LIVE RESULTS: 2024 Colorado Main
DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert gained Tuesday’s Republican main in a U.S. Home race that she jumped into final 12 months, surviving a scandal over a video of her at a Denver theater and accusations of carpetbagging after fleeing what might have been a tricky reelection bid in her present district.
Boebert’s resounding win over 4 different candidates within the new district throughout the state from the place she lived earlier than showcased her political cachet amongst Republicans and positions her for a probable straightforward win within the November basic election. It was additionally a victory for the far-right flank of the Home GOP, a gaggle that takes no prisoners, makes no concessions and stays on the assault.
Taking the stage at her election night time victory occasion, Boebert wore a pair of reflective gold sneakers bought by former President Donald Trump and a white “Make America Nice Once more” hat along with his signature throughout the invoice.
“America will rise once more, and I’m so excited that you just all are right here to be part of it with me,” Boebert mentioned to applause.
Boebert responded to questions on her change to the 4th District by saying, “Whereas the crops could also be barely completely different right here in CD4, the values aren’t.”
READ MORE: Boebert faces first election in new district after theater scandal
She promised to battle for insurance policies together with shutting down the southern border and in addition signaled that she intends to proceed her combative model.
“Quite a lot of of us criticize my strategy on issues,” Boebert mentioned, “however I realized very early on in Washington, D.C., that nothing occurs with out power.”
In two different intently watched Republican contests, Lawyer Jeff Hurd gained the first for the third District seat at present held by Boebert, and political advisor and discuss radio host Jeff Crank defeated Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams, who was endorsed by Trump, within the fifth District.
Boebert constructed nationwide hard-line conservative stardom that possible made it simpler for her to climate the scandals of the final 12 months, which included the video of her vaping and inflicting a disturbance at a musical manufacturing of “Beetlejuice.”
Whereas the theater incident and district leap rattled some Republicans, Gilbert Kendzior shrugged them off, saying, “Who’s excellent?”
Kendzior mentioned he voted for Boebert as a result of she shakes issues up. “It’s gotten too staid. Identical guarantees, nothing occurs,” he mentioned. “We have to do away with the outdated farts.”
On Tuesday she beat a gaggle of extra conventional, homegrown main candidates who had far much less identify recognition and usually much less combative political kinds: former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg; present state Reps. Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf; and parental rights advocate Deborah Flora.
READ MORE: Boebert switches congressional districts to extra conservative seat, avoiding powerful rematch with Democrat
Sonnenberg congratulated Boebert and pledged to assist her, saying, “I look ahead to serving to her win this seat in November after which being a useful resource to her on rural points on this district.”
The 4th District, which sweeps throughout a large expanse of ranches, ghost cities and conservative components of the Denver metro space that make up a lot of the plains of jap Colorado, overwhelmingly went for Trump within the 2020 election.
The seat opened up after former Republican Rep. Ken Buck resigned, citing the divisiveness of at this time’s politics and his occasion’s devotion to Trump. In a particular election Tuesday to fill the remaining months of Buck’s time period, Republican Greg Lopez, a former mayor of the town of Parker, beat a Democrat and third-party candidates.
Within the fifth District, which is house to the town of Colorado Springs, Crank bested Williams after the latter confronted condemnation from fellow Republicans over his management together with using occasion assets to spice up his personal marketing campaign.
Crank mentioned Tuesday night time that he appears ahead to being his district’s conservative voice in Congress and urged Republicans to unite behind Trump, posting on the social platform X: “We’ve got a rustic to save lots of from Joe Biden’s Open Border Disaster and the failure of the Democrats’ financial coverage.”
Williams, a former state consultant, has tried to realign the state GOP with the far-right flank of the nationwide occasion. In latest GOP communications, he known as folks celebrating Homosexual Pleasure Month “godless groomers” and urged folks to burn delight flags.
Crank is a extra conventional Republican, much less inclined towards fiery invective and the occasion’s hard-right wing.
A grievance in opposition to Williams with the Federal Elections Fee alleges that he used the state occasion e-mail checklist to announce his marketing campaign for Congress and spent occasion cash on mailers that included an assault on Crank.
The race is to fill the seat of Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn, who didn’t search reelection. As within the 4th District, the winner of the Republican-friendly fifth District will probably be favored within the basic election.
One other GOP Home race watched on the nationwide stage was the eighth District, newly minted after redistricting in 2021 and hotly contested with voters roughly break up between the 2 main events.
Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans, a former police officer, defeated former state Rep. Janak Joshi, a retired doctor, within the race to problem Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo. Caraveo gained the eighth District, which stretches north of Denver, by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2022.
Evans will possible profit from a windfall of assist from the Nationwide Republican Marketing campaign Committee, which is intent on defending the occasion’s skinny Home majority.
And farther to the west, among the many Rocky Mountains and excessive desert mesas, Hurd gained the GOP main for the third District, house to Boebert’s present seat.
Hurd, a softer-spoken and fewer hard-line conservative, will face Democrat Adam Frisch, who misplaced to Boebert by solely 546 votes in 2022. That slim margin was largely attributed to Boebert’s divisiveness amongst voters, and Hurd is taken into account to have the benefit within the basic election within the Republican-leaning district.
Nonetheless, Frisch’s close to victory in 2022, which caught nationwide consideration and confirmed donors he had a path to flip the seat, has helped him increase over $13 million. It’s one of many largest Home marketing campaign chests within the nation and much overshadows Hurd’s $1 million.
Regardless of that, Frisch labeled Hurd as a “company lawyer funded by company PAC cash.”
“My presumptive opponent gained’t have the spine to face as much as Washington pursuits,” Frisch mentioned in a press release.
Hurd thanked voters for his or her assist.
“On to the overall election in November, the place a brighter future for Colorado households will probably be on the poll,” he mentioned on X.
Within the main, Hurd defeated former Republican state Rep. Ron Hanks; Stephen Varela, a former Democrat who switched events; businessman Lew Webb; and monetary adviser Russ Andrews.
