Lauren Boebert’s quest to keep making America great again
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert currently represents the people of Colorado’s hyper-competitive third district.
Her district covers most of western Colorado, including Grand Junction, but the red area is balanced out by also covering Aspen and swinging east enough to cover Pueblo.
While she defeated an incumbent Republican in 2020, Boebert barely held on to her seat in 2022, winning following a recount by just 546 votes out of 327,000 ballots cast.
With her district trending bluer, and with big money leftist organizations targeting her, Boebert has decided to run in the more conservative-friendly fourth district of the Centennial State in 2024.
The Republican primary in the House race is crowded – and now it’s about to get extra complicated, after a “swampy” move by the RINO currently holding the seat.
Ken Buck stabs his constituents and party in the back
Representative Ken Buck had already announced he would not seek re-election in 2024 – hence the crowded primary field of Republican contenders looking to replace him.
Statement from Congressman Ken Buck on his departure from Congress. pic.twitter.com/orjSzenZnv
— Rep. Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) March 12, 2024
However, he just announced via Twitter that he’s not going to wait for November, instead he’ll be leaving at the end of the week.
The move leaves the Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP with just a 218-213 lead in the People’s Chamber.
That means Republicans can only afford to lose two-votes to pass legislation.
Not that Buck has been much help to the Republican caucus as of late.
He’s been one of the lone GOP critics of House Republicans’ efforts to impeach President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Colorado’s Democrat Governor Jared Polis has announced a special election will take place on June 25th – the same say as Boebert and her competitors are running in the primary for the general election in the same district.
And that’s where things get complicated for Boebert and her fellow Trump supporters.
Is Colorado a “swampy banana republic”?
Under Colorado law, the party leadership in the state gets to pick who their respective nominees will be for the special election.
Since Boebert is already in Congress – and her winning the special in the third would only trigger another special for the fourth – she is very unlikely to be selected by the Colorado GOP.
Whomever Republican leadership does select will enter the special election as the favorite to win.
The district is in the very rural eastern part of the state.
To give you an idea of how red it is, Trump won the district by 16-points in 2020.
If the leadership picks one of Boebert’s primary opponents to run in the special, that candidate will have a massive advantage in the primary.
In a Twitter X-Spaces talk with her fellow Republican Representative Matt Gaetz, Boebert said she hopes the party will select someone who is not running in the primary to avoid favoritism and confusing voters.
Whomever is selected would act almost as a quasi-incumbent in the race.
“That is some crazy banana republic s**t you’ve got — you’re doing in Colorado,” said Gaetz.
“It’s kind of swampy,” Boebert replied.
The conservative Congresswoman didn’t stop there and revealed exactly how she sees what the establishment is trying to pull in a post on X.
Ken Buck’s announcement yesterday was a gift to the uniparty.
The establishment concocted a swampy backroom deal to try to rig an election I’m winning by 25 points.
Forcing an unnecessary Special Election on the same day as the Primary Election will confuse voters, result in…
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) March 13, 2024
“Ken Buck’s announcement yesterday was a gift to the uniparty,” Boebert’s statement began. “The establishment concocted a swampy backroom deal to try to rig an election I’m winning by 25 points.”
Political Animal News will keep you up-to-date on any new developments in this ongoing story.