Lamborn looks for new way onto ballot

COLORADO SPRINGS - Rep. Doug Lamborn will petition onto the ballot instead of going through the assembly process. Lamborn faces Jeff Crank, a former top aide to Rep. Joel Hefley, and retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Bentley Rayburn in the race for the 5th Congessional District.

In a letter to friends and supporters, Lamborn said the El Paso County Republican Party was overwelmed when six times the normal amount of Republicans showed up for caucuses.

“This overwhelmed the ability of the county party to adequately monitor and track delegate information ...’’ the letter said.

The El Paso County Republican Party, in a press release, siad: “There were accusations made in the Lamborn letter that are inaccurate regarding the El Paso County Republican Party and the data from the Caucuses. While no one could have anticipated the incredible volume of people that attended the Caucuses and there were definitely issues that came up, they were challenges that were overcome and we achieved success."

Each of the candidate’s campaigns received information about delegates and alternates on Feb. 25 - 20 days after the caucus.

“It should be noted that, because the 2008 Caucus was moved back more than a month to February 5th, the data for the 5th Congressional Candidates was available further in advance than in any previous election cycle,’’ according to the release.

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