Stan VanderWerf

Candidate for Colorado Springs Mayor. The election is April 6, 2027.

Running for this seat

Registered a campaign committee: City of Colorado Springs, City Clerk, October 1, 2026
Reported by news coverage: The Gazette (Colorado Springs), October 15, 2026

Not on the ballot yet: the official list comes from Colorado Springs City Clerk. How we list candidates.

Background

Retired Air Force colonel; engineer

Served as an El Paso County Commissioner from 2017 to 2024, including two years as board chair. Ran for Colorado Senate District 12 in 2024. Identifies as a retired Air Force colonel and engineer.

In their own words

Public safety first
Fiscal responsibility
Infrastructure that works

From the candidate's own campaign materials.

Left–right placement

Moderately right, from the giving patterns of their campaign donors (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). Based on the 139 donors to their 2016 campaign for county commission. DIME doesn't name donors: it places each one by everyone they give to, then places the candidate by their donors Source

Sources

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