Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert loses Colorado House seat to Democrat Eileen Laubacher
The gist
CNN reported Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert will lose her Colorado seat to Democrat Eileen Laubacher.
The result flips a district Republicans had held by wide margins for years.
How it unfolded
- 2020Boebert won a seat representing Colorado's 3rd Congressional District after unseating a five-term Republican incumbent in the primary.
- 2022She won reelection by just 546 votes with 50.1%, the closest U.S. House race in the country that year, requiring a recount.
- 2024After switching to the 4th District, Boebert won it by about 11 points over Democrat Trisha Calvarese.
Key terms
- open-carry
- The practice of visibly carrying a firearm in public places, as opposed to concealed carry.
- primary
- An election in which voters of a political party choose that party's candidate for an upcoming general election.
- recount
- A repeat tabulation of votes, often triggered when the initial tally is extremely close.
Source: Wikipedia