Ed Jones, the former Republican state senator and El Paso County commissioner, has sent out word that he’s making an announcement Monday, apparently confirming his plans to run for the commissioner District 5 seat being vacated by term-limited Jim Bensberg, The Colorado Independent reports. Jones has been off the political stage since losing his Senate seat in 2006 to Democrat John Morse, now the Senate majority leader. Jones had served two terms as a county commissioner before moving up to the state Senate from 2002 to 2006.