Lauren Boebert, Trisha Calvarese run for Congress on Eastern Plains

Lauren Boebert, Trisha Calvarese run for Congress on Eastern Plains

In a typical election year, Colorado’s 4th Congressional District would be all but written off. The Eastern Plains district, on paper, is the most Republican-leaning in the state. In 2022, U.S. Rep. Ken Buck won reelection by nearly 24 percentage points, about in line with the advantage Republicans should expect given the 4th’s partisan makeup. … Read more

American Muckrakers settles defamation lawsuit against Lauren Boebert

American Muckrakers settles defamation lawsuit against Lauren Boebert

A group that made salacious accusations about U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has settled a lawsuit it filed against the Colorado congresswoman alleging she defamed its founder. American Muckrakers PAC and its founder, David Wheeler, filed the suit last June in U.S. District Court in Colorado after Boebert went on national television to accuse him of … Read more

Takeaways on Lauren Boebert’s future and Colorado’s primary elections

Takeaways on Lauren Boebert’s future and Colorado’s primary elections

Primary voters set major-party matchups for three open congressional seats, chose a challenger for an incumbent in a battleground district, and weighed in on state and local races across Colorado in Tuesday’s elections. It was all a prelude to the November general election — though voters also selected likely winners in areas dominated by one … Read more

Lauren Boebert’s future depends on Colorado primary election results

Lauren Boebert’s future depends on Colorado primary election results

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is competing with five other candidates to win Tuesday’s Republican primary in her newly adopted eastern Colorado district — a contest that could determine the firebrand conservative’s future in Congress. Voting ends at 7 p.m., and initial results will be posted soon after. In recent weeks, signs have pointed to a … Read more

Colorado 2024 primary election voter guide

Colorado 2024 primary election voter guide

U.S. 3rd Congressional District Colorado’s latest congressional campaign fundraising snapshot — the final one before the June 25 primary — showed new and intriguing dynamics emerging to stir things up in a high-profile presidential election year. Since U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert opted to change her address to one clear across the state late last year, … Read more

Ike McCorkle posts big fundraising in bid to face Lauren Boebert

Ike McCorkle posts big fundraising in bid to face Lauren Boebert

Colorado’s latest congressional campaign fundraising snapshot — the final one before the June 25 primary — showed new and intriguing dynamics emerging to stir things up in a high-profile presidential election year. But some things have stayed the same — including in U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s current district, long after she announced she would run … Read more

Lauren Boebert has advantages in large congressional GOP primary field

Lauren Boebert has advantages in large congressional GOP primary field

Money. Incumbency. Near-universal name recognition. U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has uncorked a powerful political brew in her quest to clear a field of five Republican primary opponents, all of whom have deeper roots in Colorado’s easternmost district than the second-term congresswoman. That time-tested formula has given Boebert, less than half a year after she abandoned … Read more

Republican Greg Lopez skips special election debate in congressional contest

Republican Greg Lopez skips special election debate in congressional contest

Colorado’s 4th Congressional District special election debate at the Grizzly Rose on Saturday featured two political novices, a guy who doesn’t want to win and an empty chair set aside for the presumed favorite in the race. Republican Greg Lopez was a no-show at the debate, sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld and the … Read more

Colorado’s Democratic and Republican congressional primary candidates

Colorado’s Democratic and Republican congressional primary candidates

All eight of Colorado’s congressional districts will have candidates on the June 25 primary ballot. And in three of those districts — the 3rd, 4th and 5th — the seat is open, providing the ingredients for a more boisterous fight than normal ahead of November’s election. Here is a look at who will be on … Read more

Lauren Boebert, Adam Frisch outpace others in campaign fundraising

Lauren Boebert, Adam Frisch outpace others in campaign fundraising

Democrat Adam Frisch brought in the biggest financial haul of any of Colorado’s congressional hopefuls during the first three months of the year, raising $1.4 million — nearly six times as much as his main Republican rival in the 3rd Congressional District, Jeff Hurd. And U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, after switching in December from the … Read more