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.

What is your vision for being a Colorado State Senator?

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champion for “Smaller Government, Freer People”, Paul knows a free market approach naturally eliminates bad and outdated ideas and businesses over time, as opposed to government bureaucracies which tend to live on and expand even when proven inefficient.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.

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?

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. Individuals have the right and responsibility to vote. Collection of bunches of ballots by a third party must be stopped. The only way to make these changes is to change the political paradigm by winning the Colorado State Senate into Conservative Republican hands. That is my key project and goal in the 2022 election.

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.

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.

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.

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 principal 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.

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 eduction. I welcome you into the fight to make the allocation of public money for students.

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. I encourage you to do the same.

What experience (personal, professional, other) would you bring to your role as Senator that will benefit our state?

PhD in Economics; MS in Mathematics; MA in International Economics; MA in Education.
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. Assessed, identified and reported on design, test and 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).

What is your vision for being a Colorado State Senator?

Defend our Constitution
- Restore election integrity
- Reduce government control and spending
- Restore energy independence
- Restore American manufacturing
- Restore traditional education (Critical race theory, and the demoralization and sexualization of our children is destructive, inappropriate, and has absolutely no place in our schools. I would also promote curriculum that produces well-informed voters, particularly in the areas of civics and economics.)
- Protect the unborn
- Promote timber management to preserve our forest and environment

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 my daughter’s affiliation change without her consent). I began investigating Colorado’s election system and process. My research identified multiple vulnerabilities and irregularities. Our election system needs to be conducted differently and I will strive for the following:

– 1 day, 1 vote

– Voter ID and residential status required

– Hand count (no election machines)

– Anti-counterfeit ballots (printed on ‘secure’ paper)

– No mail-in or absentee ballots (except for military & disabled)

– No drop-box 

– Clean voter rolls

– Count votes under live-stream cameras

– Public forensic audit

Suggest that people read the following:

– Colorado Canvassing Report

– Mesa County Report #1

– Mesa County Report #2

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.

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.

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.

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 stated above, critical race theory, and the demoralization and sexualization 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 (emphasizing the study of civics and economics). 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.

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.

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.