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Doug Lamborn And The Little People Of Lilliput

By | 09.25.07 | 2:47 pm

It’s not yet October. Next year’s primary isn’t even on the far side of the horizon. The general election is a year and more than two months away. And already we are in the twilight zone — actually make that…

Lamborn Lambastes Iran Prez – And More

By | 09.24.07 | 6:46 pm

Like just about everyone on every side of the political aisle, Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn jumped on the bashing bandwagon to denounce Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the fact that he was invited to Columbia University to give a…

Lamborn, Crank & (Maybe) Rayburn: Six or Half-Dozen?

By | 09.23.07 | 2:44 pm

Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Bentley Rayburn is, according to a headline in the Denver Post last week, jumping into the race to take on Rep. Doug Lamborn and Jeff Crank – who announced in early August his own…

Honest Campaigning? Only Time Will Tell

By | 08.10.07 | 6:21 pm

Two days after the chairman of El Paso County’s GOP laid down the gauntlet, warning that the Party will not tolerate false or misleading statements or dishonest attacks by fellow Republicans, it remains unknown whether the message will prove…

GOP Chair Warns Against ‘Dishonest Attacks’

By | 08.09.07 | 4:37 pm

The day that Republican Jeff Crank announced his intention to go round two with freshman Rep. Doug Lamborn in Colorado’s conservative 5th Congressional District, the chairman El Paso County’s GOP issued a letter to voters in the district’s five…

UPDATE: Jeff Crank To Challenge Lamborn

By | 08.08.07 | 2:45 pm

After months of speculation over whether Jeff Crank will come back for a rematch, it’s official.

Crank announced today, Aug. 8, that he plans to challenge freshman Congressman Doug Lamborn in the 2008 Republican primary in Colorado’s 5th…

Is Doug Lamborn Looking For A Fight?

By | 08.03.07 | 11:36 am

Is Doug Lamborn looking for a fight?

He sure is acting like it.

With six months inside the Beltway, the freshman congressman from Colorado Springs spent more tax money to send mail to his constituents than any other…

Crank And Rayburn Circling Lamborn

By | 07.18.07 | 3:03 pm

Freshman Congressman Doug Lamborn has had a week’s worth of drubbing. First was the news that he spent nearly $42,000 on taxpayer-funded mailings to constituents in his conservative district in his first three months in office -

Rayburn Not Running

By | 05.14.07 | 5:27 pm

UPDATE: John Suthers’ spokesman says his boss has “no interest” in challenging Bob Schaffer. Click here for full report.

Bentley Rayburn, the retired Air Force Major General who captivated 5th Congressional District Republicans last year, said today…