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Poll: Lamborn, Glenn lead GOP primary field in 5th Congressional District

U.S. Rep. Lamborn holds a 10-point lead over Darryl Glenn in the 5th Congressional District's Republican primary race just two weeks before mail ballots go out.
Credit: Mark Reis/The Gazette and Brennan Linsley/AP
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, left, and El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn, are pictured in file photos.

Colorado Politics — U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn holds a 10-point lead over Darryl Glenn in the crowded 5th Congressional District’s Republican primary race just two weeks before mail ballots go out, according to a new survey released Wednesday by GOP polling firm Magellan Strategies.

Lamborn, seeking his seventh term, tops the field of five Republicans, with 37 percent of likely primary voters picking the incumbent if the election in the Colorado Springs-focused district were held today. Glenn, an El Paso County commissioner who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 2016, follows with 27 percent, and state Sen. Owen Hill comes in third with 10 percent support.

Tyler Stevens, a former mayor of Green Mountain Falls, and Bill Rhea, a former Texas state judge, bring up the rear at 3 percent and 2 percent, respectively.

With 21 percent of voters undecided and both of the race’s leaders enjoying high favorability ratings, pollster David Flaherty said the contest between Lamborn and Glenn is “far from over” and could narrow in the five weeks until ballots are counted.

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