5th congressional district
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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…
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Colorado Springs CD5 candidate Stephany Rose Spaulding highlighted in Washington Post
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Stephany Rose Spaulding had a chance to speak for black women’s struggles and power via the Washington Post Monday, as the paper reported from the first Power Rising conference in Atlanta. The three-day event attracted more than 1,000 women to connect and bond on issues of empowerment and their experiences. The paper turned first to…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 18 edition
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THEY GRABBED A CLIPBOARD … It looks like a lot of Coloradans took the advice of a certain soon-to-be-former president. In his farewell address, delivered just over a week before leaving office, President Barack Obama said an oft-quoted line – “If you’re disappointed by your elected officials, grab a clipboard, get some signatures, and run…
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Republican congressional candidate Darryl Glenn first to submit nominating petitions
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Republican congressional candidate Darryl Glenn this week became the first candidate in Colorado to submit petitions signatures for the June primary ballot, ahead of the three other Republicans petitioning in the 5th Congressional District and dozens of other candidates circulating petitions to qualify for the primary. “We like to lead from the front,” Glenn, an…
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Lamborn challenger Owen Hill blasts GOP incumbent’s position on pot enforcement
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State Sen. Owen Hill, a Colorado Springs Republican challenging U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in a primary, on Monday called on the federal government to keep its hands off Colorado’s legalized marijuana industry and tore into Lamborn for welcoming a recent shift in policy that could lead to a federal crackdown. “Doug Lamborn is coming out in…
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Doug Lamborn to Fremont County GOP: Dems caved, Republicans stood tall on shutdown
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The 5th Congressional District’s U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn took to Cañon City this week to recap what had happened during the federal government shutdown: The Democrats “caved in” while Republicans stood for “principle,” he reportedly told a room of Fremont County Republicans. The Cañon City Daily Record was on hand Tuesday to record Lamborn’s remarks.…