Lauren Boebert 'victory' saves Republicans from colossal embarrassment

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Lauren Boebert has declared victory in her House re-election campaign, though a recount looks almost certain.

declared victory in her House reelection campaign on Thursday, despite an automatic recount being all but certain in the tightly fought race.

The outspoken Trump supporter, who represents Colorado's third congressional district, faced a midterms challenge from Democrat Adam Frisch. On Thursday night, when the latest figures were released, Boebert had a lead of 551 votes according to the Colorado secretary of state. The Republican had 163,758 votes, versus 163,207 for Frisch, with around 200 votes yet to be counted. Under Colorado law,will automatically be triggered if the gap between candidates is 0.5 percent of the vote or less, as looks almost certain.

Losing the third congressional district would have been a major embarrassment for the GOP, who were predicted to hold onto the seat comfortably. On polling day, election analytics site FiveThirtyEight gave Boebert a 97 percent chance of retaining the traditionally Republican district. Above, Lauren Boebert speaks during a Save America Rally with former President Donald Trump on June 25, 2022, in Mendon, Illinois. Boebert has declared victory in her re-election campaign, though a recount appears very likely.In November 2020, when she first stood, Boebert won the seat comfortably with 51.4 percent of the vote, versus 45.2 percent for Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush.

 

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Not sure how her win could save Republicans from embarrassment? Good god, the bar is low.

What is wrong with the humans in her state to vote such a pathetic politician such as this one!! Oh welll... she is an embarrassment but this is who they want to represent them. A pure joke. Lolololol.

I thought this race was called? Duh, whatever.

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