LIVE RESULTS: 2024 Colorado Main
DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert gained Tuesday’s Republican main in a U.S. Home race that she jumped into final 12 months, surviving a scandal over a video of her at a Denver theater and accusations of carpetbagging after fleeing what might have been a tricky reelection bid in her present district.
Boebert’s resounding win over 4 different candidates within the new district throughout the state from the place she lived earlier than showcased her political cachet amongst Republicans and positions her for a probable straightforward win within the November basic election. It was additionally a victory for the far-right flank of the Home GOP, a gaggle that takes no prisoners, makes no concessions and stays on the assault.
Taking the stage at her election night time victory occasion, Boebert wore a pair of reflective gold sneakers bought by former President Donald Trump and a white “Make America Nice Once more” hat along with his signature throughout the invoice.
“America will rise once more, and I’m so excited that you just all are right here to be part of it with me,” Boebert mentioned to applause.
Boebert responded to questions on her change to the 4th District by saying, “Whereas the crops could also be barely completely different right here in CD4, the values aren’t.”
READ MORE: Boebert faces first election in new district after theater scandal
She promised to battle for insurance policies together with shutting down the southern border and in addition signaled that she intends to proceed her combative model.
“Quite a lot of of us criticize my strategy on issues,” Boebert mentioned, “however I realized very early on in Washington, D.C., that nothing occurs with out power.”
In two different intently watched Republican contests, Lawyer Jeff Hurd gained the first for the third District seat at present held by Boebert, and political advisor and discuss radio host Jeff Crank defeated Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams, who was endorsed by Trump, within the fifth District.
Boebert constructed nationwide hard-line conservative stardom that possible made it simpler for her to climate the scandals of the final 12 months, which included the video of her vaping and inflicting a disturbance at a musical manufacturing of “Beetlejuice.”
Whereas the theater incident and district leap rattled some Republicans, Gilbert Kendzior shrugged them off, saying, “Who’s excellent?”
Kendzior mentioned he voted for Boebert as a result of she shakes issues up. “It’s gotten too staid. Identical guarantees, nothing occurs,” he mentioned. “We have to do away with the outdated farts.”
On Tuesday she beat a gaggle of extra conventional, homegrown main candidates who had far much less identify recognition and usually much less combative political kinds: former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg; present state Reps. Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf; and parental rights advocate Deborah Flora.
READ MORE: Boebert switches congressional districts to extra conservative seat, avoiding powerful rematch with Democrat
Sonnenberg congratulated Boebert and pledged to assist her, saying, “I look ahead to serving to her win this seat in November after which being a useful resource to her on rural points on this district.”
The 4th District, which sweeps throughout a large expanse of ranches, ghost cities and conservative components of the Denver metro space that make up a lot of the plains of jap Colorado, overwhelmingly went for Trump within the 2020 election.
The seat opened up after former Republican Rep. Ken Buck resigned, citing the divisiveness of at this time’s politics and his occasion’s devotion to Trump. In a particular election Tuesday to fill the remaining months of Buck’s time period, Republican Greg Lopez, a former mayor of the town of Parker, beat a Democrat and third-party candidates.
Within the fifth District, which is house to the town of Colorado Springs, Crank bested Williams after the latter confronted condemnation from fellow Republicans over his management together with using occasion assets to spice up his personal marketing campaign.
Crank mentioned Tuesday night time that he appears ahead to being his district’s conservative voice in Congress and urged Republicans to unite behind Trump, posting on the social platform X: “We’ve got a rustic to save lots of from Joe Biden’s Open Border Disaster and the failure of the Democrats’ financial coverage.”
Williams, a former state consultant, has tried to realign the state GOP with the far-right flank of the nationwide occasion. In latest GOP communications, he known as folks celebrating Homosexual Pleasure Month “godless groomers” and urged folks to burn delight flags.
Crank is a extra conventional Republican, much less inclined towards fiery invective and the occasion’s hard-right wing.
A grievance in opposition to Williams with the Federal Elections Fee alleges that he used the state occasion e-mail checklist to announce his marketing campaign for Congress and spent occasion cash on mailers that included an assault on Crank.
The race is to fill the seat of Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn, who didn’t search reelection. As within the 4th District, the winner of the Republican-friendly fifth District will probably be favored within the basic election.
One other GOP Home race watched on the nationwide stage was the eighth District, newly minted after redistricting in 2021 and hotly contested with voters roughly break up between the 2 main events.
Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans, a former police officer, defeated former state Rep. Janak Joshi, a retired doctor, within the race to problem Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo. Caraveo gained the eighth District, which stretches north of Denver, by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2022.
Evans will possible profit from a windfall of assist from the Nationwide Republican Marketing campaign Committee, which is intent on defending the occasion’s skinny Home majority.
And farther to the west, among the many Rocky Mountains and excessive desert mesas, Hurd gained the GOP main for the third District, house to Boebert’s present seat.
Hurd, a softer-spoken and fewer hard-line conservative, will face Democrat Adam Frisch, who misplaced to Boebert by solely 546 votes in 2022. That slim margin was largely attributed to Boebert’s divisiveness amongst voters, and Hurd is taken into account to have the benefit within the basic election within the Republican-leaning district.
Nonetheless, Frisch’s close to victory in 2022, which caught nationwide consideration and confirmed donors he had a path to flip the seat, has helped him increase over $13 million. It’s one of many largest Home marketing campaign chests within the nation and much overshadows Hurd’s $1 million.
Regardless of that, Frisch labeled Hurd as a “company lawyer funded by company PAC cash.”
“My presumptive opponent gained’t have the spine to face as much as Washington pursuits,” Frisch mentioned in a press release.
Hurd thanked voters for his or her assist.
“On to the overall election in November, the place a brighter future for Colorado households will probably be on the poll,” he mentioned on X.
Within the main, Hurd defeated former Republican state Rep. Ron Hanks; Stephen Varela, a former Democrat who switched events; businessman Lew Webb; and monetary adviser Russ Andrews.
