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Colorado Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert faces voters in her state’s GOP primary election on Tuesday after she fled a tough re-election race to run in a more right-leaning district, only to suffer a scandal-hit campaign and accusations of carpet-bagging.
Boebert, who first planted her MAGA flag in the House of Representatives in 2020, has amassed conservative clout with her attention-seeking antics on Capitol Hill but faced more than her fair share of public embarrassments and setbacks.
She has insisted she made the switch to compete for outgoing Ken Buck’s old seat to ensure another Republican could win her old district, although she almost lost it in 2022, blaming “Hollywood elites” for targeting her.
On Tuesday, Boebert is up against a number of more traditional GOP rivals, including former state senator Jerry Sonnenberg, current state representatives Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf, and parental rights advocate Deborah Flora.
New York Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman, one of the most liberal members of Congress, is also facing a strong primary challenge on Tuesday from moderate county executive George Latimer in a Big Apple race that has turned a spotlight on the party’s divides over the Israel-Hamas war.
Boebert on the issues: Gun control
Boebert is a Second Amendment absolutist. Where other Republicans in her party have sought to work with Democrats to pass laws banning domestic abusers from owning guns or allowing authorities to restrict the possession of firearms for those flagged to police as a danger to themselves or others, the congresswoman has fought every step of the way against any restriction to gun ownership in the US.
She has opposed red flag laws, background check law expansions, and attacked members of Congress for hiring their own security while supporting such measures.
John Bowden25 June 2024 17:30
Boebert shares rancher ad slamming ‘radical environmentalists’
Gustaf Kilander25 June 2024 17:00
Where does Lauren Boebert actually stand on the issues?
The two-term congresswoman is now being derided by her critics as a carpetbagger, having left the purpleish 3rd district of Colorado for the relatively safer-Republican seat in the 4th district. It’s a clearly political move aimed at protecting her career — though one she and her allies, who include Donald Trump and Mike Johnson, are spinning as being done for the good of the Republican Party.
Her departure from the 3rd district means that the staunchly conservative Boebert will face GOP primary voters on Tuesday in a district where she will be much more popular, or at least tolerated, by the general voting base which has far fewer Democrats than her old district, which included larger urban centers such as Aspen. Even so, she’s facing criticism from opponents in her new primary over votes on issues such as water saving as well as support for Israel.
John Bowden25 June 2024 16:30
‘This is the week that will determine the 2024 election’
Eric Garcia has this on why today’s two primaries, coinciding with Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s first presidential debate of the year on Thursday, make this a pivotal week for the United States.
Joe Sommerlad25 June 2024 15:55
Boebert’s many scandals and controversies
Here’s an overview of the Republican’s numerous less-than-flattering encounters with the national spotlight.
Joe Sommerlad25 June 2024 15:25
Boebert ran her gun themed restaurant for years. The new district she hopes to win has a ‘Shooters’ too
The MAGA zealot shot to fame with her gun-themed restaurant Shooters Grill, where waitresses served customers flouting loaded firearms in hip holsters – and tourists increasingly flocked as the MAGA Republican’s profile rose.
That Shooters, in the appropriately named town of Rifle, shut down two years ago, just as Boebert has begun closing the chapter on the constituency where it’s located and where she’s the incumbent.
Rather than seeking re-election in the 3rd congressional district, Boebert abandoned ship to run in a new constituency eastward – and as luck would have it, there’s another Shooters there.
Here’s more from Sheila Flynn.
Joe Sommerlad25 June 2024 14:55
Where does Boebert actually stand on the issues?
John Bowden has this look at where the outspoke Republican stands on the key policy issues, from gun control, immigration and abortion to water usage, an important local concern, as Holtorf’s recent emergency indicates.
Joe Sommerlad25 June 2024 14:25
Boebert’s likely successor is even more MAGA and extreme than the original
The Donald Trump cheerleader made a leap from Colorado’s 3rd to its 4th congressional district but the man looking to replace her in her old seat, Ron Hanks, is arguably even more conservative than the Beetlejuice-ejectee.
Here’s Sheila Flynn’s profile of Hanks.
Joe Sommerlad25 June 2024 13:55
‘The cattle come first’: Ranch emergency pulls Boebert’s rival off the campaign trail on primary eve
Here’s John Bowden’s latest dispatch from Colorado, where GOP candidate Richard Holtorf was forced to head home to tackle a crisis sparked by dry wells on his farmland on the eve of the vote.
Joe Sommerlad25 June 2024 13:25
Boebert insists she’s only ‘true conservative’ in race
Here’s the candidate’s latest social media offerings, a last-ditch appeal for support and an endorsement from He Who Shall Not Be Named:
For balance, here’s what her rivals have to say:
Joe Sommerlad25 June 2024 13:10
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