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Lionel Rivera
Descriptions of Colorado Springs Mayor Lionel Rivera range from smart to calculating to ambitious. Rivera was one of the last to jump into...
Bentley Rayburn, it seems, wants to represent just about every conservative in America. Oh yeah, and in the 5th Congressional District too.
Rayburn didn't even...
Duncan Bremer:
Duncan Bremer's a former two-term El Paso County Commissioner who left public office in 2003. He's been lawyering in his own practice ever...
The six Republicans
John Anderson:
Elected El Paso County Sheriff in 1994, Anderson used to be the darling of the Pikes Peak Firearms Coalition. Soon after...
The acrimony between the campaigns of 5th Congressional Republican candidates Jeff Crank and Doug Lamborn is reaching a zenith, with the two camps continuing...
As the six-man primary in the Republican-dominated 5th Congressional District heads into the final stretch, the alliances are becoming real head-scratchers.
Take a letter,...
This was the typical stuff oozing out of yesterday's 5th Congressional candidates forum at Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado Springs, as detailed...