LIVE RESULTS: 2024 Colorado Main
DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert gained Tuesday’s Republican main in a U.S. Home race that she jumped into final 12 months, surviving a scandal over a video of her at a Denver theater and accusations of carpetbagging after fleeing what might have been a tricky reelection bid in her present district.
Boebert’s resounding win over 4 different candidates within the new district throughout the state from the place she lived earlier than showcased her political cachet amongst Republicans and positions her for a probable straightforward win within the November basic election. It was additionally a victory for the far-right flank of the Home GOP, a gaggle that takes no prisoners, makes no concessions and stays on the assault.
Taking the stage at her election night time victory occasion, Boebert wore a pair of reflective gold sneakers bought by former President Donald Trump and a white “Make America Nice Once more” hat along with his signature throughout the invoice.
“America will rise once more, and I’m so excited that you just all are right here to be part of it with me,” Boebert mentioned to applause.
Boebert responded to questions on her change to the 4th District by saying, “Whereas the crops could also be barely completely different right here in CD4, the values aren’t.”
READ MORE: Boebert faces first election in new district after theater scandal
She promised to battle for insurance policies together with shutting down the southern border and in addition signaled that she intends to proceed her combative model.
“Quite a lot of of us criticize my strategy on issues,” Boebert mentioned, “however I realized very early on in Washington, D.C., that nothing occurs with out power.”
In two different intently watched Republican contests, Lawyer Jeff Hurd gained the first for the third District seat at present held by Boebert, and political advisor and discuss radio host Jeff Crank defeated Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams, who was endorsed by Trump, within the fifth District.
Boebert constructed nationwide hard-line conservative stardom that possible made it simpler for her to climate the scandals of the final 12 months, which included the video of her vaping and inflicting a disturbance at a musical manufacturing of “Beetlejuice.”
Whereas the theater incident and district leap rattled some Republicans, Gilbert Kendzior shrugged them off, saying, “Who’s excellent?”
Kendzior mentioned he voted for Boebert as a result of she shakes issues up. “It’s gotten too staid. Identical guarantees, nothing occurs,” he mentioned. “We have to do away with the outdated farts.”
On Tuesday she beat a gaggle of extra conventional, homegrown main candidates who had far much less identify recognition and usually much less combative political kinds: former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg; present state Reps. Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf; and parental rights advocate Deborah Flora.
READ MORE: Boebert switches congressional districts to extra conservative seat, avoiding powerful rematch with Democrat
Sonnenberg congratulated Boebert and pledged to assist her, saying, “I look ahead to serving to her win this seat in November after which being a useful resource to her on rural points on this district.”
The 4th District, which sweeps throughout a large expanse of ranches, ghost cities and conservative components of the Denver metro space that make up a lot of the plains of jap Colorado, overwhelmingly went for Trump within the 2020 election.
The seat opened up after former Republican Rep. Ken Buck resigned, citing the divisiveness of at this time’s politics and his occasion’s devotion to Trump. In a particular election Tuesday to fill the remaining months of Buck’s time period, Republican Greg Lopez, a former mayor of the town of Parker, beat a Democrat and third-party candidates.
Within the fifth District, which is house to the town of Colorado Springs, Crank bested Williams after the latter confronted condemnation from fellow Republicans over his management together with using occasion assets to spice up his personal marketing campaign.
Crank mentioned Tuesday night time that he appears ahead to being his district’s conservative voice in Congress and urged Republicans to unite behind Trump, posting on the social platform X: “We’ve got a rustic to save lots of from Joe Biden’s Open Border Disaster and the failure of the Democrats’ financial coverage.”
Williams, a former state consultant, has tried to realign the state GOP with the far-right flank of the nationwide occasion. In latest GOP communications, he known as folks celebrating Homosexual Pleasure Month “godless groomers” and urged folks to burn delight flags.
Crank is a extra conventional Republican, much less inclined towards fiery invective and the occasion’s hard-right wing.
A grievance in opposition to Williams with the Federal Elections Fee alleges that he used the state occasion e-mail checklist to announce his marketing campaign for Congress and spent occasion cash on mailers that included an assault on Crank.
The race is to fill the seat of Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn, who didn’t search reelection. As within the 4th District, the winner of the Republican-friendly fifth District will probably be favored within the basic election.
One other GOP Home race watched on the nationwide stage was the eighth District, newly minted after redistricting in 2021 and hotly contested with voters roughly break up between the 2 main events.
Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans, a former police officer, defeated former state Rep. Janak Joshi, a retired doctor, within the race to problem Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo. Caraveo gained the eighth District, which stretches north of Denver, by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2022.
Evans will possible profit from a windfall of assist from the Nationwide Republican Marketing campaign Committee, which is intent on defending the occasion’s skinny Home majority.
And farther to the west, among the many Rocky Mountains and excessive desert mesas, Hurd gained the GOP main for the third District, house to Boebert’s present seat.
Hurd, a softer-spoken and fewer hard-line conservative, will face Democrat Adam Frisch, who misplaced to Boebert by solely 546 votes in 2022. That slim margin was largely attributed to Boebert’s divisiveness amongst voters, and Hurd is taken into account to have the benefit within the basic election within the Republican-leaning district.
Nonetheless, Frisch’s close to victory in 2022, which caught nationwide consideration and confirmed donors he had a path to flip the seat, has helped him increase over $13 million. It’s one of many largest Home marketing campaign chests within the nation and much overshadows Hurd’s $1 million.
Regardless of that, Frisch labeled Hurd as a “company lawyer funded by company PAC cash.”
“My presumptive opponent gained’t have the spine to face as much as Washington pursuits,” Frisch mentioned in a press release.
Hurd thanked voters for his or her assist.
“On to the overall election in November, the place a brighter future for Colorado households will probably be on the poll,” he mentioned on X.
Within the main, Hurd defeated former Republican state Rep. Ron Hanks; Stephen Varela, a former Democrat who switched events; businessman Lew Webb; and monetary adviser Russ Andrews.
