fled east—a gambit that paid off handsomely on Tuesday night, when she was projected to trump a crowded field and win the Republican primary in her shiny new congressional district.called the race just before 7:30 p.m. Colorado time, announcing Boebert had collected slightly more than 43 percent of the vote. The wire noted that the far-right firebrand’s infamy and combative style had been key to her success, which had been far from certain.
Marred by a series of cringe-inducing scandals, Boebert leapfrogged six months ago from the 3rd District to the 4th, a more reliably red swath of the state left open by the departing Rep. Ken Buck, the 65-year-old Republican who cut his term short in March., also held on Tuesday, to finish out the remainder of Buck’s term.
Facing aspersions of carpetbagging, Boebert nonetheless out-raised and out-spent a half-dozen primary opponents, including two current state congressmen, a former state senator, and a former radio host-turned-“parental rights” advocate named Deborah Flora.showing that 40 percent of likely Republican voters backed Boebert. In contrast, none of her rivals scooped up more than 5 percent.in a Denver theater for vaping, singing along, and groping her date.
Boebert narrowly won re-election in the 4th District in 2022, eking out a victory by a margin of just over 500 votes. Had she remained there, she would have again faced a stiff challenge from Adam Frisch, a Democrat whose rising popularity in recent months has seen him repeatedly Having clinched the nomination in the 3rd District, Boebert is expected to sweep to a second term in the district’s general election come November.