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Trail Mix: Can’t keep track? Follow the string
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You know the familiar creepy scene in crime dramas when we discover the culprit’s lair and get a glimpse into the twisted mind behind the mayhem we’ve been witnessing? There’s usually a wall covered with photos and newspaper clips – though, to be fair, those might brand it as a period piece these days –…
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Lamborn stays on primary ballot after courts deny last-ditch appeals
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After a pair of lawsuits finally finished working their way through state and federal courts on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn has found himself back where he was a month ago: On the June primary ballot, running for a seventh term. Those lawsuits yielded a mountain of documents, a blizzard of insults, as many close…
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Judge denies Hill’s bid to intervene in Lamborn’s lawsuit over ouster from primary
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A federal judge ruled over the weekend that state Sen. Owen Hill and a group of fellow Republicans won’t be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit filed by U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in the six-term GOP incumbent’s bid to get back on the primary ballot after the Colorado Supreme Court removed him. It’s the latest…
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Owen Hill wants to intervene in federal lawsuit that could keep Doug Lamborn off ballot
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Owen Hill, a Republican challenging U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, wants to oppose Lamborn in federal court in a case that could keep the six-term incumbent off the June primary ballot. Hill, a Colorado Springs state senator and one of four Republicans trying to unseat Lamborn, plans to file a motion to intervene in the U.S.…
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Doug Robinson is on the ballot in GOP gubernatorial primary
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A Denver District Court declared Wednesday afternoon that businessman Doug Robinson has qualified for the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot just five days after state officials ruled he didn’t submit enough signatures on his nominating petitions. Judge Ross Buchanan accepted an agreement reached between Robinson and Secretary of State Wayne Williams allowing Williams to count 40…
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What’s next for Lamborn? Questions & answers on Colo.’s ballot mess
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So what lies ahead for U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn? The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ordered state officials to leave the Colorado Springs congressman’s name off the Republican primary ballot, causing jaws to drop and heads to spin. Almost immediately, attorneys for the six-term representative vowed to take their case to federal court, where they…
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Colo. Supreme Court rules Doug Lamborn didn’t make primary ballot
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In a stunning decision, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn didn’t gather enough valid petition signatures to qualify for the June primary ballot in his bid for a seventh term. Lamborn, however, plans to “immediately” file a federal lawsuit challenging the Colorado law that could keep him off the…
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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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Stapleton wants to intervene in lawsuit challenging Lamborn’s petitions
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Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton is asking to intervene in a lawsuit filed last week seeking to remove U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn from the 5th Congressional District’s GOP primary ballot – a suit that alleges some signatures on Lamborn’s petitions placing him on the ballot were gathered improperly. Five Republican voters have sued Colorado Secretary…
