Lauren Boebert will find out Tuesday if her move from Colorado’s Western Slope to the Republican stronghold of the 4th Congressional District on the Eastern Plains will pay off.
Left, Trisha Calvarese, the Democratic candidate for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, answers a question at a debate at The Grizzly Rose in Denver on June 1. Right, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert takes part in The Club 20 political conference at Colorado Mesa University on Sept. 10, 2022, in Grand Junction, Colorado. Both women are facing off to represent the 4th District in the Nov. 5 election.
Results will start rolling in after the polls close at 7 p.m. Also on the ballot are Frank Atwood of the Approval Voting Party; Hannah Goodman of the Libertarian Party; and Paul Noel Fiorino of the Unity Party.Boebert’s defection from the 3rd Congressional District created a stir in a part of the state where the Republican candidate is usually a shoo-in. ButEven so, the district that encompasses a huge chunk of eastern Colorado, is considered the safest in the state for Republicans.
In contrast, Boebert, 37, an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump, barely defeated Democrat Adam Frisch for a second term in the 3rd District in 2022.Calvarese, 38, who recently returned to Highlands Ranch where she grew up, has called out the Beetlejuice incident as well as Boebert’s vote against expanding health care coverage for veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits
while deployed. The Democrat, who won a three-way race in the primary election, called her challenge of Boebert “absolutely winnable,” citing a poll released in May showing nearly half the respondents with anHowever, Boebert, despite being called a carpetbagger for switching to the 4th District, defeated five opponents in the GOP primary, winning three times as many votes as the next-closest candidate.
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