LIVE RESULTS: 2024 Colorado Main
DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert gained Tuesday’s Republican main in a U.S. Home race that she jumped into final 12 months, surviving a scandal over a video of her at a Denver theater and accusations of carpetbagging after fleeing what might have been a tricky reelection bid in her present district.
Boebert’s resounding win over 4 different candidates within the new district throughout the state from the place she lived earlier than showcased her political cachet amongst Republicans and positions her for a probable straightforward win within the November basic election. It was additionally a victory for the far-right flank of the Home GOP, a gaggle that takes no prisoners, makes no concessions and stays on the assault.
Taking the stage at her election night time victory occasion, Boebert wore a pair of reflective gold sneakers bought by former President Donald Trump and a white “Make America Nice Once more” hat along with his signature throughout the invoice.
“America will rise once more, and I’m so excited that you just all are right here to be part of it with me,” Boebert mentioned to applause.
Boebert responded to questions on her change to the 4th District by saying, “Whereas the crops could also be barely completely different right here in CD4, the values aren’t.”
READ MORE: Boebert faces first election in new district after theater scandal
She promised to battle for insurance policies together with shutting down the southern border and in addition signaled that she intends to proceed her combative model.
“Quite a lot of of us criticize my strategy on issues,” Boebert mentioned, “however I realized very early on in Washington, D.C., that nothing occurs with out power.”
In two different intently watched Republican contests, Lawyer Jeff Hurd gained the first for the third District seat at present held by Boebert, and political advisor and discuss radio host Jeff Crank defeated Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams, who was endorsed by Trump, within the fifth District.
Boebert constructed nationwide hard-line conservative stardom that possible made it simpler for her to climate the scandals of the final 12 months, which included the video of her vaping and inflicting a disturbance at a musical manufacturing of “Beetlejuice.”
Whereas the theater incident and district leap rattled some Republicans, Gilbert Kendzior shrugged them off, saying, “Who’s excellent?”
Kendzior mentioned he voted for Boebert as a result of she shakes issues up. “It’s gotten too staid. Identical guarantees, nothing occurs,” he mentioned. “We have to do away with the outdated farts.”
On Tuesday she beat a gaggle of extra conventional, homegrown main candidates who had far much less identify recognition and usually much less combative political kinds: former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg; present state Reps. Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf; and parental rights advocate Deborah Flora.
READ MORE: Boebert switches congressional districts to extra conservative seat, avoiding powerful rematch with Democrat
Sonnenberg congratulated Boebert and pledged to assist her, saying, “I look ahead to serving to her win this seat in November after which being a useful resource to her on rural points on this district.”
The 4th District, which sweeps throughout a large expanse of ranches, ghost cities and conservative components of the Denver metro space that make up a lot of the plains of jap Colorado, overwhelmingly went for Trump within the 2020 election.
The seat opened up after former Republican Rep. Ken Buck resigned, citing the divisiveness of at this time’s politics and his occasion’s devotion to Trump. In a particular election Tuesday to fill the remaining months of Buck’s time period, Republican Greg Lopez, a former mayor of the town of Parker, beat a Democrat and third-party candidates.
Within the fifth District, which is house to the town of Colorado Springs, Crank bested Williams after the latter confronted condemnation from fellow Republicans over his management together with using occasion assets to spice up his personal marketing campaign.
Crank mentioned Tuesday night time that he appears ahead to being his district’s conservative voice in Congress and urged Republicans to unite behind Trump, posting on the social platform X: “We’ve got a rustic to save lots of from Joe Biden’s Open Border Disaster and the failure of the Democrats’ financial coverage.”
Williams, a former state consultant, has tried to realign the state GOP with the far-right flank of the nationwide occasion. In latest GOP communications, he known as folks celebrating Homosexual Pleasure Month “godless groomers” and urged folks to burn delight flags.
Crank is a extra conventional Republican, much less inclined towards fiery invective and the occasion’s hard-right wing.
A grievance in opposition to Williams with the Federal Elections Fee alleges that he used the state occasion e-mail checklist to announce his marketing campaign for Congress and spent occasion cash on mailers that included an assault on Crank.
The race is to fill the seat of Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn, who didn’t search reelection. As within the 4th District, the winner of the Republican-friendly fifth District will probably be favored within the basic election.
One other GOP Home race watched on the nationwide stage was the eighth District, newly minted after redistricting in 2021 and hotly contested with voters roughly break up between the 2 main events.
Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans, a former police officer, defeated former state Rep. Janak Joshi, a retired doctor, within the race to problem Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo. Caraveo gained the eighth District, which stretches north of Denver, by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2022.
Evans will possible profit from a windfall of assist from the Nationwide Republican Marketing campaign Committee, which is intent on defending the occasion’s skinny Home majority.
And farther to the west, among the many Rocky Mountains and excessive desert mesas, Hurd gained the GOP main for the third District, house to Boebert’s present seat.
Hurd, a softer-spoken and fewer hard-line conservative, will face Democrat Adam Frisch, who misplaced to Boebert by solely 546 votes in 2022. That slim margin was largely attributed to Boebert’s divisiveness amongst voters, and Hurd is taken into account to have the benefit within the basic election within the Republican-leaning district.
Nonetheless, Frisch’s close to victory in 2022, which caught nationwide consideration and confirmed donors he had a path to flip the seat, has helped him increase over $13 million. It’s one of many largest Home marketing campaign chests within the nation and much overshadows Hurd’s $1 million.
Regardless of that, Frisch labeled Hurd as a “company lawyer funded by company PAC cash.”
“My presumptive opponent gained’t have the spine to face as much as Washington pursuits,” Frisch mentioned in a press release.
Hurd thanked voters for his or her assist.
“On to the overall election in November, the place a brighter future for Colorado households will probably be on the poll,” he mentioned on X.
Within the main, Hurd defeated former Republican state Rep. Ron Hanks; Stephen Varela, a former Democrat who switched events; businessman Lew Webb; and monetary adviser Russ Andrews.
