Rep. Lauren Boebert has won the primary election in her new Colorado district. The controversial congresswoman defeated five GOP opponents in the competitive primary in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District and will be favored to win the seat in the November general election.
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Boebert won with more than 43% of the vote. It was 7:45 pm when 70% of the votes were counted.
In his victory speech in Northern Colorado, Boebert donned his Make America Great Again hat and called for a united GOP and building bridges with other Republicans.
“We need to get involved at the local level and start reclaiming our country,” he said. “And we need to stay informed and not let the enemy sleep anymore. Don’t let anyone tell you that your vote doesn’t matter, that your vote doesn’t count. Because it’s true.”
Boebert currently represents Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District but made the decision to run in the conservative 4th District after Rep. Ken Buck resigned earlier this year. CD4 includes much of the eastern part of the state as well as Loveland and Windsor (both in Northern Colorado) and Douglas County (south of the Denver metro area). Nearly half of the voters in the district in Douglas County, where CBS Colorado Political Specialist Shaun Boyd said Republicans “less MAGA and more mainstream.” While there are almost twice as many Republicans as Democrats in the county, former President Donald Trump only won Douglas County by 7 points in 2020. Overall, Trump lost Colorado by 13 points in 2020.
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Boebert left the seat in CD3 after almost losing to Democrat Adam Frisch in 2022. When he announced that he will run for a different district in January, he said the move was completed after “a pretty difficult year for me and my family.” That includes going through a divorce.
During the campaign, Boebert voiced his endorsement of Trump and spoke at length about immigration issues. During a CBS Colorado debate last month, he claimed that undocumented immigrants are overwhelming the system and services in this country and called for mass deportation.
“Build a wall, deport everyone,” he said, in a line he has repeated throughout the campaign.
Boebert warned supporters Tuesday night that “it’s not over” and that everyone should be involved in the presidential race.
“President Trump needs us now more than ever to be in the race, in the fight, in the White House on November 5,” he said. “We have a lot of work to do, don’t take it slow.
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During the CBS Colorado debate, some of Boebert’s opponents talked about his agricultural and ranching background and indirectly hinted at Boebert’s newcomer status in the district. Only candidate Deborah Flora, a conservative radio talk show host, attacked Boebert directly for his move, criticizing him for “leaving his neighbors in CD3.” Flora portrayed the controversial congressman as someone more concerned with being in the national spotlight than representing Coloradans.
“We’ve seen how Lauren Boebert will represent us … missing a key voice as she chases the camera and becomes the center of DC drama instead of providing real solutions to the public,” he said.
Flora came second in the election in the primary.
Republican Greg Lopez won Tuesday night’s special election in CD4 and will serve out the remainder of Buck’s term.
