Everything about Doug Lamborn totally explained
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. He has been assigned to the
Armed Services Committee, the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and the
Committee on Natural Resources.
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. 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, and was named the highest-ranking tax cutter in the Senate five times, by the Colorado Union of Taxpayers.
Accomplishments
With help from Congressman Lamborn, an office of the
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was established in
Colorado Springs. The office is expected to open in February 2009 and will increase immigration enforcement agents in the area from two to ten. “The immediate need is to address those that have committed a crime and make sure they’re sent out of the country,” Lamborn said.
Congressman Lamborn was instrumental in bringing a Brigade Combat Team to his district in December, 2007. The Brigade Combat Team consisting of almost 5,000 soldiers, their families, support personnel as well as increased military construction.
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. 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.
Committee Assignments
- Armed Services Committee
- Readiness Subcommittee
- Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee
- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
- Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (Ranking Member)
- Committee on Natural Resources
- Subcommittee on Water and Power
- Subcommittee on National Parks Forests and Public Lands
Elections
2006 Election
On
February 16,
2006,
Joel Hefley announced he'd retire after 10 terms in Congress. 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." Lamborn denied any personal involvement, saying, "The strongest thing I ever said about my opponents in debate was that some tried to raise taxes,"
Lamborn earned the endorsement in the primary of numerous national organizations, including National Right to Life, National Pro-life Alliance, National Rifle Association, Gunowners of America, Club for Growth, National Right to Work, Eagle Forum, and Minuteman PAC. 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 that'll challenge Lamborn in the 2008 Republican primary. Both lost to Lamborn in the 2006 primary.
The Colorado Republican Party announced it wouldn't endorse Lamborn in the primary because he's challengers. Colorado GOP Chairman Dick Wadhams explained the decision by saying, "It's one of those situations where the party is so divided...that there's no advantage getting involved one way or another."
The Primary Election is on August 12, 2008.
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 Congressman Lamborn's taking several campaign contributions from the gaming industry. A few days later, Lamborn left two voice mails saying that there are "consequences" if they didn't renounce their "blatantly false" letter. He also said that he'd be "forced to take other steps" if the matter wasn't resolved "on a Scriptural level". Congressman Lamborn claims that he returned said donations, and some have suggested that the Barthas didn't understand how Federal Election Committee finance reports work. “Federal Elections Commission records aren’t clear enough for the average person” said El Paso Country GOP Chairman Greg Garcia. Garcia also added that he’s convinced Lamborn didn't accept campaign contributions from gaming companies.
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