Democrat Eileen Laubacher leads Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado House race
The gist
Retired Navy rear admiral Eileen Laubacher led Rep. Lauren Boebert 54% to 43% in early Colorado results.
No race had been called, with Boebert's once-safe seat now rated only leaning Republican.
How it unfolded
- 2022Boebert won reelection in the 3rd Congressional District by only 546 votes, the closest U.S. House race in the country that year.
- 2023Boebert announced she would run in the 4th District after facing pushback over a scandal; she and a male companion had been ejected from a Denver theater performance of "Beetlejuice" for inappropriate behavior.
- 2024Boebert switched districts and won election in the 4th CD by a nearly 12-point margin.