5th congressional district
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Colo. Supreme Court will review ballot challenge to Lamborn
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The Colorado Supreme Court will decide whether U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn stays on the primary ballot, or if a legal challenge over petition signatures will derail the Colorado Springs Republican’s bid for a seventh term. The high court on Monday agreed to review an appeal arguing that some of the signatures that secured Lamborn a…
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Lamborn will stay on ballot, judge rules; appeal planned
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn will stay on the Republican primary ballot, a Denver District Court judge ordered Tuesday afternoon in a lawsuit that sought to invalidate hundreds of signatures gathered on the six-term incumbent’s nominating petitions. But an attorney for the group of GOP voters who sued to remove Lamborn from the ballot said he…
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Lawsuit alleging petition fraud seeks to keep Lamborn from primary ballot
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DENVER – A lawsuit filed Tuesday by five Republican voters is asking a judge to remove U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn from the 5th Congressional District’s GOP primary ballot, alleging petition circulators hired by Lamborn didn’t meet legal requirements to gather signatures for his campaign. The lawsuit, filed in Denver District Court, claims Lamborn fell more…
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Republican Owen Hill lands Rand Paul endorsement in 5th Congressional District primary
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Calling him “one of the good Republicans,” Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul this week endorsed congressional candidate Owen Hill, a Colorado Springs state senator and one of U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn’s primary challengers. “He is a true constitutional conservative,” the libertarian-leaning Paul said in a 1-minute video released Wednesday by Hill’s campaign. “As you’ve seen the…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, April 1 edition
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FAMILIAR TERRITORY? … U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn learned this week that he successfully petitioned his way onto the Republican primary ballot and will be facing at least two GOP challengers in his bid for a seventh term representing the 5th Congressional District. It’s a familiar situation for Lamborn, who was first elected in 2006, to…
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Lamborn, DeGette challenger Rao qualify for primary ballot by petition
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Congressional candidates Doug Lamborn and Saira Rao will be on Colorado’s June primary ballot, the office of Secretary of State Wayne Willams said Thursday after ruling they submitted enough valid signatures on nominating petitions. Lamborn, a Colorado Springs Republican seeking his seventh term representing the 5th Congressional District, says he’ll pass on asking delegates for…
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Democratic congressional candidate Stephany Rose Spaulding turns in nominating petitions
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Congressional candidate Stephany Rose Spaulding, one of five Democrats running for the seat held by Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, on Monday turned in petitions bearing just over 1,500 signatures to the secretary of state’s office, her campaign said. Spaulding is the third candidate – and the first Democrat – in the 5th Congressional District…
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Lamborn challenger Owen Hill drops petitions, plans to seek ballot through GOP assembly
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State Sen. Owen Hill, one of four Republicans challenging U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, has dropped plans to circulate petitions and will put all his chips on the 5th Congressional District assembly to make the June primary ballot, the Colorado Springs lawmaker told Colorado Politics. A campaign spokesman for Lamborn, who turned in petitions to the…
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Saira Rao becomes first Democratic congressional candidate in Colorado to submit petitions
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Democrat Saira Rao on Monday submitted petitions to the secretary of state’s office to secure a spot on the 1st Congressional District primary ballot – becoming the second congressional candidate in Colorado to turn in signatures. “This campaign is about giving everyone a seat at the table and making Colorado a progressive leader in national…
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Republican Darryl Glenn qualifies for 5th Congressional District primary ballot by petition
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Republican congressional candidate Darryl Glenn will be on the primary ballot in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, the secretary of state’s office said Tuesday after ruling the El Paso County commissioner submitted a sufficient number of valid signatures on his petitions. Glenn, one of four Republicans challenging six-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, is the first candidate…
