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Klos served as West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee Finance Chairman from 1992 to 1994. During this period annual contributions grew by 750%.
In 1994, Klos was the Republican Nominee for West Virginia in the [[United States Senate elections, 1994|US Senate elections]], having defeated physician Arthur R. Gindin in the primary by 61% to 39%. Klos campaigned as a ''"sacrificial lamb"'' against veteran Democrat [[Robert C. Byrd]], as part of the Republican U.S. Senatorial Committee’s strategy to re-capture a majority in the United States Senate in 1994. This strategy was successful, as although Byrd was elected with 69% to Stan Klos' 31%,
In 1996 Klos was a nominee for State Treasurer, recruited by West Virginia Republican Party Chairman Steve La Rose. During this campaign, Klos uncovered a scheme to circumvent the State Constitution's ban on investing State funds into equities. Klos challenged the “West Virginia Trust Fund”, which was subsequently declared unconstitutional by the [[West Virginia 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]]'' commented favourably on Klos’s efforts in an editorial entitled "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>
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