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

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

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

Former gubernatorial hopeful Greg Lopez gets the GOP nomination for 4th District special election

Former gubernatorial hopeful Greg Lopez gets the GOP nomination for 4th District special election

Republicans in Colorado’s sprawling 4th Congressional District on Thursday night chose former Parker Mayor Greg Lopez as their nominee to appear on the June 25 special election ballot to fill out the rest of former Rep. Ken Buck’s term. Lopez, a conservative who ran unsuccessfully for Colorado governor in 2018 and 2022, has said publicly … Read more

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert starts off strong in 4th District money race

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert starts off strong in 4th District money race

The money train kept rolling for U.S. House hopeful Adam Frisch in the last quarter of 2023. But with erstwhile opponent Lauren Boebert leaving the 3rd Congressional District to run in the 4th, the fundraising dynamics across Colorado’s two largest districts are in for a shakeup. Boebert, the 3rd District’s incumbent, raised $540,000 between Oct. … Read more

Colorado Republicans line up for shot to win Rep. Ken Buck’s open seat

Colorado Republicans line up for shot to win Rep. Ken Buck’s open seat

U.S. Rep. Ken Buck’s decision last month not to seek reelection to Congress opened a tantalizingly rare window for Republicans in eastern Colorado: a red seat in one of the state’s few remaining conservative strongholds that, once won, would be tough to ever lose. “If somebody wants to be a congressman who lives in the … Read more