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Lauren Nelson

County Commissioner, Vice Chair · El Paso County Board of County Commissioners · District 5

🗳 On the ballot Nov 3: El Paso County Commissioner, District 5

Votes on cases StandLocal tracks, recorded from public meetings with a source for each. This isn’t a full record of every vote this official has cast. Where they said something in public about a vote, it’s shown with it.

Yes 1
Grant Buc-ee's appeal (APP261): the travel center may be treated as an allowed use in C-1 zoning, as similar to uses already permitted there
El Paso County Board of County Commissioners · Motion passed · Made the motion
Yes
What they said
Candidate forum · Reported Sep 22, 2026
“I am a huge private property rights advocate.”

At a League of Women Voters candidate forum, defended the decision as based on the criteria and the evidence in the record, and called herself a strong advocate of private property rights.

Matches the voteConsistent with her yes vote on the appeal.Colorado Times Recorder ↗
At a public hearing · Aug 27, 2026
“This 30 acres has been zoned commercial for 68 years.”

Made the motion to grant the appeal, based on the project’s similarity to uses already allowed in C-1 zoning and the site’s long history of commercial zoning.

Matches the voteSaid while explaining her yes vote.The Monument Independent ↗

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