2022 Colorado Primary
Republican
STATE SENATE SD9 CANDIDATES
LYNDA ZAMORA WILSON
Candidate Information
Campaign Website URL: www.ZamoraForColorado.com
Email Address: Lynda@ZamoraForColorado.com
Occupation/Vocation: Retired
Military Background: Lt Col (Ret), USAF
Resident of El Paso County: 8 years, not continuous due to military move
Experience
What experience (personal, professional, other) would you bring to your role as Senator that will benefit our state?
Education: PhD in Economics; MS in Mathematics; MA in International Economics; MA in Education. Experience: Retired USAF officer (25yrs); Assistant Professor in Mathematics and Economics (USAFA); Senior Economist (Financial and economic advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of AF (Pentagon). Equipped leadership to answer Congressional mandates. Advised 17 financial analyses worth $7.6B.); F-22 Flight Test Analyst (Flew in fighter aircraft as safety observer, verifying F-22 high-risk capability. Identified and reported on operational risks to Secretary of Defense); Test Director, Electronic Warfare Division; Chief, Defense Satellite Test Branch (Conducted research, procurement, and on- orbit maintenance of military space systems.); Park Ranger (I grew up in the timber industry and know the benefits of proper timber management in preserving our forest/environment).
Vision
What is your vision for being a Colorado State Senator?
Defend our Constitution; Restore election integrity; Reduce government control and spending; Restore traditional education (CRT, SEL, & agendas that demoralize and sexualize of our children is destructive, inappropriate, and has absolutely no place in our schools); Promote curriculum that produces well-informed voters (emphasize civics, economics, how to complete taxes, how to budget finances, factor costs/benefits of a loan, etc.); Protect the unborn; Promote proper timber management to preserve our forest and environment.
Election Reform
Do you believe that elections in Colorado should be conducted differently? Should voters in Colorado be required to verify their identity and residential status in the respective counties in which they vote? Are you in favor of a single-day, in-person voting system consisting of all-paper ballots? Why or why not?
After the 2020 election, I saw many irregularities; to include both my daughter and I experienced party affiliation changes without our consent (note that I have been a life-long Republican). I began investigating Colorado’s election system and process. My research identified multiple vulnerabilities and irregularities. Our election system needs to be conducted differently.
I will strive for the following: No election machines; no drop-box; no mail-in (except for military & disabled); hand count at precinct level; count under live-stream cameras; 1-day voting at precinct; voter ID and residential status verified; anti-counterfeit ballots; clean voter rolls; and allow forensic audits.
I highly encourage citizens to investigate the following: Colorado Canvassing Report; Mesa County Reports; 2000 Mules.
Protecting the Most Vulnerable
As a Senator, how would you seek to protect the most vulnerable in our state, including the lives of the unborn, the trafficked, and the elderly?
I will continue to oppose pro-abortion legislation, fight to overturn the Reproductive Health Equity Act (HB22-1279),advocate for education that promotes the biological fact that life starts at conception and is sacred at every stage.
I will fight against human trafficking, by increasing penalties for these crimes, investigating/ terminating root causes, and educating citizens to watch for signs and activity.
1st Amendment
What will you do as Colorado State Senator to protect our 1st Amendment rights to: the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, peaceably assembly, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances, all of which are becoming more difficult to exercise in America (and around the world)?
I spent 25 years defending the Constitution as a military member. After the 2020 election, and seeing the overwhelming irregularities and vulnerabilities, the massive over-reach from our government, the removal of our freedoms, and the invasion of our borders, I knew I had to engage, and continue to fight and defend the Constitution. Quite simply, I will promote legislation that support our rights, and kill legislation that removes our rights.
2nd Amendment
Do you believe that gun ownership is a civil right, and what are your positions in regards to red flag laws, magazine capacity bans, legislation that regulates gun storage, and permitless “Constitutional carry”?
Gun ownership is a right, and I support Constitutional carry. I do not support red flag laws, magazine capacity bans, or any legislation that regulates gun storage.
Government Authority
Do you believe that the government has the legal power and authority to dictate what a person does with his or her body? If so, how?
Under no circumstance should the government mandate its citizens to take an experimental drug.
Education
As a State Senator, what will you do to improve the education of our K – 12 students? What is your position on parental authority in education, including school choice?
As I mentioned in my vision statement, CRT, SEL, & agendas that demoralize and sexualize of our children is destructive, inappropriate, and has absolutely no place in our schools. I would improve student education by promoting curriculum that produces well-informed voters (emphasize civics, economics, how to complete taxes, how to budget finances, factor costs/benefits of a loan, etc.). Parents should have school choice and have full parental authority in their child’s education. The government has no say as to how our children are raised.
School District Taxes
Do you believe that the Colorado legislature should make any adjustment to the level of taxes paid by residents in order to fund school district budgets? If so, how?
I do not believe that the Colorado legislature should make any adjustments to the level of taxes in order to fund school district budgets.
National Popular Vote
What is your position on Colorado joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would effectively eliminate the electoral college’s role in presidential elections in favor of a national popular vote?
I oppose the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
PAUL LUNDEEN
Candidate Information
25 yerCampaign Website URL: www.PaulLundeen.org
Email Address: Paul@PaulLundeen.org
Occupation/Vocation: Entrepreneur
Resident of El Paso County: 25 years
Experience
What experience (personal, professional, other) would you bring to your role as Senator that will benefit our state?
