NameKen deGraaf
What office are you running for?HD22
County, District/TownshipEl Paso County
Address6416 peak vista circle
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80918
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Phone(719) 424-0698
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Are you currently the officeholder and seeking re-election?yes
Is this your first time running for office?No
Election Date11/07/2022
Websitekendegraaf4hd22.com
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KEY ISSUES
1. Provide the top 2 reason why you want to run for office.

I don’t want to run for office (I just don’t trust those who do), but I am willing to serve in office to:
1) Return government to its proper role which is “to secure these (self-evident, unalienable) Rights”, the first of which is “Life”
2) Stop the continual expansion of the insatiable leviathan of State, and work to re-establish individual Liberty and decrease government intrusion into our individual and collective pursuits.

2. Name the top 2 issues in your county, state, or federal district that you wish to address and how?

1) Expose & repeal the lies of the climate agenda which is behind much of the promotion of the feticide and trans-agendas in addition to the continual rising costs and loss of opportunity and mobility. Hb23-1163, HB24-1246 https://youtu.be/PpcISHuSCpo
2) Improve election integrity because the system is badly and intentionally compromised. Hb23-1170, HB24-1145&1279. Also by exposing the flaws during SMART hearings and floor hearings on shams like SB24-210, and working with Election Integrity warriors behind www.coloradocounts.com

3. Do you support defunding the police?

No. I support returning police to the role of Peace Officer for the purpose of protecting individual Rights from intrusion by others, and protectively isolating those unable to not-violate the social contract of respecting the self-evidently unalienable Rights of others. “Law Enforcement” becomes intrusive when the volume of laws continually expands.

4. What are your thoughts on “Diversity Equity and Inclusion”? Should this be implemented as training for county/city/federal employees? Why or why not?

No. The DEI movement is misnamed in all aspects—it assigns individuals to phenotype or demographic groups, disadvantages one to favor another, and isolates those who challenge the agenda. Individual Liberty is our strength, contrary to the ironic collectives of “diversity.” The recognition that “all men are created equal” provides a point of commonality and mutual respect apart from the division into collective subtypes pitted against each other. It is unconstitutional to favor one group or individual based on a physical characteristic by disadvantaging another for the same. Competence should be the measure of hiring.

5. With growing pressure to accommodate various lifestyles/identities how would you manage to keep your city/town safe and family friendly?

The purpose of government is “to secure these Rights,” and there are activities that are known to be harmful to individuals from which they need to be protected at least until adulthood. There is also a collective risk as described by JD Unwin in Sex&Culture in noting the link between licentiousness and the collapse of society. Our “education” system is unfortunately focusing on catering to licentious proclivities instead of warning of the risks. It is not discriminatory to not create public accommodation for activities detrimental to the physical, mental or emotional health of citizens.

6. Do you think involving residents in decision making in your city/town is important? Why or not?

Absolutely. The purpose of government is to secure the Rights of the individual. The government cannot be the servant of the people if it does not know the will of the people. Governments require accountability, transparency and the vigilance of the electorate.

7. If you received a $1 million grant to use for the city/town/county any way you wanted, what would you do with it and why?

An unrestricted grant given to the people by way of the government would still be money belonging to the people and should be allocated to shortfalls in voter-approved projects. Money given to me for personal allocation would go to charities effectively engaged in the alleviation of suffering.

8. What is your opinion on sanctuary cities/autonomous zones within your city/town?

Sanctuary cities are illegal and an affront to law-abiding citizens and theft of their money. The United States is less than 4% of the global population. Even accepting criminal-migrants 1:1, well past the point of societal collapse, would hardly make a dent on the numbers of those wanting to flee the type of governments which are ironically being created by leftist democrats. Migrants unprotected by documentation also become an exploitable and expendable slave-caste vulnerable to trafficking, while their earnings are often funneled back to prop up the tyrants and cartels in their home country.

9. What are your thoughts on mandating the closure of privately owned businesses due to public health concerns aside from code violations?

Opposed. Mandates violate the principle “that to secure these Rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” A mandate is contradictory to “consent,” therefore the enforcing power is unjust. The government response to CoViD was far more deadly than the disease.

10. Who is the ultimate authority over the health and safety of the people in your city/town?

Individuals have the responsibility and authority over their own health & safety. As the CoViD response painfully demonstrated, centralized imposition of control results in centralized corruption and imposition of self-interests.

11. Are you endorsed by other organizations? If so, which ones?

Colorado Republican Party
Liberty Scorecard
Colorado Union of Taxpayers
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (RMGO)
Gun Owners of America (GOA)
National Rifle Association (NRA) “AQ”
Colorado for Life
Restore Liberty
Colorado Chamber of Commerce PAC
El Paso County Republican Strategy Forum
Conservative Women Speak
Metro Denver Apartment Association
Colorado Association of Realtors
Colorado Optometric Association
Ransom PAC (Rep Kim Ransom)

12. Do you support making laws to protect life keeping in mind there are many views on what this means?Yes