Daniel Hendricks

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Daniel Hendricks

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

June 28, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Benedictine College, 1989

Personal

Birthplace

Overland Park, Kan.

Religion

Catholic

Profession

Landlord, options trader

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Daniel Hendricks (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Colorado. He lost as a write-in in the Republican primary on June 28, 2022.

Hendricks completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Daniel Hendricks was born in Overland Park, Kansas. He earned a bachelor's degree from Benedictine College in 1989. Hendricks' career experience includes working as a landlord and as an options trader.

Elections

2022

See also: United States Senate election in Colorado, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Colorado

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Colorado on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Bennet (D)	55.9	1,397,170
		Joe O'Dea (R)	41.3	1,031,693
		Brian Peotter (L)	1.7	43,534
		T.J. Cole (Unity Party)	0.7	16,379
		Frank Atwood (Approval Voting Party)	0.5	11,354
	Submit photo	Tom Harvey (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	29
	Submit photo	Joanne Rock (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	25
	Submit photo	John Rutledge (L) (Write-in)	0.0	9
	Submit photo	Robert Messman (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	8

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,500,201
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Aaron Trevino (Independent)
• Teal'c Anderson (Freedom Party)
• Aaron Pehrson (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

Incumbent Michael Bennet advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Bennet	100.0	516,985

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dan Chapin (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

Joe O'Dea defeated Ron Hanks and Daniel Hendricks in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe O'Dea	54.4	345,060
		Ron Hanks	45.5	288,483
		Daniel Hendricks (Write-in)	0.0	302

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 633,845
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gino Campana (R)
• Juli Henry (R)
• Erik Aadland (R)
• Eli Bremer (R)
• Gregory Moore (R)
• Deborah Flora (R)
• Peter Yu (R)

Approval Voting Party convention

Approval Voting Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado

Frank Atwood advanced from the Approval Voting Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado on March 26, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Frank Atwood (Approval Voting Party)

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Daniel Hendricks completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hendricks' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I love politics and religion. I love this country and want to see it stand tall, and be financially dependant.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I am a strict constitutionalist. I will not stand for socialist agendas. We must have health care reform for everyone.
• I promise to stop the govenment from dictating how we are to think and feel and raise our children.
• I promise to work on voting for energy independence and about

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am most passionate about freedom of religion, which makes the fight over abortion a monster. On one hand I would say I am pro choice. It is up to the states to decide. But on the other a 3rd trimester is 100% murder. I also feel we need prison reform.

The homeless in this country is rampant. We have 33 million and many are hey old the elderly and veterans are all over the place. They need our help. Yet I am against more government hand outs. I am sorry. We need to get rid of the 22,000,000 illegals. they need to be deported. I have no solution, but they have to take responsibility for themselves Here in Colorado it is Ludacris.

I want no more special rights. The woke culture has got to stop. Crimes have got to be punished. And these laws are insane. The free love and drug epidemic is rampant. Where is all this fentanyl and heroine and met coming from... Plus the pharmasudcall industry is out of control. The

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

It was my grandfather.
He made a 18,000,000 fortune, gave it all away to the cathcolic church, and his children and his childrens children. And He was a wonderful provider to , He had 2 wives that died befor him, with giving birth to 13 children. My mother of course who is the oldest tof the 13. He instilled the faith of jesus christ into our family. He told my father you will convert to catholism to marry my daughter. I know get a smaill check from him every 3 months.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Liberty, The Story Of the Constitution.
I love the character Benjamin Franklin in this movie. He is the father of the constitution and on the $100 bill. He is truely a commedian and it does a great job of teaching the history of the United States. As a student in college I studied the federalist papers and the midevil history. It does a grfeat job of showing the time that matters. You need to know the 400 years before history. Then you have the war of 1776. Tyat was was 240 years ago.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

The ability to stand up and say enough is enough. We have had to many years of people coming into office and never doing anything. they come in and speak nice words, and do nothing. Inflation is rampant, and must be stopped. The environment is important and must be protected. Yet the left makes us believer that the clean green energy is the way to go. That is a lye. And no one will admit it.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Honesty

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Integrity. To many people will not say enough is enough. I will believe in ethics, god, and freedom of religion and free choice.! I promise to stand for the God, Family, and Constitution above all else.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I entend to build my realistate project Happy acres right now. I am approved at the county level. I want to leave it to my children. I also would like to be known as the senater that helped to reform the health care system. The system that is in place is rediculous and can not be allowed to continue.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

When i was 5, my Uncle John and Grandpa Griesemer had come up to tour the Hunts underground warehouse. We where having a family barbecue in the back yard. They wanted to build out the under ground mine in Springfield. So I cam home, jumped up on his lap and said Grand Pa tell me about making your first $1,000,000 ... and he said that he was building the roads and bridges in the great depression. My sister came home with a cat she had found in the park. That was my first pet that made me be an animal lover.

Oh and uncle john told this story to my father. He had just had the teamster labor boss come in to negotiate the contract for the rock quarry and the trucking company s that they owned. (My mother had sold her stock to uncle john at this point in time i think or grand pa still owned it all.) Labor boss come in to the office in a nice suite. He reaches behind his back and puts the pistil on the desk so he can sit down with out it being in his back.
So my dad asked what did you do?
John said, I negotiated the contract. then when he left I went home to change into a clean suit and change my shorts. LOL. I loved that line. He may have been mafia, but john said, I own the company. Your boys will work or i will fire them and hire all new.

