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August 9, 2006

Doug Lamborn Wins in CO-05!

Andrew Roth

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Extending the Club for Growth PAC's record to 8-2 for endorsed candidates in the 2006 cycle, Colorado primary voters last night chose Doug Lamborn as the GOP nominee for the 5th Congressional District race. Doug is an endorsed candidate of the Club for Growth PAC, the political arm of the nation's largest free market advocacy organization with more than 36,000 members.

"This is a huge win for Doug Lamborn and the pro-growth agenda. Doug has demonstrated a consistently strong commitment to limited government and opposing higher taxes and the 5th District voters have responded," said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey.

"The Club for Growth PAC is proud to have played a significant part in ensuring Doug had the support he needed to campaign effectively on lower taxes and less spending," Toomey said. "Club members donated over $200,000 to his campaign and the Club for Growth PAC spent nearly $100,000 on independent expenditures, including running TV ads during the closing days of the campaign."

Lamborn won with 27.0% of the vote while his top opponent, Jeff Crank received 25.4%. His primary win in this heavily Republican district almost assures he will replace Rep. Joel Hefley in Congress after the general election.

"Colorado's 5th District constituents expect strong, principled leadership and I am confident that Doug Lamborn will deliver on that expectation once he is elected in November," concluded Toomey.

PAID FOR BY CLUB FOR GROWTH PAC AND NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE'S COMMITTEE. 202-955-5500.

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August 2, 2006

CO-05: New TV Ad

Andrew Roth

The Club for Growth PAC is currently airing the following TV ad in Colorado's 5th district. It's running across the entire district on both broadcast and cable. The ad highlights the tax-hiking records of both Jeff Crank and Lionel Rivera, two opponents to Club PAC-endorsed candidate, Doug Lamborn.

PAID FOR BY CLUB FOR GROWTH PAC AND NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE'S COMMITTEE. 202-955-5500.

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July 31, 2006

CO-05: Jeff Crank's History of Advocating Tax Hikes

Andrew Roth

Earlier this year, the Club for Growth PAC endorsed taxpayer superstar Doug Lamborn to replace retiring Congressman Joel Hefley in Colorado's 5th congressional district. The GOP primary in this safe Republican seat is next Tuesday, August 8.

One of Lamborn's opponents, former lobbyist Jeff Crank, has been whining about our criticism of his support for higher taxes. He says we've been unfair. You decide.

Crank was once the vice president of government affairs for the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce. In that capacity, he helped the Chamber advocate for higher taxes on a number of occasions (e.g. Amendment 32 and "Go with 1A"). In one news report (no link, CS Gazette, 06/20/2002), he also tried to gather support to oppose ballot measures that would cut taxes and spending.

Crank claims that while the Chamber supported higher taxes, he was personally opposed to them. Uh-huh. That doesn't pass the smell test for us. Why would the Chamber keep someone on the payroll who continually disagreed with them? More importantly, why would Crank, if he's professing to be a principled, pro-growth person, stay on the payroll of a group that advocates higher taxes?

However, even if you give Crank a pass for carrying water for the tax-hiking Chamber, he still has a tax increase on his own hands. In 2002, he was the campaign manager for a failed referendum that sought a hike in property taxes in El Paso County.

Doug Lamborn, on the other hand, is a vocal opponent to ALL tax hikes. Remember Referendum C&D, the two proposals which were designed to weaken Colorado's Taxpayers' Bill of Rights law? Even though the Republican governor supported C&D, Lamborn stood up to his own party and opposed them. Commenting about Referendum C, Lamborn wrote (no link, CS Gazette, 10/27/2005):

"What is most offensive about C is that it calls itself the 'Economic Recovery Act'. This is taking the exact wording used by Ronald Reagan for tax cut legislation and applying it to a massive tax increase. I thought we had all learned that lower taxes, not higher, are the road to a stronger economy."

Also, Lamborn is continually ranked as one of Colorado taxpayers' most ardent defenders by the Colorado Union of Taxpayers. Just last year, he received the second highest state senate rating by the organization. Before that, during the three years of 2002-2004, he was ranked first.

What Congress needs now, more than ever, is someone who will stand for the pro-growth principles of lower taxes and limited government, even if that means going against your own party. You can help advance that cause by donating to Doug Lamborn's campaign now.

PAID FOR BY CLUB FOR GROWTH PAC AND NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE'S COMMITTEE. 202-955-5500.

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