Lauren Boebert wins Republican primary in new district: AP
Voters in New York, Colorado and Utah went to the polls Tuesday to decide primary candidates they'll send to general elections.
Among those in Colorado is Rep. Lauren Boebert (R), who appeared to be headed toward an inevitable loss in her existing district. She then moved to the Fourth Congressional District, where Rep. Ken Buck (R) resigned in March.
Boebert was declared the winner by The Associated Press around 7:30 p.m. local time.
The district isn't expected to be competitive in November, so the winner will likely prevail in the GOP-leaning portion of the state. Boebert must reach 50 percent of the vote in the primary to win outright, otherwise, face a runoff election.
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First elected in 2020, Boebert became embroiled in controversy over her home life. After a messy divorce, Boebert's eldest son was arrested on 22 charges, including a felony count of conspiracy to commit a felony.
After her divorce, Bobert began dating the Democratic owner of a club that held weekly drag queen nights. The two were captured on camera fondling each other during a Denver performance of the musical "Beetlejuice." They were ultimately thrown out and were also captured on security video making a scene as they left.
In an interview with a local radio host, Boebert said that she liked her chances in the race because the anti-Boebert vote was being split between four other candidates.
Boebert had a rough go of it in the district debate, where she engaged in a contentious exchange with Channel 9's Kyle Clark. He was ultimately forced to ignore Boebert's personal attacks on him and pivot to other candidates watching the squabble.
Newsweek revealed that a "Kaplan Strategies poll conducted on May 31 found that 40 percent of registered voters plan to vote for Boebert, while 40 percent are undecided. Boebert's challengers received a small percent of support: Peter Yu got 5 percent, Jerry Sonnenberg got 4 percent, Deborah Flora got 4 percent, Richard Holtorf got 4 percent and Mike Lynch got 3 percent. The poll surveyed 343 registered likely voters in Colorado's 4th district and it had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percent."