Lauren Boebert Unexpectedly In The Fight Of Her Life For Reelection

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 15: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) waits to speak during a news conference with members of the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill September 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. Members of the ca... WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 15: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) waits to speak during a news conference with members of the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill September 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. Members of the caucus discussed the upcoming midterm elections and their displeasure with the Biden administration. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R) reelection has gone from foregone conclusion to the fight of her life in Colorado’s third district.

She’s running against former Aspen City Council Member Democrat Adam Frisch. Frisch has characterized himself as a conservative businessman as to not alienate voters in the largely rural district. 

The race seemed like such a lock for Boebert that Frisch was at one point highlighting an internal poll showing himself seven points down as a positive sign for his campaign. 

Boebert, like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), is a freshman who distinguished herself by her adulation to Donald Trump, her affinity for spreading conspiracy theories and her aggressive social media persona. Boebert has also made opposition to all gun regulation a key part of her identity, and owned a restaurant in the town of (wait for it) Rifle where the staff open-carried firearms. It has now closed after her landlord reportedly said he felt a “moral” imperative to boot her. (Its food also once reportedly gave a bunch of people diarrhea.)   

She has also, in her brief time in Congress, heckled President Joe Biden while he talked about his dead son, come under scrutiny from the Jan. 6 Committee and insinuated that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is a terrorist, sparking death threats to the congresswoman, then refused to apologize. 

The close race matters all the more as Democrats put in a surprisingly strong showing in House races across the country, putting control of the lower chamber back in play.

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  1. Thanks for highlighting this race, and for the excellent summary of Boebert’s awfulness. We are cautiously over the moon here in CO-03!

  2. Not sure what sources Josh has and why they think Boebert will still win. There’s not that many votes left to count in CD-3…and what remains looks fairly evenly split.

  3. Avatar for n_b n_b says:

    Not sure what sources Josh has and why they think Boebert will still win.

    I figure that if it’s fairly close, the gops will whine like little bitches unless someone gives it to them, vote count be damned.

    Come to think of it, I doubt it has to be close before they start whining. C.f.Kari Lake.

  4. Avatar for godwit godwit says:

    Update 11:30 PST. 82% of the vote in and Frish is still winning! Don’t know this district well enough to parse margins vs precincts remaining, but boy! I hope it holds

  5. Geez but I hope this vile individual goes down.

    :crossed_fingers:

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