For decades Paul Lundeen has experienced success in business and public policy in Colorado. Paul represents Senate District 9 in the Colorado General Assembly. Previously he was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives (HD 19), State Board of Education from the Fifth Congressional District where he served as a member and chairman. He is the founder of numerous small businesses providing services ranging from brain training & learning centers to real estate development to golf course association landscape management, and investment management. We must change the political paradigm by winning the Colorado State Senate into conservative Republican hands. That is my project and goal in the 2022 election.
Vision
What is your vision for being a Colorado State Senator?
Free people, Smaller government. Paul has worked to advance the cause of charter schools, innovation, and choice in education, supporting the right and responsibility of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children. An unflagging champion for “Smaller Government, Freer People”, Paul knows a free market approach naturally eliminates bad and outdated ideas and businesses over time, as opposed to government bureaucracies which tend to live on and expand even when proven inefficient. Paul has fought this dynamic in the sphere of education, which is a prime example of the inadequacies of government controlled and managed systems.
Election Reform
Do you believe that elections in Colorado should be conducted differently? Should voters in Colorado be required to verify their identity and residential status in the respective counties in which they vote? Are you in favor of a single-day, in-person voting system consisting of all-paper ballots? Why or why not?
Election security is fundamental to our Republic because through our votes our voice is heard. I am the only candidate who has made meaningful challenges to the status quo system of mail-out ballots. To cut directly to a solution that would allow for precinct by precinct verification of ballots, I authored SB21-007 to require identified, in-person voting. Mail out ballots would have been available to military and others out of state to request. Absent a system like I proposed, the bookends of Colorado’s elections must be cleaned up. The list to whom ballots are sent must be corrected to include only verifiably valid voters. At the other end of the election process, ballot harvesting must be stopped.
Protecting the Most Vulnerable
As a Senator, how would you seek to protect the most vulnerable in our state, including the lives of the unborn, the trafficked, and the elderly?
I would refer you to my website to see my 20 minute (that all the time the rules allow) closing argument against the expansion of abortion in Colorado inherent in HB22-1279. My portion of the second reading debate in opposition to this bill was approximately two hours long. Regarding human trafficking, I have run five pieces of legislation to provide protection and services to survivors of human trafficking, tools to law enforcement, tougher penalties for traffickers, and clarifications to make the law more enforceable.
1st Amendment
What will you do as Colorado State Senator to protect our 1st Amendment rights to: the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, peaceably assembly, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances, all of which are becoming more difficult to exercise in America (and around the world)?
After scripture, the words of 1st Amendment to the US Constitution are the most beautiful and powerful words written on behalf of human freedom and sovereignty. I will continue to fight to assure that no voice is cancelled–even perspectives with which I disagree. That is the American way; over time the voice of common sense and common decency will win out. But this concept has been under assault by leftist activists that seek to shout down voices like mine that have a more constitutional perspective.
2nd Amendment
Do you believe that gun ownership is a civil right, and what are your positions in regards to red flag laws, magazine capacity bans, legislation that regulates gun storage, and permitless “Constitutional carry”?
I am a gun owner and as a son of the west have been most of my life. I carry to hunt, protect myself and my family, to protect the 1st Amendment of the Constitution written about near here, and to protect the sovereignty of each American citizen. Without an unfettered 2nd amendment the 1st amendment to the US Constitution would fall under attack.
Government Authority
Do you believe that the government has the legal power and authority to dictate what a person does with his or her body? If so, how?
The crux of the great political experiment known as America is found in the power of the sovereignty and responsibility of the individual. All of the principles that build and promote freedom and progress in America are rooted in this idea. Even the ability to protect those weaker than ourselves are rooted in and must be harmonized with this principle. I have led the fight for several years, including prior to and during the pandemic, for personal medical autonomy. The government must not require of a sovereign individual medical choices that person would not take in protection of that individual’s personal pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. I have led the fight against vaccine registries and other government intrusions.
Education
As a State Senator, what will you do to improve the education of our K – 12 students? What is your position on parental authority in education, including school choice?
The guiding principle of education must be, “it is the parent’s right and responsibility to direct the education and upbringing of their children.” Here’s what former Congressman Bob Schaffer had to say about Paul in a recent endorsement: As Chairman of the Colorado State Board of Education, Paul stands out as one of the nation’s leading defenders of parental choice in education and academic free markets. He always finds the courage to put principle ahead of politics. He is always guided by the Constitution and always does what is right, honorable and decent.
School District Taxes
Do you believe that the Colorado legislature should make any adjustment to the level of taxes paid by residents in order to fund school district budgets? If so, how?
We spend about $14 billion per year on K-12 public education in Colorado. It works out to an average of about $15,000/student. Properly allocating those dollars in a way that is focused on the student instead of the protection and continuation of the education establishment must continue to be our goal. Currently too much money is siphoned off to pay for ever expanding administrative costs. Too little money is put into the paychecks of hard working teachers. Our exceptional teachers should be paid dramatically more–and the government employees union has testified time and time in opposition to my efforts to so improve public education. I welcome you into the fight to make the allocation of public money for students.
National Popular Vote
What is your position on Colorado joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would effectively eliminate the electoral college’s role in presidential elections in favor of a national popular vote?
I fought against it and voted against it as a legislator and as a citizen. I encourage you to do the same.
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