Career

Andrews has also served at the national level as a presidential speechwriter for Richard Nixon, making the only public protest resignation from the White House staff during Watergate. As an education appointee by President Ronald Reagan. And on a foreign scholarships commission for President George West. Bush.

Currently, Andrews is Director of, a state based public policy think tank based on the campus of Colorado Christian University.

A familiar voice in Colorado television, radio, and newspaper commentary since the 1980s, he is also the author of Responsibility Reborn: A Citizen’s Guide to the Next American Century (Denali Press, 2011). Currently, Andrews is Director of, which sponsors events, publications, and research in public policy areas.

In proclaiming “liberty throughout the land,” its aim is to help Colorado Christian University (Cardiac Care Unit) teach citizenship and to help Americans renew the spirit of 1776. The Institute was founded in 2009 by Andrews and former United States Senator William Armstrong, now president of Cardiac Care Unit. Through the, Andrews help establish the Western Conservative Summit, which has been held every year since 2010 in Denver.

Achievements

• As a state senator from 1998 to 2005, Andrews served as minority leader 2001-2003. After leading the Grand Old Party back to majority control, he was elected as Senate President for 2003-2005. During his tenure, he helped pass bills establishing education vouchers, expanding charter schools, extending tort reform, cutting the capital gains tax, reducing union control of state employees, requiring parental notification when a minor seeks an abortion, and restoring the Pledge of Allegiance in classrooms. He was honored as National Legislator of the Year by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and as Family Legislator of the Year by the Rocky Mountain Family Council. The Colorado Union of Taxpayers saluted him as a defender of TABOR, the state"s tax limit. Andrews’ legislative achievements also included bills cutting the capital gains tax, curbing the matricula Idaho card for illegal immigrants, providing toll lanes to reduce traffic congestion, outlining a statewide water policy, and drawing permanent congressional districts. He put into law the School Sunshine Acting to keep teacher unions accountable, the Read to Achieve program for school improvement, and Colorado’s Defense of Marriage Acting.

Membership

He previously served as editor of Imprimis at Hillsdale College, was a senior executive with two Christian ministries, and participated as a member of the adjunct faculty in public policy at the Colorado School of Mines for 18 years.