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Doug Lamborn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Colorado's 5th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 4, 2007
Preceded byJoel Hefley
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJeanie Lamborn

Doug Lamborn (born May 24, 1954, Leavenworth, Kansas) is a Republican politician for the U.S. state of Colorado. He currently serves in the United States House of Representatives as the Congressman for Colorado's 5th congressional district, based in Colorado Springs.

Lamborn attended the University of Kansas as a National Merit Scholar, where he received a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1978 and graduated with his Juris Doctor in 1986. Lamborn practiced law as an attorney before entering politics. In 1995, he was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives and was elected Republican Whip in 1997. He successfully ran for a Colorado Senate seat in 1998, where he was elected President Pro-tem in 1999. Lamborn served in the Colorado Senate until winning a seat in Congress.[1] Lamborn was the ranking Republican on the Colorado State Military and Veterans Affairs, and Appropriations committees. While in the State Senate Lamborn sponsored the largest tax cut in Colorado State History, [2] and was named the highest-ranking tax cutter in the Senate five times, by the Colorado Union of Taxpayers.[1]

Lamborn has a conservative voting record [3] and opposes gun control, abortion except when the mother's life is threatened, federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, providing public benefits to illegal immigrants, and is an opponent of the new eminent domain rulings.[4]

2006 Election

Main article: Colorado 5th congressional district election, 2006

On February 16, 2006, Joel Hefley announced he would retire after 10 terms in Congress.[5] In the August 8 2006 Republican primary, Lamborn defeated five other candidates to win the party nomination. Outside organizations ran ads for and against the candidates in the race, some of whose claims were disputed in the close contest, creating contention. One of the most controversial came when, just before the election, the Christian Coalition of Colorado, which supported Doug Lamborn, sent out mailers claiming that Jeff Crank supported the "radical homosexual lobby." Leaders across the state denounced the accusation, but Lamborn did not. This controversy was compounded by the fact that the president of the Christian Coalition of Colorado was Lamborn's campaign manager's brother. Lamborn denied any personal involvement, saying, "The strongest thing I ever said about my opponents in debate was that some tried to raise taxes,"[6] but Colorado State Senate Minority Leader Andy McElhany has said he believes that Lamborn's team was behind the last-minute attack. [7]

Lamborn earned the endorsement in the primary of numerous national organizations, including National Right to Life, National Pro-life Alliance, [8] National Rifle Association, Gunowners of America, [9] Club for Growth, National Right to Work, Eagle Forum, and Minuteman PAC. [10] The Democratic nominee for the open seat in Colorado's 5th congressional district was Jay Fawcett. Lamborn won the election on November 7 2006 with 59% voting for Lamborn and 40% voting for Fawcett.

2008 Election

Jeff Crank and Bentley Rayburn have both announced that they will challenge Lamborn in the 2008 Republican primary. Both lost to Lamborn in the 2006 primary.

In an unusual step, the Colorado Republican Party announced it wouldn't endorse Lamborn, in part due to the acrimony still lingering from the primary. [11]

Accomplishments

In the 110th Congress, Lamborn is serving on the Armed Services, Natural Resources and Veterans Affairs committees. He is the only freshman Republican to gain a seat on the Armed Services Committee. As well, Lamborn is one of only nine freshmen out of more than 50 to be given either a chairmanship or ranking member status of a subcommittee. [12]

Lamborn has accumulated a conservative voting record. Congressional quarterly said that through the first August recess, Lamborn had voted against the Democratic agenda in the U.S. House more than any other Republican.[3] Lamborn led an effort among conservative Republicans to force the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to discard proposed regulations that would have affected accessibility to small arms ammunition, which were opposed by Second Amendment groups.[13]

Voice mail controversy

On August 24, Jonathan Bartha, who works for Focus on the Family (headquartered in Colorado Springs), and his wife Anna wrote a letter to the editor in a community newspaper expressing concerns about Lamborn's opposition to more restrictions on dog fighting. They were also concerned that he'd taken several campaign contributions from the gaming industry. A few days later, Lamborn left two voice mails threatening "consequences" if they didn't renounce their "blatantly false" letter. He also said that he would be "forced to take other steps" if the matter wasn't resolved "on a Scriptural level."[14] The Barthas were shocked by the messages, and Anna Bartha called Lamborn's behavior "not anything we would ever anticipate an elected official would pursue."[15]

References

  1. ^ a b About Rep. Lamborn Retrieved May 10, 2007
  2. ^ The Club For Growth — Doug Lamborn — Colorado's 5th District Retrieved May 11, 2007
  3. ^ a b Giroux, Greg (August 10, 2007). "CQPolitics.com Candidate Watch". Congressional Quarterly.
  4. ^ Rep. Elect Doug Lamborn Congressional Quarterly November 8, 2006
  5. ^ Sprengelmeyer, M.E. (17 Feb 2006). "Hefley calls it a career". Rocky Mountain News.
  6. ^ Foster, Dick (October 18, 2006). "Reagan's vision drew Lamborn to political life". Rocky Mountain News.
  7. ^ Republican Jeff Crank Unfairly Attacked by Christian Coalition of Colorado, Kouri, Jim, August 1, 2006.
  8. ^ Rep. Doug Lamborn on Pro Life Issues Retrieved November 3, 2007
  9. ^ Rep. Doug Lamborn on Guns and the Second Amendment Retrieved November 3, 2007
  10. ^ Doug Lamborn: More Support for Doug Lamborn Retrieved November 3, 2007
  11. ^ http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/1107/Colorado_GOP_not_endorsing_Lamborn_for_reelection_in_primary.html
  12. ^ Congressman Doug Lamborn To Serve As Acting Ranking Member Of The Water And Power Subcommittee Representative Doug Lamborn. May 23, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2007
  13. ^ Labor Department Announces It Will Revise Overreaching OSHA Explosives Rule Retrieved September 24, 2007
  14. ^ http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_6781394
  15. ^ http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_6782060


Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Colorado's 5th congressional district
2007–present 		Incumbent

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