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Lamborn may face primary
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| Last Edited | COSDem Jan 05, 2012 10:04pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, January 4, 2012 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Typically, incumbent members of Congress cruise through re-election cycles, especially through party-heavy districts like CD-5 in El Paso County and the surrounding area. But Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn may face a serious intra-party challenge this year, from a businessman who may be able to bypass the challenges of fundraising.
Robert Blaha, president of Human Capital Associates and vice chairman of the board of Integrity Bank and Trust, said Tuesday that he has formed an exploratory committee to look at a primary challenge to Lamborn, and will make an announcement sometime this month.
“Unless we weren’t absolutely serious about this, we wouldn’t be going down this road,” Blaha said Tuesday. “We’re in the process of examining a lot of information, polls, and focus groups and some other things. We’re doing some real hard ground work.”
A source in the county GOP party said Blaha could pose a real threat to Lamborn for two reasons: Lamborn is not universally loved among county Republicans, and Blaha is wealthy enough that he could likely self-fund his entire campaign. |
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