Boebert defeated rivals including former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, current state Reps. Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf, and parental rights advocate Deborah Flora.
Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ project U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is the winner of the GOP primary election in Colorado's 4th Congressional District.
Boebert, who planted her MAGA flag in the House of Representatives in 2020, has amassed national conservative clout. But along with the limelight have come public scandals. Her decision to switch from representing Colorado's 3rd to the 4th District came after video surfaced of her vaping and causing a disturbance with a date at a musical production of “Beetlejuice.”
Boebert said she made the switch to ensure another Republican could win her old district, which she nearly lost in 2022, and she blamed outside groups for targeting her. But she had already become a fundraising magnet for the district's likely Democratic candidate, who has pulled in millions that may help him flip a seat that has leaned Republican in recent years.
On Tuesday Boebert faced off against more traditional rivals including former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg; current state Reps. Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf; and parental rights advocate Deborah Flora. Boebert is expected to also take the November general election in the heavily conservative 4th Congressional District, which sweeps across a wide expanse of ranches, ghost towns and conservative parts of the Denver metro area that make up much of the plains of eastern Colorado. Its voters overwhelmingly backed former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
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