Doug Lamborn, Representative for Colorado's 5th Congressional District

Lamborn is the representative for Colorado’s 5^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 4, 2007. Lamborn is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.

Lamborn is among the Republican legislators who participated in the months-long, multifarious attempted coup following the 2020 presidential election. Shortly after the election, Lamborn joined a case before the Supreme Court calling for all the votes for president in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — states that were narrowly won by Democrats — to be discarded, in order to change the outcome of the election, based on lies and a preposterous legal argument which the Supreme Court rejected. (Following the rejection of several related cases before the Supreme Court, another legislator who joined the case called for violence.) On January 6, 2021 in the hours after the insurrection at the Capitol, Lamborn voted to reject the state-certified election results of Arizona and/or Pennsylvania (states narrowly won by Democrats), which could have changed the outcome of the election. These legislators have generally changed their story after their vote, claiming it was merely a protest and not intended to change the outcome of the election as they clearly sought prior to the vote. The January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol disrupted Congress’s count of electors that determined the outcome of the presidential election with the goal to prevent President Joe Biden from taking office.

Alleged misconduct & resolution

In 2021, Rep. Lamborn was sued for a wide variety of abusive behaviors towards Congressional staff. In January 2022, the House Committee on Ethics published the Office of Congressional Ethics Report and Findings and the member's response.

Oct. 25, 2021	Office of Congressional Ethics recommended further review by the House Committee on Ethics
Dec. 9, 2021	House Committee on Ethics extended its review of the matter
Jan. 24, 2022	House Committee on Ethics published the Office of Congressional Ethics Report and Findings and the member's response

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Lamborn is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Lamborn has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Aug 9, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Doug Lamborn sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Armed Services
- Readiness subcommittee Ranking Member
Strategic Forces subcommittees
House Committee on Natural Resources

Energy and Mineral Resources, National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Lamborn was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 8 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Lamborn sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Science, Technology, Communications (47%) Arts, Culture, Religion (16%) Armed Forces and National Security (16%) International Affairs (11%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (11%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Lamborn recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Lamborn voted Yea

H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Passed 329/101 on Jul 14, 2022.

Lamborn voted Yea

H.R. 6825: Nonprofit Security Grant Program Improvement Act of 2022

Passed 288/129 on May 16, 2022.

Lamborn voted Nay

H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017

Passed 229/177 on May 19, 2017.

H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe …

Lamborn voted Yea

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of …

Lamborn voted Nay

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December …

Lamborn voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Lamborn voted Nay

S. 1603 (113th): Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act

Passed 359/64 on Sep 16, 2014.

Lamborn voted No

H.R. 1947 (113th): Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013

Failed 195/234 on Jun 20, 2013.

Lamborn voted No

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack …

Lamborn voted Nay

H.Res. 362 (111th): Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of the National School …

Passed 403/13 on Mar 4, 2010.

Lamborn voted No

H.R. 1873 (110th): Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act

Passed 409/13 on May 10, 2007.

Lamborn voted No

H.R. 976 (110th): Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007

Passed 360/45 on Feb 16, 2007.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2007 to Jul 2022, Lamborn missed 211 of 10,696 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2007 Jan-Mar	213	3	1.4%	47^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	6	1.9%	54^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	3	1.1%	24^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	7^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	4	1.2%	24^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	1	0.5%	17^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	1	0.6%	21^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	1	0.3%	9^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	1	0.4%	9^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	7	2.8%	52^nd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	1	0.5%	13^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	6	2.7%	42^nd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	21^st
2010 Nov-Dec	99	5	5.1%	59^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	5	2.4%	71^st
2011 Apr-Jun	281	2	0.7%	32^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	4	1.6%	52^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	5	2.4%	55^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	23^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	26	8.7%	87^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	29^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	2	3.9%	55^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	10	4.7%	77^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	4	2.0%	59^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	1	0.7%	28^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	46^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	14	5.7%	86^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	1	0.7%	31^st
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	30^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	18	8.8%	87^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	39^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	5	2.4%	67^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	2	1.5%	47^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	36^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	4	2.2%	48^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	2	2.0%	55^th
2018 Nov-Dec	85	2	2.4%	58^th
2019 Jan-Mar	136	2	1.5%	51^st
2019 Apr-Jun	294	7	2.4%	67^th
2019 Jul-Sep	125	6	4.8%	86^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	6	4.1%	76^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	76^th
2020 Jul-Sep	80	3	3.8%	74^th
2020 Oct-Dec	40	13	32.5%	95^th
2021 Jan-Mar	97	1	1.0%	41^st
2021 Apr-Jun	107	2	1.9%	68^th
2021 Jul-Sep	108	3	2.8%	78^th
2021 Oct-Dec	137	5	3.6%	89^th
2022 Jan-Mar	102	3	2.9%	82^nd
2022 Apr-Jun	197	2	1.0%	60^th
2022 Jul-Jul	118	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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Analysis

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Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

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Recently Introduced Bills

Voting Record

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Missed Votes

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