Lauren Boebert's House race heats up as deep-red district inches left: report
After far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) narrowly avoided losing — by just 546 votes — in 2022 and was deluged with bad press after being ejected from the "Beetlejuice" musical for lewd behavior, she jumped congressional districts, moving from the slightly conservative 3rd Congressional District to the deep-red 4th Congressional District vacated by retiring Trump critic Rep. Ken Buck.
But her election in the new district may not be as much of a cakewalk as previously assumed, according to The New Republic.
Per Paige Oamek, the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election forecasting outfit, "reported that Boebert has lost ground in Colorado’s 4th congressional district, and moved the race from 'likely Republican' to 'lean Republican.' Though the MAGA Republican is still holding onto a small lead, that seems to be mostly thanks to the heavily Republican makeup of the district, rather than any tactful campaigning by Boebert."
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This also comes after reports earlier this year that some voters in the 4th District, which covers most of the eastern portion of Colorado, were queasy about backing her.
“I don’t appreciate, as a Christian, people saying they’re Christian to get your vote and then turning out to be a lowlife, and now I just kind of think of her as a lowlife,” one told the Wall Street Journal.
Boebert's Democratic opponent is Trisha Calvarese, a union member and former speechwriter for the National Science Foundation. The two recently debated, ending with Calvarese mocking Boebert over a perceived "meltdown" in response to criticism over her votes against veterans' benefits.
Democrats are seeking to wrest back the House majority from Republicans, and are going on the offensive in a variety of districts around the country, with Republicans defending far more seats in battleground districts.