This is when i learned that you have to be responsible for your own actions.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

As a child I pushed a mower at 12, and I mowed lawns up tell I was in college. I also worked a couple small ones then. But First real job was that I started selling insurance for Metropolitan as a property and casualty specialist. Here I met my x-wife threw work. I worked there for 4 years and started my Agency with American National Insurance. I had chosen not to go to law school. I wanted to help people, so

I sold P&C in Kansas City for 25 years. I was always an entrepreneur.
I would did financial planning, helping people to insure there belongings. I always try to plan for the unexpected for my clients so that they would be safe in there lives. When they passed the credit underwriting it devastated my book. I would have calls all day long, Saying "Dan, I got a non renewal for my credit. It was horrible. It was back about 1998 with Experian and the clue program. I felt it was wrong but congress said it was legal. Then the housing marked crashed and i saw my homeowners book of business disappear because all these people where losing there houses to the banks. I it was the housing market crash of 2008.

Plus they passed the do not call list. I followed the law, and did not call. That meant my new business production went down the tubs. So that was tell the year 2011 when I finally gave up and got a government job.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Add It up by the violent Femmes. or How beautiful you are by the Cure.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Dealing with divorce and not knowing how to take it. My family never had to do it. I was not raised in a divorced house hold and the court systmem in kansas was set up for the women. And it is still today. The no fault divorce system and law system is rediculious. The legal fees are rediculous. And the laws do not make any sense.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

A componitation of fighting theextremist left that has taken over society. People have to not think that government is going to give them a handout.
Yes the homeless are rampant in this country. Home prices are out of site. how can a person buy their first house. They can not.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

6 terms in the house = 12 years

2 terms in the Senate = 12 years.

There should be no more so yes i am a firm believer in term limits.

What qualities does the U.S. Senate possess that makes it unique as an institution?

It is section 3 of the constitution.
Each state gets 2 senators. And each state gets a set number of house reps. The house passes the bills that control the purse. (the budget). +

Do you believe that it’s beneficial for senators to have previous experience in government or politics?

NO. I think that the constitution and the founding fathers all worked there farms. You went to the meeting hall and voted. If you are a senator you show up and vote on all bills that the house has passed. You then vote YES or NO.... and then you dismiss after the vote and go back to your farm to farm. Read your federalist papers. read your constitution.. I have and as a senator I promises to not give in to the left.

These people are making a life time carrier out of politicos.

What do you think of the filibuster?

It is a good thing. It has enabled us to seethe corruption in government . You are not allowed to change the constitution. A 70% majority is required by constitutional convention. it is the Section 5. You are not allowed to change the constitution I, WILL NOT CHANGE AND VOTE TO REMOVED THE .

It was a good to refuse when the Democrats were in control . tHEN THE republicans where in control and it was a good thing to have. Now the democrats are in control and it is still a good thing. Why do you want to change it now. Who are you American Marxist Socializist trying to fool.

In the last 2 years i have seen some amazing speeches on the cspan network.... things you would never see or hear.

You have to get real bills passed, and stop creating 2,800 page bills that no one can ever read.

What criteria would you apply when deciding whether to confirm presidential appointees?

Trust worthiness.
That we place to much power on this position. That the person needs to be an American citizen and be a capitalist and not some extremists. Much of the bidden and democratic nominees have been socialist. That is ridiculous. The are all playing power politics.

If you are not a current senator, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Budget! And foreign affairs. With the budget committee we can institute change in society.

If you are a current senator, why did you join your current committees?

NA

Is there a particular senator, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Ted Kruz. I love to listen to this man speak. I agree with what he said, about the black out of classified info on the camera. When I saw this happen in 2020 I decided then and there because I heard them say, run for office. Senator Nixon from Missouri appointed my Uncle John to the board of governor's for the United states Post office. He donated to PACs. Remember he ran Springfield Underground.

How would you evaluate a judicial nominee?

Are you a liberal extremists Judge, or do you always apply the constitution. I want constitutional appointments. I also want the department of justice to enforce the laws on these political people. It is time that people must go to jail for their political actions. They have refused to prosecute the Biden family. The trump election was stolen... They have $35,000,000 in brides paid for the Russia hoax. And yet the federal government will not do anything.

What kind of relationships would you build with other senators?

I will be a strait to the hip, honest shooter. To many politicians lie and talk out both sides of there mouth. I refuse to do that. I want us to work with unity for the common good of America and not

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Sometimes you have to learn to say NO.

I always try and stay in a win - win scenario. But to many times in the last 50 years we have had to much negotiating.
For example when it come to fiscal insanity we must say no more.

What do you do when the other side is acting this way. We need a strong government to stand up to the world. And the leftest extreme has got to be told no to your special rights.

Parents want the ability to teach there children and have the right to go to church. Not to have them be told that you cannot discipline your children.

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Colorado's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Michael Bennet (D)

John Hickenlooper (D)

Representatives

District 1

Diana DeGette (D)

District 2

Joe Neguse (D)

District 3

Jeff Hurd (R)

District 4

Lauren Boebert (R)

District 5

Jeff Crank (R)

District 6

Jason Crow (D)

District 7

Brittany Pettersen (D)

District 8

Gabe Evans (R)

Democratic Party (6)

Republican Party (4)