A shepherd in the trenches: Rep. Scott Bottoms answers the call to fight for Colorado
By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice
El Paso County Republican Rep. Scott Bottoms walked the quiet State Capitol halls with his wife, prayers filling the empty space. They spent hours there—no fanfare, just a pastor seeking God’s will on a new path after years of preaching in Colorado Springs.
Several lawmakers asked him to run for office. “I’m a pastor,” he told them. One replied, “Pray about it.” That stuck. “I almost said no,” Bottoms said. “I was scared God might say yes.”
“I didn’t choose this,” Bottoms said. “I felt God say, ‘This is your battlefield.’”
He said what no one else would
Bottoms caught the attention of millions across the country with a speech that went viral on X last fall. “Our state is running rampant with pedophilia,”...
