.MaddowBlog: Illinois' Marie Newman and Colorado's Doug Lamborn are facing ethics investigations, though one seems more serious than the other.
Rep. Marie Newman is facing a tough re-election fight in Illinois, where redistricting has left her facing a fellow incumbent member of Congress in a Democratic primary. Similarly, Rep. Doug Lamborn has reason to worry about his prospects, thanks to a Republican primary in his Colorado district., both incumbents received some unwelcome news at an inopportune time.
Let's take these one a time, because there are qualitative differences between the two controversies. As ethics controversies go, this one seems relatively straightforward. By the standards of Chicago-area politics, it also seems relatively tame, and Newman's office has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.The Colorado Republican's troubles began last spring, when a Marine veteran who worked in Lamborn's office
Over the summer, a different Lamborn staffer — Joshua Hosler, former chair of the El Paso County Republican Party and former district director for the congressman — made matters slightly worse. As the Denver Post, Hosler"said the allegations that Lamborn fired a staffer in retaliation after the staffer sought to protect himself and others during the pandemic are true."
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