Incumbent Doug Lamborn skipping only debate in 5th Congressional District

A five-way race in the GOP primary in Congressional District 5 will have a four-way debate Thursday night at Woodland Park High School.

The name not on the roster is perhaps the best known: incumbent Doug Lamborn.

Why? It's not clear. Lamborn's camp "declined to participate," according to Erik Stone, chairman of the Teller County Republicans.

The debate, presented by the school's speech and debate team, is the only one scheduled before the June 26 primary.

Stone said he didn't know and couldn't speculate as to why Lamborn decided to skip it.

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