By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics
Dave Williams, the chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, won top-line designation Saturday in the GOP’s 5th Congressional District primary amid complaints the former state lawmaker has used party resources to promote his campaign and bash a primary opponent.
Williams will face at least one other candidate in the June 25 primary for the seat held by retiring U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, the Colorado Springs Republican who announced at the beginning of the year that he wouldn’t seek a ninth term representing the heavily Republican district.
Republican Jeff Crank, a podcaster and executive with the Koch network’s Americans for Prosperity, qualified for the primary ballot by petition this week, while state Sen. Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, is awaiting word on whether petition signatures he submitted on Tuesday are sufficient.