Stanley L. Klos: Difference between revisions

As 1992-1994 West Virginia Republican State Committee&nbsp; Finance Chairman, he turned around an under performing Republican State Political Committee by completely changing its business model and strategy. Grew annual contributions by 750%. As1994 Republican Nominee U.S. Senate - won the West Virginia Republican Party's nomination for [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] after defeating physician Arthur R. Gindin in the primary 61% to 39%. Campaigned as a ''"sacrificial lamb"'' against Robert C. Byrd participating in the Republican U.S. Senatorial Committee’s strategy to re-capture a majority in the United States Senate in 1994. Strategy was successful as Robert C. Byrd (D), although elected 290,495, 69% to Stan Klos (R), 130,441, 31%, spent $1,550,354 to Klos' $267,165.<ref>[http://election.nationaljournal.com/2006/senate/wv.htm US Senate 1994] Byrd (D) versus Klos (R)</ref> Additionally the Democratic Party invested over $1 million in that State's U.S. Senatorial Campaign to the Republican Party's $15,000. The GOP captured a majority in the U.S. Senate. The highlights of the campaign included the hiring of an actor to play [[Robert C. Byrd]] who toured in staged Statewide Debates when the incumbent refused Klos's invitation for a series of formal Senatorial Debates. The campaign also organized successful demonstrations against the Bill and [[Hillary Clinton]] National Health Care Bus as it traveled through West Virginia in the summer of 1994. Senator Byrd, while the bill was being debated on the Senate floor rose suggesting the brakes be put on approving [[National Health Care]] measure while the bus was completing its tour in WV. To Klos's credit, the campaign did not implement the "''Death by a Thousand Cuts''" plan proposed by strategists which was later acknowledged in speeches given and letters written by U.S. Senator Byrd.<ref>[http://www.roi.us/pics.h4.jpg Robert C. Byrd Letter to Stanley L. Klos] October 31, 1997</ref>▼

*1996 State Treasurer Nominee - recruited by WV State Committee Chairman Steve La Rose, Klos uncovered a scheme to circumvent the WV State Constitution's ban on investing State funds into equities during his campaign for State Treasurer. Klos challenged the “West Virginia Trust Fund” which was declared unconstitutional by the WV Supreme Court on February 25, 1997.<ref>[http://www.state.wv.us/WVSCA/docs%5Cspring97%5C23939.htm SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA] West Virginia Trust Fund declared Unconstitutional February 25, 1997</ref> The following year an amendment to the State Constitution allowing equity investments was proposed to the voters and passed by a 71 to 29 percent margin. The Wheeling News Register summed up Klos’s efforts in their Editorial "Klos Took A Stand Based on What is Right" <ref>[http://www.roi.us/picstr2.jpg "Klos Took A Stand Based on What is Right"] Wheeling News Redgister, West Virginia September 29, 1997</ref>▼