Former representative · Colorado's 5th district

Doug Lamborn

Doug Lamborn served in Congress from 2007 to 2025, last as a Republican representative for Colorado's 5th district. In the 118th Congress, 1,222 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 42, and cast 821 of 843 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Former
In Congress since
Jan 4, 2007
Last term ended
Jan 3, 2025
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2223.4%42 of 1,222 · rank 153 of 44297%821 of 843 · rank 220 of 442130 became law15%54 of 352
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9972.0%20 of 997 · rank 131 of 44399%553 of 561 · rank 170 of 443120 became law15%53 of 357

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.67+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 10515: American Relief Act, 2025Nay
    Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235· Against party
  2. H.R. 9494: Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025Nay
    Sep 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Failed 202–220· Against party
  3. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 145–268· Against party
  4. H.R. 8772: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jul 11, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 128–289· Against party
  5. H.R. 8771: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jun 27, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 109–303· Against party
  6. H.R. 8035: Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024Yea
    Apr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 311–112· Against party
  7. H.R. 8035: Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Apr 20, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 154–272· Against party
  8. H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActNay
    Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. H.R. 10545: American Relief Act, 2025Not voting
    Dec 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 366–34
  2. H.R. 10515: American Relief Act, 2025Nay
    Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235· Against party
  3. S. 759: Beagle Brigade Act of 2023Yea
    Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 381–20
  4. H.R. 8663: DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024Yea
    Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 404–1
  5. S. 3857: Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer ActYea
    Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 369–37
  6. S. 1351: Stop Institutional Child Abuse ActYea
    Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 373–33
  7. H.R. 1101: Lumbee Fairness ActNay
    Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 311–96· Against party
  8. S. 3448: Never Again Education Reauthorization Act of 2023Yea
    Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 402–12
  9. H.R. 115: Midnight Rules Relief ActYea
    Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 210–201
  10. S. 4077: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 Steuart Street in San Francisco, California, as the "Dianne Feinstein Post Office".Not voting
    Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 348–39
  11. S. 141: Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement ActNot voting
    Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 382–12
  12. S. 3998: Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act of 2024Not voting
    Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 390–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

25 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced2496%
  2. Reported by committee14.0%

Policy areas

  1. Health4
  2. International Affairs4
  3. Science, Technology, Communications4
  4. Armed Forces and National Security2
  5. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues2
  6. Energy2
  7. Families2
  8. Finance and Financial Sector2

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 6700 Adoption Counts Act
    Introduced· Families· Dec 17, 2024
  2. H.R. 5540 In Good Standing Adoption Agencies Act of 2023
    Introduced· Families· Dec 17, 2024
  3. H.R. 6862 Mineral Mining Parity Act
    Reported by committee· Energy· Dec 4, 2024
  4. H.R. 6530 Energy Parity Act
    Introduced· Energy· Jan 24, 2024
  5. H.Res. 887 Calling on the people of the United States to observe a weekend of prayer and reflection for the people of Israel, for all civilians caught in the crossfires of the war, and for the safe return of the hostages.
    Introduced· International Affairs· Nov 21, 2023
  6. H.R. 4717 Locally Led Restoration Act of 2023
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Nov 14, 2023
  7. H.Res. 834 Supporting, recognizing, and establishing legislation that affirms the sense of Congress that Israel ought to be provided with sufficient material to defend itself against rocket artillery attacks from Hamas and its allies.
    Introduced· International Affairs· Nov 1, 2023
  8. H.R. 4582 Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act of 2023
    Introduced· Health· Jul 14, 2023

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

No committee seats are listed.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Colorado's 5th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$3.4B
Per resident
$4,657
Rank in Colorado
1 of 8
Contract actions
8,233
New awards: 4,196

By fiscal year

  1. 2.2BFY2017
  2. 2.5BFY2018
  3. 2.8BFY2019
  4. 3.1BFY2020
  5. 3.3BFY2021
  6. 3.2BFY2022
  7. 3.6BFY2023
  8. 4BFY2024
  9. 4BFY2025
  10. 3.4BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Air Force$1.6B47%
    Department of Defense
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$479.2M14%
  3. Federal Acquisition Service$376.4M11%
    General Services Administration
  4. Missile Defense Agency$287.1M8.4%
    Department of Defense
  5. Offices, Boards and Divisions$171.5M5.0%
    Department of Justice
  6. Department of the Army$168.8M4.9%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of the Navy$86.3M2.5%
    Department of Defense
  8. Defense Logistics Agency$49M1.4%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. V3GATE, LLC$563.5M16%
    417 awards
  2. V2X SYSTEMS LLC$422.6M12%
    435 awards
  3. AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.$251.2M7.3%
    17 awards
  4. BLUESTAQ LLC$170.7M5.0%
    1 award
  5. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$161.5M4.7%
    1 award
  6. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$140.9M4.1%
    2 awards
  7. LOCKHEED MARTIN SERVICES, LLC$102.4M3.0%
    19 awards
  8. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$82.8M2.4%
    3 awards
  9. MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.$71.2M2.1%
    1 award
  10. INDYNE, INC.$52.5M1.5%
    3 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2024 cycle

Raised
$228.8K
through Dec 31, 2024
Cash on hand
$127.2K
From committees
$131.5K
40 committees
From contractor PACs
$82.5K
22 PACs · 63% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2024

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
l3harris technologies, inc.l3harris technologies, inc. pac$10KL3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$115.4M
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac$10KSPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization$6.6M
parsons corporationparsons corporation political action committee$8,000PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$748M
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee$8,000LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$13.3B
general atomicsgeneral atomics political action committee$5,000GENERAL ATOMICSAI match · 95% · the same organization—
bae systemsbae systems inc. political action committee (bae systems usa pac)$5,000BAE SYSTEMS PLCAI match · 99% · the same organization-$88K
rolls-royce north america holdings inc.rolls-royce north america holdings inc. pac (rolls-royce north america pac)$3,500ROLLS-ROYCE MARINE NORTH AMERICA INC.AI match · 99% · of one corporate family$0
sierra nevada corporationsierra nevada corporation pac$3,500SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$5.4M
blue origin, llcblue origin llc political action committee (blue origin pac)$3,500BLUE ORIGIN, LLCAI match · 100% · the same organization$1.1B
at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac)$3,000AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family-$3,412

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2024$228.8K$131.5K$82.5K22 PACs · 63% of committee money
2022$506.2K$281.1K$114.9K27 PACs · 41% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Colorado's 5th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  2. House · Colorado's 5th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  3. House · Colorado's 5th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  4. House · Colorado's 5th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  5. House · Colorado's 5th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  6. House · Colorado's 5th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  7. House · Colorado's 5th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  8. House · Colorado's 5th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  9. House · Colorado's 5th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.