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Republican congressional candidate Darryl Glenn first to submit nominating petitions

Feb 14, 2018

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Ernest Luning

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…
Lamborn challenger Owen Hill blasts GOP incumbent’s position on pot enforcement

Feb 12, 2018

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Ernest Luning

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…
Coffman challenger Jason Crow leads state congressional candidates in quarterly fundraising

Feb 1, 2018

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Ernest Luning

The battle for Colorado’s 6th Congressional District is shaping up to be an expensive one. Democrat Jason Crow, one of Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman’s challengers for the swing seat, raised more in campaign contributions than any other congressional candidate in the state for the quarter that ended the year – and Coffman came in…
Lamborn primary challenger Bill Rhea calls on Trump to resign over vulgar immigration remarks

Jan 17, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Bill Rhea, one of three Republicans challenging six-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in a primary, on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump to resign in the wake of an ongoing furor ignited by Trump’s use of the term “shithole” to describe African countries during an Oval Office discussion about U.S. immigration policy. “I am…
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn launches bid for reelection, weighs petitioning onto primary ballot

Jan 10, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Calling himself a “proven and reliable conservative” and a friend of the Trump administration, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn made it official Tuesday: the Colorado Springs Republican is running for a seventh term representing the 5th Congressional District. Lamborn, who is facing three primary challengers, is considering whether to petition for a spot on the June…
Republican congressional candidate Owen Hill to accept campaign contributions in bitcoin

Jan 4, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Republican congressional candidate Owen Hill is accepting campaign contributions in bitcoin – to encourage participation in his race by the widest possible audience, the Colorado Springs state senator said Wednesday. Starting this week, donors to Hill, challenging U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in a crowded GOP primary, can send money his way using a check, credit…
Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand abandons primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn

Dec 23, 2017

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Conrad Swanson

Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand is ending his bid to unseat incumbent Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn before it began. “The pieces for ’18 just didn’t roll together. … It seemed like I was trying to put a square peg in a round hole to make this happen,” Strand said Friday of his decision not…
‘You are the swamp’: Conservative leaders demand Mitch McConnell step aside, cite failure to support Darryl Glenn

Oct 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A group of nationally prominent conservative organizers on Wednesday called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican Senate leaders to resign, charging they’ve failed to pass any substantive legislation even as the GOP controls every branch of government. “Republicans were given full control of the federal government,” the leading conservatives wrote in a…
Retired Texas judge, former missionary Bill Rhea launches ‘centrist Republican’ challenge to Doug Lamborn

Oct 11, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Calling himself a “distinctly centrist Republican,” retired Texas judge Bill Rhea on Tuesday jumped in the crowded GOP primary for the 5th Congressional District seat held by five-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn. Rhea plans to focus his campaign on what he terms “a needed renewal of the core values of the Republican Party,” as…