Kent Douglas Lambert is a former legislator in the US state of Colorado.
22 Facts About Kent Lambert
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Kent Lambert attended the United States Air Force Academy, where he served on the Cadet Wing Staff and was chairman of the Cadet Professional Ethics Committee.
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Kent Lambert served as a B-52 instructor pilot, and was director of battle staff for a B-52 wing.
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Kent Lambert rose from scientific analyst to division chief within the Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency at The Pentagon and worked on policy studies for major military systems, including bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile forces.
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Kent Lambert was deputy defense intelligence officer for Europe in the Defense Intelligence Agency.
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Kent Lambert worked as an attache at several international postings, serving as the air attache and deputy chief of military assistance program, in Amman, Jordan, and as the defense attache and chief of the Office of Defense Cooperation, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Kent Lambert was assigned to Air Force Space Command in 2001 as deputy director of the Space Analysis Division, where his duties included support for investigation of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
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Kent Lambert's awards include the Legion of Merit, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Southwest Asia Service Medal with star, and the Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster.
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Kent Lambert is a lieutenant colonel with the Colorado Civil Air Patrol.
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Kent Lambert has served as a leader in several churches and was an Eagle Scout and scoutmaster.
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Kent Lambert served as legislative assistant to representatives Dave Schultheis and Keith King and helped found the Republican Study Committee of Colorado, serving as its executive director until 2005.
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Kent Lambert faced Colin Mullaney in the Republican primary, in which he garnered the endorsements of the Minutemen PAC, the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, and a homeschoolers PAC.
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All five bills introduced by Kent Lambert were defeated in House committees, including measures to make Colorado a right-to-work state and to prohibit labor unions from deducting fees from government employees' paychecks.
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In 2008, Kent Lambert won a second term in the Colorado House of Representatives.
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Kent Lambert won re-election with 71 percent of the popular vote.
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Kent Lambert was a delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention in St Paul, Minnesota, alongside El Paso County Commissioner Wayne Williams and Colorado's Attorney General John Suthers.
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Kent Lambert produced a bill that focused on establishing an income tax credit for nonpublic education in the state of Colorado.
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Kent Lambert ran unopposed in both the primary and the general election, and won a 4-year term to the Colorado Senate.
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Kent Lambert was elected as a delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay, Florida.
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Kent Lambert had been a committed delegate to Senator Rick Santorum before he dropped out of the presidential race.
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Kent Lambert's bill was assigned to the Senate Finance Committee, where it was defeated in a committee vote and postponed indefinitely.
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In 2013, Kent Lambert was re-elected by the Senate Republican Caucus to serve on the Joint Budget Committee for the Colorado General Assembly.