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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%, he spent $1,550,354 to Klos' $267,165.<ref>[http://election.nationaljournal.com/2006/senate/wv.htm US Senate 1994] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028185551/http://election.nationaljournal.com/2006/senate/wv.htm |date=2010-10-28 }} Byrd (D) versus Klos (R)</ref> Additionally, the Democratic Party invested over $1 million in West Virginia's U.S. Senatorial Campaign, compared to the Republican Party's $15,000. The Republicans duly won a majority in the U.S. Senate. The campaign received attention for the hiring of an actor to play [[Robert C. Byrd]] in staged Statewide Debates when the Byrd refused Klos's invitation for a series of formal Senatorial Debates. The campaign also organized successful demonstrations against the Clintons' National Health Care Bus as it traveled through West Virginia in the summer of 1994. When the bill debated in the Senate, Senator Byrd opposed the approval of the [[National Health Care]] measure while the bus was completing its tour in the state. However, on Klos's instruction the campaign did not implement the "''Death by a Thousand Cuts''" plan proposed by strategists, which was later favourably acknowledged by Senator Byrd.<ref>[http://www.roi.us/pics.h4.jpg Robert C. Byrd Letter to Stanley L. Klos] October 31, 1997</ref>
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"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127030633/http://www.roi.us/picstr2.jpg |date=2007-11-27 }} Wheeling News Redgister, West Virginia September 29, 1997</ref>
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