Doug Lamborn

The Honorable Doug Lamborn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 5th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2007
Preceded by	Joel Hefley
Member of the Colorado Senate from the 9th district
In office 1998–2007
Preceded by	Charles Duke[1]
Succeeded by	David Schultheis[2]
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 20th district
In office 1995–1998
Preceded by	Charles Duke
Succeeded by	Lynn Hefley[3]
Personal details
Born	May 24, 1954 (1954-05-24) (age 57) Leavenworth, Kansas
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Jeanie Lamborn
Residence	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Alma mater	University of Kansas
Occupation	attorney
Religion	Non-denominational Protestant

Doug Lamborn (born May 24, 1954) is the U.S. Representative for Colorado's 5th congressional district, in office since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is based in Colorado Springs.

Early life, education, and early career

Lamborn was born in Leavenworth, Kansas. He attended the University of Kansas where he received a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1978 and graduated with his Juris Doctor in 1986. Lamborn practiced law before entering politics.

Colorado legislature

In 1994, Lamborn 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.^[4] 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,^[5] and was named the highest-ranking tax cutter in the Senate five times, by a conservative activist group called the Colorado Union of Taxpayers.^[4]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2006

Main article: Colorado 5th congressional district election, 2006

On February 16, 2006, Joel Hefley announced he would retire after 10 terms in Congress.^[6] In the August 8, 2006 Republican primary, Lamborn defeated five other candidates to win the party nomination, includling one supported by Hefley.

Lamborn ran on conservative positions:^[7] opposing 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 new eminent domain rulings.^[8]

Lamborn earned the endorsement in the primary of numerous national organizations, including National Right to Life, National Pro-life Alliance,^[9] National Rifle Association, Gunowners of America,^[10] Club for Growth, National Right to Work, Eagle Forum, and Minuteman PAC.^[11] He ran against Jay Fawcett, the Democratic nominee for the open seat in Colorado's 5th congressional district. Lamborn won the election on November 7, 2006.

2008

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, 2008#District 5

Jeff Crank and Bentley Rayburn both challenged Lamborn in the 2008 Republican primary. Both lost to Lamborn in the 2006 primary. Lamborn won the primary election on August 12, 2008 with 45 percent^[12] of the 56,171 votes cast. Crank got 29 percent and Rayburn got 26 percent. Lamborn defeated Democratic challenger Hal Bidlack in the 2008 election.

2010

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, 2010#District 5

Lamborn was challenged by Democratic nominee Kevin Bradley, Libertarian nominee Jerell Klaver, and American Constitution Party nominee Brian "Barron X" Scott. He won re-election.

Tenure

An office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was established in Colorado Springs in Lamborn's district. The office opened in February 2009 and increased 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. However this would not place in jeopardy employers who hire illegal immigrants in the first place or who pay these workers without any withholding tax or below the minimum wage.^[13]

There has also been a Brigade Combat Team in his district since December 2007. The Brigade Combat Team consisting of almost 5,000 soldiers, their families, support personnel as well as increased military construction.^[14]

Congressional Quarterly said that through the first August recess, Lamborn had voted by strict partisan lines the most of any member in the U.S. House and more than any other Republican.^[7] 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.^[15] In February 2010, The National Journal named Lamborn the most conservative member of the U.S. House of Representatives.^[16]

Lamborn is one of the House Republicans leading the effort against public funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and NPR (National Public Radio). "I have been seeking to push Big Bird out of the nest for over a year, based on the simple fact that we can no longer afford to spend taxpayer dollars on nonessential government programs. It's time for Big Bird to earn his wings and learn to fly on his own." ^[17]

On August 24, 2007, 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." 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."^[18]

Committee assignments

• Committee on Armed Services
  • Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
  • Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
• Committee on Natural Resources
  • Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (Chairman)
  • Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
• Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
  • Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
  • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
• Republican Study Committee

Caucus memberships

• Congressional Constitution Caucus
• House Sovereignty Caucus (Co-Founder)
• International Conservation Caucus
• Republican Israel Caucus (Co-Chair)
• Tea Party Caucus
• United Kingdom Caucus

References

1. ^ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=CSGB&d_place=CSGB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F34B8ED282BFECF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
2. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6737
3. ^ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=CSGB&d_place=CSGB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F34B8ED8CF898F0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
4. ^ ^{a b} About Rep. Lamborn Retrieved May 10, 2007 Archived February 9, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ The Club For Growth — Doug Lamborn — Colorado's 5th District Retrieved May 11, 2007^{[dead link]}
6. ^ Sprengelmeyer, M.E. (2006-02-17). "Hefley calls it a career". Rocky Mountain News. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/elections/article/0,2808,DRMN_24736_4474520,00.html. 
7. ^ ^{a b} Giroux, Greg (2007-08-10). "CQPolitics.com Candidate Watch". Congressional Quarterly. http://fe30.news.sp1.yahoo.com/s/cq/20070811/pl_cq_politics/cqpoliticscomcandidatewatch. 
8. ^ Rep. Elect Doug Lamborn Congressional Quarterly November 8, 2006
9. ^ Rep. Doug Lamborn on Pro Life Issues. Retrieved November 3, 2007.^{[dead link]}
10. ^ Rep. Doug Lamborn on Guns and the Second Amendment. Retrieved November 3, 2007.^{[dead link]}
11. ^ Doug Lamborn: More Support for Doug Lamborn. Retrieved November 3, 2007. Archived September 10, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
12. ^ The Hill
13. ^ ICE Office, More Agents Slated For Springs. Retrieved January 19, 2007.
14. ^ Post Heads For 30,000. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
15. ^ Labor Department Announces It Will Revise Overreaching OSHA Explosives Rule. National Rifle Association of America, Institute for Legislative Action. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
16. ^ "POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Lamborn ranked most conservative in Congress | lamborn, ranked, political - Colorado Politics - Colorado Springs Gazette, CO". Gazette.com. 2010-02-26. http://www.gazette.com/articles/lamborn-94813-ranked-political.html. Retrieved 2010-08-23. 
17. ^ "NPR CEO Vivian Schiller's Ouster May Be Last Straw for Taxpayer Funding" AOL News. March 9, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
18. ^ "Lamborn message has couple in dismay". Denver Post. http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_6782060. Retrieved 4 August 2011. 

External links

• U.S. Representative Doug Lamborn official U.S. House site
• Doug Lamborn for Congress official campaign site
• Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Congressional profile at GovTrack
• Congressional profile at OpenCongress
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Campaign contributions at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Joel Hefley	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 5th congressional district 2007–present	Incumbent
United States order of precedence
Preceded by Jim Jordan R-Ohio	United States Representatives by seniority 278th	Succeeded by Dave Loebsack D-Iowa

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Name	Lamborn, Doug
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Date of birth	May 24, 1954
Place of birth	Leavenworth, Kansas
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