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Daniel Cole is a translator, political activist, and columnist for the Colorado Springs Gazette. His literary criticism has appeared in the orthodox Catholic newspaper, The Wanderer.

In 2008, Cole formed Citizens for Cost Effective Government, a PAC initially meant to defeat El Paso County ballot initiative 1A. The ballot measure asked voters to increase taxes by 1%, which was expected to raise 75 million dollars a year but was defeated by a vote of 59 to 41. In 2009, Cole's organization ran a campaign against a city ballot measure, also numbered 1A, which asked voters to extend a mill levy through Decmber 2025, using the funds to "create, attract and retain primary jobs." The measure lost 62 to 38.

While working on the 2008 1A campaign, Cole also worked on a campaign for Jeff Crank in Colorado's 5th congressional district. Crank lost to incumbent Doug Lamborn in the Republican primary. Lamborn went on to win the election. Cole then ran a successful state senatorial campaign for Keith King in Colorado's senate district 12.