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The Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce endorsed U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in the 5th Congressional District Republican primary race on Thursday, according to the three CO-5 GOP campaigns in the race.

Lamborn got the nod over former Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce vice-president Jeff Crank, as well as retired Air Force General Bentley Rayburn.

“For Crank, being former vice-president of the Chamber and losing this endorsement, it’s a big deal,” said Rayburn manager Mike Hesse.

Despite the news that Jeff Crank misinformed us about his endorsement donation from the National Association of Home Builders, Doug Lamborn should still be worrying more about his lack of fundraising.

Fifth Congressional District GOP candidate Jeff Crank was endorsed by the National Association of Home Builders on Monday - a possible sign that incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colorado Springs) is having fundraising troubles.

One Republican strategist told the newspaper Roll Call that the NAHB endorsement was "a really bad sign (for Lamborn) because it is just further proof that Lamborn has failed to connect with K Street, and his fundraising numbers are further proof of it."

Lamborn reported having about $180,000 cash-on-hand and about $60,000 of debt as of the end of the first quarter of 2008, Roll Call reported.

A day after a dispute over a secret agreement between 5th Congressional District candidates Jeff Crank and Bentley Rayburn was made public, the two candidates took a notably more hostile stance towards each other on Tuesday morning talk radio.

Rayburn and Crank held a mini-debate on "The Richard Randall Show" Tuesday morning on KVOR-AM in Colorado Springs. Crank also spoke for 20 minutes (Rayburn spoke on the show Monday for the same amount of time).

Up until now, the two candidates have both focused primarily on ousting incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colorado Springs); Crank said Tuesday that he and Rayburn have talked since June of 2007 "about making this a two-way race."

But such camaraderie wasn't evident Tuesday, as Rayburn asked Crank, "Point-blank, am I a liar?" and Crank asked Rayburn to tell his 10-year-old son why it was OK to break an agreement.

Also Tuesday, Democratic CO-5 candidate Hal Bidlack released a statement saying he was "disappointed" with the candidates' "bickering."

UPDATED 4:19 P.M.