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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn launches bid for reelection, weighs petitioning onto primary ballot

Jan 10, 2018

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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…

Gold Star father Khizr Khan endorses Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow

Dec 29, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The Gold Star father who came under attack from Donald Trump last year after offering to lend the Republican presidential candidate a copy of the Constitution sent out a fundraising email Friday for Jason Crow, a Democratic running in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District. “Jason Crow is someone who goes where the fight is,” wrote Khizr…

Republican committee member challenges results of House District 14 vacancy election

Dec 23, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A member of the House District 14 Republican vacancy committee on Friday challenged Thursday night’s election of Shane Sandridge to the Colorado House of Representatives alleging another committee member was ineligible to participate and arguing Sandridge fell one vote short of the required majority. The vacancy committee picked Sandridge from a field of five candidates…

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…

Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser plans to petition, keep caucus option open

Dec 21, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Phil Weiser, one of five Democrats running for attorney general, told supporters Wednesday to plan on helping him petition onto the primary ballot starting next month, but he also encouraged them to attend precinct caucuses and higher assemblies, potentially another route to the primary. A spokesman for Weiser told Colorado Politics the candidate intends to…

‘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…

Buoyed by 2016 senate bid that fell short, Darryl Glenn back in the running

Sep 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Congressional candidate Darryl Glenn likes to tell a story about a woman he met at a farmer’s market earlier this summer. “She was an older black lady, independent,” he says. “I stopped by and introduced myself, and she was like, ‘You’re a – Republican?’” He scowled like he was sniffing a carton of milk…

Republicans Jerry Natividad, Mark Barrington weigh run against U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter

Sep 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Two Lakewood Republicans are considering whether to challenge U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter’s bid for a seventh term in the 7th Congressional District, Colorado Politics has learned. Jerry Natividad, who mounted a brief campaign last year for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Michael Bennet, and Mark Barrington, who has run for legislative and city…

Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand juggling obligations to run for Congress

Aug 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Tom Strand isn’t planning on giving up his seat on the Colorado Springs City Council to run for Congress against Republican Doug Lamborn, the entrenched 5th Congressional District incumbent up for election next year. Strand said his obligations to the council – he was elected as an at-large member in 2015, and as chairman of…