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GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — Delta County Commissioner Wayne Wolf is making a run at the U.S. Senate. He's seeking the Republican nomination for the Senate seat vacated by retiring Senator Wayne Allard.
Wolf began his ambitious campaign with plans to visit every town in Colorado that hosts a newspaper.
"I thought it would be neat if I could do all the towns in Colorado," he said on Wednesday, Sept. 12, in Rifle, his third stop of the day in western Colorado towns.
"I am going to be representative of the whole state, so this is a good way to get to know the state," he said.
He started his campaign that Wednesday morning in Delta announcing his intention to run. He then set out on the road with stops in Montrose, Grand Junction and Rifle, ending his first day in Craig. One week later, on Sept. 19, Wolf rolled into Glenwood Springs to attend a Republican meeting at Buffalo Valley Inn.
"It's the right time," he cited as the reason for making his bid for the senate seat. "It's been a long-term goal of mine to be a U.S. Senator and now it seems is the right time."
Wolf has been a Delta County Commissioner for six years and is excited about the chance to represent the interests of the state, not just a county. But it's the localized governments that holds his biggest interest and he is concerned with the increase in unfunded mandates - top-down federal laws that require local governments to do something without providing funding for it.
One example he gave was with the county's election equipment and the voting process.
"I would invite local clerks, who are used to working this out," Wolf said. "They should be invited to the conversation on the best way to implement the way to vote. So far, it's been a few narrow interests saying this is the way we want it. Then, Congress says that this is the way you have to do it if it's practical or not."
That's where he wants his voice to work for the local governments throughout the state. He wants to be the connection between Washington and rural Colorado like Garfield County.
"You need to respect the local process," Wolf said. "Disregarding the public process is running contrary to what (Senators) are elected to do."
Contact John Gardner: 384-9114
jgardner@postindependent.com
Post Independent, Glenwood Springs, Colorado CO
Wolf began his ambitious campaign with plans to visit every town in Colorado that hosts a newspaper.
"I thought it would be neat if I could do all the towns in Colorado," he said on Wednesday, Sept. 12, in Rifle, his third stop of the day in western Colorado towns.
"I am going to be representative of the whole state, so this is a good way to get to know the state," he said.
He started his campaign that Wednesday morning in Delta announcing his intention to run. He then set out on the road with stops in Montrose, Grand Junction and Rifle, ending his first day in Craig. One week later, on Sept. 19, Wolf rolled into Glenwood Springs to attend a Republican meeting at Buffalo Valley Inn.
"It's the right time," he cited as the reason for making his bid for the senate seat. "It's been a long-term goal of mine to be a U.S. Senator and now it seems is the right time."
Wolf has been a Delta County Commissioner for six years and is excited about the chance to represent the interests of the state, not just a county. But it's the localized governments that holds his biggest interest and he is concerned with the increase in unfunded mandates - top-down federal laws that require local governments to do something without providing funding for it.
One example he gave was with the county's election equipment and the voting process.
"I would invite local clerks, who are used to working this out," Wolf said. "They should be invited to the conversation on the best way to implement the way to vote. So far, it's been a few narrow interests saying this is the way we want it. Then, Congress says that this is the way you have to do it if it's practical or not."
That's where he wants his voice to work for the local governments throughout the state. He wants to be the connection between Washington and rural Colorado like Garfield County.
"You need to respect the local process," Wolf said. "Disregarding the public process is running contrary to what (Senators) are elected to do."
Contact John Gardner: 384-9114
jgardner@postindependent.com
Post Independent, Glenwood Springs, Colorado CO