LIVE RESULTS: 2024 Colorado Main
DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert gained Tuesday’s Republican main in a U.S. Home race that she jumped into final 12 months, surviving a scandal over a video of her at a Denver theater and accusations of carpetbagging after fleeing what might have been a tricky reelection bid in her present district.
Boebert’s resounding win over 4 different candidates within the new district throughout the state from the place she lived earlier than showcased her political cachet amongst Republicans and positions her for a probable straightforward win within the November basic election. It was additionally a victory for the far-right flank of the Home GOP, a gaggle that takes no prisoners, makes no concessions and stays on the assault.
Taking the stage at her election night time victory occasion, Boebert wore a pair of reflective gold sneakers bought by former President Donald Trump and a white “Make America Nice Once more” hat along with his signature throughout the invoice.
“America will rise once more, and I’m so excited that you just all are right here to be part of it with me,” Boebert mentioned to applause.
Boebert responded to questions on her change to the 4th District by saying, “Whereas the crops could also be barely completely different right here in CD4, the values aren’t.”
READ MORE: Boebert faces first election in new district after theater scandal
She promised to battle for insurance policies together with shutting down the southern border and in addition signaled that she intends to proceed her combative model.
“Quite a lot of of us criticize my strategy on issues,” Boebert mentioned, “however I realized very early on in Washington, D.C., that nothing occurs with out power.”
In two different intently watched Republican contests, Lawyer Jeff Hurd gained the first for the third District seat at present held by Boebert, and political advisor and discuss radio host Jeff Crank defeated Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams, who was endorsed by Trump, within the fifth District.
Boebert constructed nationwide hard-line conservative stardom that possible made it simpler for her to climate the scandals of the final 12 months, which included the video of her vaping and inflicting a disturbance at a musical manufacturing of “Beetlejuice.”
Whereas the theater incident and district leap rattled some Republicans, Gilbert Kendzior shrugged them off, saying, “Who’s excellent?”
Kendzior mentioned he voted for Boebert as a result of she shakes issues up. “It’s gotten too staid. Identical guarantees, nothing occurs,” he mentioned. “We have to do away with the outdated farts.”
On Tuesday she beat a gaggle of extra conventional, homegrown main candidates who had far much less identify recognition and usually much less combative political kinds: former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg; present state Reps. Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf; and parental rights advocate Deborah Flora.
READ MORE: Boebert switches congressional districts to extra conservative seat, avoiding powerful rematch with Democrat
Sonnenberg congratulated Boebert and pledged to assist her, saying, “I look ahead to serving to her win this seat in November after which being a useful resource to her on rural points on this district.”
The 4th District, which sweeps throughout a large expanse of ranches, ghost cities and conservative components of the Denver metro space that make up a lot of the plains of jap Colorado, overwhelmingly went for Trump within the 2020 election.
The seat opened up after former Republican Rep. Ken Buck resigned, citing the divisiveness of at this time’s politics and his occasion’s devotion to Trump. In a particular election Tuesday to fill the remaining months of Buck’s time period, Republican Greg Lopez, a former mayor of the town of Parker, beat a Democrat and third-party candidates.
Within the fifth District, which is house to the town of Colorado Springs, Crank bested Williams after the latter confronted condemnation from fellow Republicans over his management together with using occasion assets to spice up his personal marketing campaign.
Crank mentioned Tuesday night time that he appears ahead to being his district’s conservative voice in Congress and urged Republicans to unite behind Trump, posting on the social platform X: “We’ve got a rustic to save lots of from Joe Biden’s Open Border Disaster and the failure of the Democrats’ financial coverage.”
Williams, a former state consultant, has tried to realign the state GOP with the far-right flank of the nationwide occasion. In latest GOP communications, he known as folks celebrating Homosexual Pleasure Month “godless groomers” and urged folks to burn delight flags.
Crank is a extra conventional Republican, much less inclined towards fiery invective and the occasion’s hard-right wing.
A grievance in opposition to Williams with the Federal Elections Fee alleges that he used the state occasion e-mail checklist to announce his marketing campaign for Congress and spent occasion cash on mailers that included an assault on Crank.
The race is to fill the seat of Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn, who didn’t search reelection. As within the 4th District, the winner of the Republican-friendly fifth District will probably be favored within the basic election.
One other GOP Home race watched on the nationwide stage was the eighth District, newly minted after redistricting in 2021 and hotly contested with voters roughly break up between the 2 main events.
Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans, a former police officer, defeated former state Rep. Janak Joshi, a retired doctor, within the race to problem Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo. Caraveo gained the eighth District, which stretches north of Denver, by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2022.
Evans will possible profit from a windfall of assist from the Nationwide Republican Marketing campaign Committee, which is intent on defending the occasion’s skinny Home majority.
And farther to the west, among the many Rocky Mountains and excessive desert mesas, Hurd gained the GOP main for the third District, house to Boebert’s present seat.
Hurd, a softer-spoken and fewer hard-line conservative, will face Democrat Adam Frisch, who misplaced to Boebert by solely 546 votes in 2022. That slim margin was largely attributed to Boebert’s divisiveness amongst voters, and Hurd is taken into account to have the benefit within the basic election within the Republican-leaning district.
Nonetheless, Frisch’s close to victory in 2022, which caught nationwide consideration and confirmed donors he had a path to flip the seat, has helped him increase over $13 million. It’s one of many largest Home marketing campaign chests within the nation and much overshadows Hurd’s $1 million.
Regardless of that, Frisch labeled Hurd as a “company lawyer funded by company PAC cash.”
“My presumptive opponent gained’t have the spine to face as much as Washington pursuits,” Frisch mentioned in a press release.
Hurd thanked voters for his or her assist.
“On to the overall election in November, the place a brighter future for Colorado households will probably be on the poll,” he mentioned on X.
Within the main, Hurd defeated former Republican state Rep. Ron Hanks; Stephen Varela, a former Democrat who switched events; businessman Lew Webb; and monetary adviser Russ Andrews.
