Lamborn ekes out GOP primary win in 5th Congressional District
In Congressional District 5, Tuesday’s primary election was so close that it wasn’t until 10:45 p.m. that retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Bentley Rayburn finally congratulated incumbent Rep. Doug Lamborn,...
View ArticleIrv Halter, next electoral opponent for embattled Rep. Lamborn, woos Republicans
Colorado congressman Doug Lamborn inched past retired Air Force General Bentley Rayburn in Tuesday’s Republican primary election, notching just 52 percent of the vote, and his general election...
View ArticleDemocrat takes fundraising lead in Colorado Springs
IN the deeply red 5th congressional district, it’s Democratic challenger Irv Halter who has the fundraising edge over Republican incumbent Rep. Doug Lamborn. New FEC reports released on Tuesday show...
View ArticleFor Colorado congressman on the defensive, VA reform bill couldn’t come soon...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday to reform the troubled Veterans Affairs department. It’s expected to quickly clear the Senate and head to the desk of President Obama who has...
View ArticleLamborn says no problems at local VA, others beg to differ
AS the Colorado Independent reported last week, Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado’s 5th Congressional District has been taking some heat in connection with the shortcomings of the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleDeadend Democrats
Colorado’s 5th Congressional District is about as red as they come. It’s home to the conservative Christian non-profit Focus on the Family, multiple military installations and a total of zero...
View ArticleLamborn won’t debate the upstart
Rep. Doug Lamborn’s spokesman told The Gazette that the Republican congressman wouldn’t debate Democrat Irv Halter, the retired Air Force major general who’s trying to give him a run for his money....
View ArticleRep. Lamborn urging generals who disagree with Obama to resign
Colorado U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn said that “behind the scenes” he and other Republican members of Congress were encouraging military officers to resign in protest over President Obama’s foreign...
View ArticleState GOPers put distance between themselves and Lamborn remarks
“I know better.” “There’s no room for that.” “He’s an embarrassment.” Those are some of the phrases with which state Republicans are putting space between themselves and the comments Congressman Doug...
View ArticleKeefe on Lamborn leadership
The Colorado Independent cartoonist’s take on 5th District Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn, who this month revealed his own special plan on how to set military policy for the nation.
View ArticleColorado Springs group skewers Lamborn for “chickening out” of public debate
Only one of the two candidates running to represent Colorado’s 5th Congressional District participated in the only public forum of the general election season, which was held at Penrose Library in...
View ArticleDemocrat Halter poses conservative challenge to Lamborn
Home to a sizable military and evangelical constituency, Colorado’s 5th is one of the most conservative congressional districts in the country. U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn is running for a fifth term,...
View Article‘Last time I saw Lamborn at a Town Hall was in 2010!’
On Election Night, Christy LeLait, executive director of Peak Dems, groaned at the thought of being represented in Congress for two more years by Doug Lamborn. “We need someone who can actually...
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Rep. Lamborn surveys constituents on coming Obama immigration action
Congressman Doug Lamborn represents Colorado’s deep-red 5th district centered around Colorado Springs. He is Colorado’s member of what conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer once derided as the...
View ArticleWATCH: Udall responds to CIA torture report
After a seven month battle over redactions, hundreds of thousands of petitioners and polling that showed nearly 70 percent of Americans supported it, the Senate Intelligence Committee has released the...
View ArticleOn ‘Cromnibus,’ Lamborn, Polis at polar ends of opposition, but in general...
The so-called Cromnibus government-funding bill passed in the House last night. It was a tight vote that saw hardline conservatives and progressives oppose an enormous bill that, on the one hand, did...
View ArticleLiving off politics: Why the Lamborn campaign loan story matters
Doug Lamborn might be a heavy-handed, often pandering congressman with a bumbling streak, but because he’s a Republican who represents Colorado Springs, he’s about as politically safe as a politician...
View Article‘Change Washington culture’ with anti-Obamacare vote number 67
On Tuesday, House Republicans climbed back on the treadmill. They held their 67th vote to repeal, defund or otherwise weaken Obamacare. This, despite the fact that 19 million Americans will be enrolled...
View ArticleRepublicans at pains to turn FCC net neutrality ruling into shadowy ‘internet...
The Federal Communications Commission Thursday made an historic ruling in favor of “net neutrality,” which is shorthand for protecting web users from a two-tiered fast-slow internet that would deliver...
View ArticleSwing-state Colorado U.S. Congress members clash over latest anti-abortion bill
DENVER — Abortion bills are pouring down on Colorado like spring rain on the Northern Front Range. First, reproductive-health politics dominated the end of the 2015 Colorado legislative session, and...
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