Fighting for the Coloradans Washington has Forgotten

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Tom Wiens doesn’t just talk about the traditions and values of Colorado and The West, he lives them.  He grew to understand the value of a hard day’s work in the family grain and ranching business and learned to love the land.  He worked at a hometown community bank, where he saw firsthand the kind of struggles Main Street businesses go through every day of the year.

The Tom Wiens story is a Colorado story. It’s a story of successes and setbacks, like so many of our greatest leaders.  It’s the story of a man who knows what it’s like to dust yourself off and get back in the saddle. The kind of man that could only have been forged in Colorado and the kind of man Colorado and ‘Forgotten Americans’ everywhere need in Washington…

"Here is the way Washington thinks things should work: if you are at the top and from Washington or Wall Street you can get a bailout, if you are at the bottom you might get a handout, but if you are in the middle, like most Coloradans, we just get the bill! It's as if our representatives in Washington have completely forgotten the people of Colorado. We've become the 'Forgotten Americans.'" Tom Wiens

Tom is a rancher and small business owner. He has had impressive successes. He also experienced the setbacks that go along with being an entrepreneur.  Over the years Tom has helped create literally hundreds of jobs for our fellow Coloradans. He takes great pride in knowing that his hard work has helped families buy their first homes, or send their children to college and gave them the opportunity to live, work and raise a family in the greatest state in the Union – Colorado!

“Our government has forgotten all the hard-working Coloradans that are in the middle, the people who are playing by the rules, working hard, trying to make ends meet and keep their families strong. They’re trying to hold onto their part of the American Dream. These Forgotten Americans are what makes our economy work. I’m running for the United States Senate to represent the Forgotten Americans who live right here in Colorado.” Tom Wiens

Tom sees public service as a duty and an honor. He served us as a citizen legislator in the Colorado State House and Senate.  Tom is a compassionate leader with real world experience. He just plain cares about people.  It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from.  He is an optimistic, leader dedicated to Colorado common sense values. He is a “Get-it-Done” leader who focuses on results and accountability, not excuses!

“If we don’t put a stop to the waste in Washington and the trillions of dollars of debt Washington is piling on us, the real forgotten Americans will be our kids and grandkids.  It’s time we all stood up and said Enough is Enough!” Tom Wiens

Tom lives with his wife of 30 years, Diana, on their ranch in southwest Douglas County where they raise horses, cattle, and hay. They have four children, Travis, Sarah Faith, Hannah, married daughter Lauren, son-in-law Joe and granddaughter Blair.  

Tom was born in Oklahoma, grew up north of Fort Morgan, Colorado where he went to grade school and High School in Kimball, Nebraska.  Tom earned his Bachelor’s degree from The American University in Washington D.C. and also studied the economic, legal and political systems of European countries at the University of Graz, Austria.  He earned his Masters of Divinity from Yale University.
 
When he was old enough, he cast his first vote at a Colorado fire station in Pinewood Springs in Larimer County.  Tom’s family has deep roots in Colorado Agriculture, his Grandfather started farming in Eastern Colorado near Cheyenne Wells, in the 1940’s.  Tom and Diana’s Children are the 4th generation of the Wiens family to be involved in Colorado business and agriculture.

“Colorado has always been a place where if you have a dream and if you worked hard and played by the rules you’d have a chance to make that dream come true.  We can’t let Washington take that away from us and future generations.  I’ll be a different kind of Senator for Colorado... the kind of Senator who will fight FOR you, not take more FROM you.  The people of Colorado deserve a United States Senator who will represent The ‘Forgotten Americans’ that made Colorado, made The West, and made America the greatest nation on earth.” Tom Wiens