LIVE RESULTS: 2024 Colorado Main
DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert gained Tuesday’s Republican main in a U.S. Home race that she jumped into final 12 months, surviving a scandal over a video of her at a Denver theater and accusations of carpetbagging after fleeing what might have been a tricky reelection bid in her present district.
Boebert’s resounding win over 4 different candidates within the new district throughout the state from the place she lived earlier than showcased her political cachet amongst Republicans and positions her for a probable straightforward win within the November basic election. It was additionally a victory for the far-right flank of the Home GOP, a gaggle that takes no prisoners, makes no concessions and stays on the assault.
Taking the stage at her election night time victory occasion, Boebert wore a pair of reflective gold sneakers bought by former President Donald Trump and a white “Make America Nice Once more” hat along with his signature throughout the invoice.
“America will rise once more, and I’m so excited that you just all are right here to be part of it with me,” Boebert mentioned to applause.
Boebert responded to questions on her change to the 4th District by saying, “Whereas the crops could also be barely completely different right here in CD4, the values aren’t.”
READ MORE: Boebert faces first election in new district after theater scandal
She promised to battle for insurance policies together with shutting down the southern border and in addition signaled that she intends to proceed her combative model.
“Quite a lot of of us criticize my strategy on issues,” Boebert mentioned, “however I realized very early on in Washington, D.C., that nothing occurs with out power.”
In two different intently watched Republican contests, Lawyer Jeff Hurd gained the first for the third District seat at present held by Boebert, and political advisor and discuss radio host Jeff Crank defeated Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams, who was endorsed by Trump, within the fifth District.
Boebert constructed nationwide hard-line conservative stardom that possible made it simpler for her to climate the scandals of the final 12 months, which included the video of her vaping and inflicting a disturbance at a musical manufacturing of “Beetlejuice.”
Whereas the theater incident and district leap rattled some Republicans, Gilbert Kendzior shrugged them off, saying, “Who’s excellent?”
Kendzior mentioned he voted for Boebert as a result of she shakes issues up. “It’s gotten too staid. Identical guarantees, nothing occurs,” he mentioned. “We have to do away with the outdated farts.”
On Tuesday she beat a gaggle of extra conventional, homegrown main candidates who had far much less identify recognition and usually much less combative political kinds: former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg; present state Reps. Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf; and parental rights advocate Deborah Flora.
READ MORE: Boebert switches congressional districts to extra conservative seat, avoiding powerful rematch with Democrat
Sonnenberg congratulated Boebert and pledged to assist her, saying, “I look ahead to serving to her win this seat in November after which being a useful resource to her on rural points on this district.”
The 4th District, which sweeps throughout a large expanse of ranches, ghost cities and conservative components of the Denver metro space that make up a lot of the plains of jap Colorado, overwhelmingly went for Trump within the 2020 election.
The seat opened up after former Republican Rep. Ken Buck resigned, citing the divisiveness of at this time’s politics and his occasion’s devotion to Trump. In a particular election Tuesday to fill the remaining months of Buck’s time period, Republican Greg Lopez, a former mayor of the town of Parker, beat a Democrat and third-party candidates.
Within the fifth District, which is house to the town of Colorado Springs, Crank bested Williams after the latter confronted condemnation from fellow Republicans over his management together with using occasion assets to spice up his personal marketing campaign.
Crank mentioned Tuesday night time that he appears ahead to being his district’s conservative voice in Congress and urged Republicans to unite behind Trump, posting on the social platform X: “We’ve got a rustic to save lots of from Joe Biden’s Open Border Disaster and the failure of the Democrats’ financial coverage.”
Williams, a former state consultant, has tried to realign the state GOP with the far-right flank of the nationwide occasion. In latest GOP communications, he known as folks celebrating Homosexual Pleasure Month “godless groomers” and urged folks to burn delight flags.
Crank is a extra conventional Republican, much less inclined towards fiery invective and the occasion’s hard-right wing.
A grievance in opposition to Williams with the Federal Elections Fee alleges that he used the state occasion e-mail checklist to announce his marketing campaign for Congress and spent occasion cash on mailers that included an assault on Crank.
The race is to fill the seat of Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn, who didn’t search reelection. As within the 4th District, the winner of the Republican-friendly fifth District will probably be favored within the basic election.
One other GOP Home race watched on the nationwide stage was the eighth District, newly minted after redistricting in 2021 and hotly contested with voters roughly break up between the 2 main events.
Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans, a former police officer, defeated former state Rep. Janak Joshi, a retired doctor, within the race to problem Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo. Caraveo gained the eighth District, which stretches north of Denver, by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2022.
Evans will possible profit from a windfall of assist from the Nationwide Republican Marketing campaign Committee, which is intent on defending the occasion’s skinny Home majority.
And farther to the west, among the many Rocky Mountains and excessive desert mesas, Hurd gained the GOP main for the third District, house to Boebert’s present seat.
Hurd, a softer-spoken and fewer hard-line conservative, will face Democrat Adam Frisch, who misplaced to Boebert by solely 546 votes in 2022. That slim margin was largely attributed to Boebert’s divisiveness amongst voters, and Hurd is taken into account to have the benefit within the basic election within the Republican-leaning district.
Nonetheless, Frisch’s close to victory in 2022, which caught nationwide consideration and confirmed donors he had a path to flip the seat, has helped him increase over $13 million. It’s one of many largest Home marketing campaign chests within the nation and much overshadows Hurd’s $1 million.
Regardless of that, Frisch labeled Hurd as a “company lawyer funded by company PAC cash.”
“My presumptive opponent gained’t have the spine to face as much as Washington pursuits,” Frisch mentioned in a press release.
Hurd thanked voters for his or her assist.
“On to the overall election in November, the place a brighter future for Colorado households will probably be on the poll,” he mentioned on X.
Within the main, Hurd defeated former Republican state Rep. Ron Hanks; Stephen Varela, a former Democrat who switched events; businessman Lew Webb; and monetary adviser Russ Andrews.
