Doug Lamborn
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 5th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Joel Hefley |
| Member of the Colorado Senate from the 9th district |
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In office 1998–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Duke |
| Succeeded by | David Schultheis |
| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 20th district |
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In office 1995–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Duke |
| Succeeded by | Lynn Hefley |
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May 24, 1954 Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanie Lamborn |
| Alma mater | University of Kansas, Lawrence (BS, JD) |
Douglas L. "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.
Born in Leavenworth, Kansas, Lamborn earned a B.S. in journalism from the University of Kansas in 1978 and J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1985. Lamborn moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado and became a private attorney focusing on business and real estate law.
In 1994, Lamborn was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives. In 1998, he was elected to the Colorado State Senate.
He was elected Republican House Whip in 1997. He was elected Senate President Pro-tem in 1999. Lamborn served in the Colorado Senate until winning a seat in Congress.
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 a conservative activist group called the Colorado Union of Taxpayers.
Lamborn was the ranking Republican on the Colorado State Military and Veterans Affairs, and Appropriations committees.
On February 16, 2006, Joel Hefley announced he would retire after 10 terms in Congress.
In the Republican primary to succeed him, Hefley backed his long-time aide, former administrative director Jeff Crank. The election was held on August 8, 2006, with Lamborn defeating Crank and four other candidates to win the party nomination in a contentious six-way race. In the Republican primary, Lamborn ran on conservative positions: opposing gun control, abortion except when the mother's life is threatened, federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, not providing public benefits to illegal immigrants, and new eminent domain rulings.
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