating dead-end road rules; ‘they’re putting people’s lives at risk’
Tucked into a valley north of the Air Force Academy, the residents of about 80 homes have one way out in the event of a fire — Hay Creek Road. Some houses are well hidden in the foothills and accessed by dirt roads that wind down to the main paved two-lane Hay Creek. None have an…
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Colorado Springs mayor, others urge Pentagon to reverse Space Command decision
Local leaders including Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers inked a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, urging him to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, overturning a January Trump administration decision to uproot it and send its 1,400 troops to Alabama. Decrying the Alabama move as too costly and motivated by politics, Suthers was…