LIVE RESULTS: 2024 Colorado Main
DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert gained Tuesday’s Republican main in a U.S. Home race that she jumped into final 12 months, surviving a scandal over a video of her at a Denver theater and accusations of carpetbagging after fleeing what might have been a tricky reelection bid in her present district.
Boebert’s resounding win over 4 different candidates within the new district throughout the state from the place she lived earlier than showcased her political cachet amongst Republicans and positions her for a probable straightforward win within the November basic election. It was additionally a victory for the far-right flank of the Home GOP, a gaggle that takes no prisoners, makes no concessions and stays on the assault.
Taking the stage at her election night time victory occasion, Boebert wore a pair of reflective gold sneakers bought by former President Donald Trump and a white “Make America Nice Once more” hat along with his signature throughout the invoice.
“America will rise once more, and I’m so excited that you just all are right here to be part of it with me,” Boebert mentioned to applause.
Boebert responded to questions on her change to the 4th District by saying, “Whereas the crops could also be barely completely different right here in CD4, the values aren’t.”
READ MORE: Boebert faces first election in new district after theater scandal
She promised to battle for insurance policies together with shutting down the southern border and in addition signaled that she intends to proceed her combative model.
“Quite a lot of of us criticize my strategy on issues,” Boebert mentioned, “however I realized very early on in Washington, D.C., that nothing occurs with out power.”
In two different intently watched Republican contests, Lawyer Jeff Hurd gained the first for the third District seat at present held by Boebert, and political advisor and discuss radio host Jeff Crank defeated Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams, who was endorsed by Trump, within the fifth District.
Boebert constructed nationwide hard-line conservative stardom that possible made it simpler for her to climate the scandals of the final 12 months, which included the video of her vaping and inflicting a disturbance at a musical manufacturing of “Beetlejuice.”
Whereas the theater incident and district leap rattled some Republicans, Gilbert Kendzior shrugged them off, saying, “Who’s excellent?”
Kendzior mentioned he voted for Boebert as a result of she shakes issues up. “It’s gotten too staid. Identical guarantees, nothing occurs,” he mentioned. “We have to do away with the outdated farts.”
On Tuesday she beat a gaggle of extra conventional, homegrown main candidates who had far much less identify recognition and usually much less combative political kinds: former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg; present state Reps. Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf; and parental rights advocate Deborah Flora.
READ MORE: Boebert switches congressional districts to extra conservative seat, avoiding powerful rematch with Democrat
Sonnenberg congratulated Boebert and pledged to assist her, saying, “I look ahead to serving to her win this seat in November after which being a useful resource to her on rural points on this district.”
The 4th District, which sweeps throughout a large expanse of ranches, ghost cities and conservative components of the Denver metro space that make up a lot of the plains of jap Colorado, overwhelmingly went for Trump within the 2020 election.
The seat opened up after former Republican Rep. Ken Buck resigned, citing the divisiveness of at this time’s politics and his occasion’s devotion to Trump. In a particular election Tuesday to fill the remaining months of Buck’s time period, Republican Greg Lopez, a former mayor of the town of Parker, beat a Democrat and third-party candidates.
Within the fifth District, which is house to the town of Colorado Springs, Crank bested Williams after the latter confronted condemnation from fellow Republicans over his management together with using occasion assets to spice up his personal marketing campaign.
Crank mentioned Tuesday night time that he appears ahead to being his district’s conservative voice in Congress and urged Republicans to unite behind Trump, posting on the social platform X: “We’ve got a rustic to save lots of from Joe Biden’s Open Border Disaster and the failure of the Democrats’ financial coverage.”
Williams, a former state consultant, has tried to realign the state GOP with the far-right flank of the nationwide occasion. In latest GOP communications, he known as folks celebrating Homosexual Pleasure Month “godless groomers” and urged folks to burn delight flags.
Crank is a extra conventional Republican, much less inclined towards fiery invective and the occasion’s hard-right wing.
A grievance in opposition to Williams with the Federal Elections Fee alleges that he used the state occasion e-mail checklist to announce his marketing campaign for Congress and spent occasion cash on mailers that included an assault on Crank.
The race is to fill the seat of Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn, who didn’t search reelection. As within the 4th District, the winner of the Republican-friendly fifth District will probably be favored within the basic election.
One other GOP Home race watched on the nationwide stage was the eighth District, newly minted after redistricting in 2021 and hotly contested with voters roughly break up between the 2 main events.
Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans, a former police officer, defeated former state Rep. Janak Joshi, a retired doctor, within the race to problem Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo. Caraveo gained the eighth District, which stretches north of Denver, by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2022.
Evans will possible profit from a windfall of assist from the Nationwide Republican Marketing campaign Committee, which is intent on defending the occasion’s skinny Home majority.
And farther to the west, among the many Rocky Mountains and excessive desert mesas, Hurd gained the GOP main for the third District, house to Boebert’s present seat.
Hurd, a softer-spoken and fewer hard-line conservative, will face Democrat Adam Frisch, who misplaced to Boebert by solely 546 votes in 2022. That slim margin was largely attributed to Boebert’s divisiveness amongst voters, and Hurd is taken into account to have the benefit within the basic election within the Republican-leaning district.
Nonetheless, Frisch’s close to victory in 2022, which caught nationwide consideration and confirmed donors he had a path to flip the seat, has helped him increase over $13 million. It’s one of many largest Home marketing campaign chests within the nation and much overshadows Hurd’s $1 million.
Regardless of that, Frisch labeled Hurd as a “company lawyer funded by company PAC cash.”
“My presumptive opponent gained’t have the spine to face as much as Washington pursuits,” Frisch mentioned in a press release.
Hurd thanked voters for his or her assist.
“On to the overall election in November, the place a brighter future for Colorado households will probably be on the poll,” he mentioned on X.
Within the main, Hurd defeated former Republican state Rep. Ron Hanks; Stephen Varela, a former Democrat who switched events; businessman Lew Webb; and monetary adviser Russ Andrews.
