Colorado US Rep. Doug Lamborn wins GOP primary

U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn has won the Republican primary to represent Colorado’s 5th Congressional District.

Lamborn came back from a political near-death experience. The Colorado Supreme Court in April ruled he couldn’t be on the primary ballot due to a technical error in his campaign’s collection of supporters’ signatures.

But Lamborn was able to overturn the ruling in federal court and defeat a strong challenge from other Republicans in his Colorado Springs district.

The six-term congressman beat Darryl Glenn, who was the party’s 2016 U.S. Senate nominee, state senator Owen Hill and two other Republicans. He is the favorite for re-election in November given the district’s overwhelmingly Republican tilt.