LIVE RESULTS: 2024 Colorado Main
DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert gained Tuesday’s Republican main in a U.S. Home race that she jumped into final 12 months, surviving a scandal over a video of her at a Denver theater and accusations of carpetbagging after fleeing what might have been a tricky reelection bid in her present district.
Boebert’s resounding win over 4 different candidates within the new district throughout the state from the place she lived earlier than showcased her political cachet amongst Republicans and positions her for a probable straightforward win within the November basic election. It was additionally a victory for the far-right flank of the Home GOP, a gaggle that takes no prisoners, makes no concessions and stays on the assault.
Taking the stage at her election night time victory occasion, Boebert wore a pair of reflective gold sneakers bought by former President Donald Trump and a white “Make America Nice Once more” hat along with his signature throughout the invoice.
“America will rise once more, and I’m so excited that you just all are right here to be part of it with me,” Boebert mentioned to applause.
Boebert responded to questions on her change to the 4th District by saying, “Whereas the crops could also be barely completely different right here in CD4, the values aren’t.”
READ MORE: Boebert faces first election in new district after theater scandal
She promised to battle for insurance policies together with shutting down the southern border and in addition signaled that she intends to proceed her combative model.
“Quite a lot of of us criticize my strategy on issues,” Boebert mentioned, “however I realized very early on in Washington, D.C., that nothing occurs with out power.”
In two different intently watched Republican contests, Lawyer Jeff Hurd gained the first for the third District seat at present held by Boebert, and political advisor and discuss radio host Jeff Crank defeated Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams, who was endorsed by Trump, within the fifth District.
Boebert constructed nationwide hard-line conservative stardom that possible made it simpler for her to climate the scandals of the final 12 months, which included the video of her vaping and inflicting a disturbance at a musical manufacturing of “Beetlejuice.”
Whereas the theater incident and district leap rattled some Republicans, Gilbert Kendzior shrugged them off, saying, “Who’s excellent?”
Kendzior mentioned he voted for Boebert as a result of she shakes issues up. “It’s gotten too staid. Identical guarantees, nothing occurs,” he mentioned. “We have to do away with the outdated farts.”
On Tuesday she beat a gaggle of extra conventional, homegrown main candidates who had far much less identify recognition and usually much less combative political kinds: former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg; present state Reps. Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf; and parental rights advocate Deborah Flora.
READ MORE: Boebert switches congressional districts to extra conservative seat, avoiding powerful rematch with Democrat
Sonnenberg congratulated Boebert and pledged to assist her, saying, “I look ahead to serving to her win this seat in November after which being a useful resource to her on rural points on this district.”
The 4th District, which sweeps throughout a large expanse of ranches, ghost cities and conservative components of the Denver metro space that make up a lot of the plains of jap Colorado, overwhelmingly went for Trump within the 2020 election.
The seat opened up after former Republican Rep. Ken Buck resigned, citing the divisiveness of at this time’s politics and his occasion’s devotion to Trump. In a particular election Tuesday to fill the remaining months of Buck’s time period, Republican Greg Lopez, a former mayor of the town of Parker, beat a Democrat and third-party candidates.
Within the fifth District, which is house to the town of Colorado Springs, Crank bested Williams after the latter confronted condemnation from fellow Republicans over his management together with using occasion assets to spice up his personal marketing campaign.
Crank mentioned Tuesday night time that he appears ahead to being his district’s conservative voice in Congress and urged Republicans to unite behind Trump, posting on the social platform X: “We’ve got a rustic to save lots of from Joe Biden’s Open Border Disaster and the failure of the Democrats’ financial coverage.”
Williams, a former state consultant, has tried to realign the state GOP with the far-right flank of the nationwide occasion. In latest GOP communications, he known as folks celebrating Homosexual Pleasure Month “godless groomers” and urged folks to burn delight flags.
Crank is a extra conventional Republican, much less inclined towards fiery invective and the occasion’s hard-right wing.
A grievance in opposition to Williams with the Federal Elections Fee alleges that he used the state occasion e-mail checklist to announce his marketing campaign for Congress and spent occasion cash on mailers that included an assault on Crank.
The race is to fill the seat of Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn, who didn’t search reelection. As within the 4th District, the winner of the Republican-friendly fifth District will probably be favored within the basic election.
One other GOP Home race watched on the nationwide stage was the eighth District, newly minted after redistricting in 2021 and hotly contested with voters roughly break up between the 2 main events.
Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans, a former police officer, defeated former state Rep. Janak Joshi, a retired doctor, within the race to problem Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo. Caraveo gained the eighth District, which stretches north of Denver, by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2022.
Evans will possible profit from a windfall of assist from the Nationwide Republican Marketing campaign Committee, which is intent on defending the occasion’s skinny Home majority.
And farther to the west, among the many Rocky Mountains and excessive desert mesas, Hurd gained the GOP main for the third District, house to Boebert’s present seat.
Hurd, a softer-spoken and fewer hard-line conservative, will face Democrat Adam Frisch, who misplaced to Boebert by solely 546 votes in 2022. That slim margin was largely attributed to Boebert’s divisiveness amongst voters, and Hurd is taken into account to have the benefit within the basic election within the Republican-leaning district.
Nonetheless, Frisch’s close to victory in 2022, which caught nationwide consideration and confirmed donors he had a path to flip the seat, has helped him increase over $13 million. It’s one of many largest Home marketing campaign chests within the nation and much overshadows Hurd’s $1 million.
Regardless of that, Frisch labeled Hurd as a “company lawyer funded by company PAC cash.”
“My presumptive opponent gained’t have the spine to face as much as Washington pursuits,” Frisch mentioned in a press release.
Hurd thanked voters for his or her assist.
“On to the overall election in November, the place a brighter future for Colorado households will probably be on the poll,” he mentioned on X.
Within the main, Hurd defeated former Republican state Rep. Ron Hanks; Stephen Varela, a former Democrat who switched events; businessman Lew Webb; and monetary adviser Russ Andrews.