Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is expected to coast to an easy Republican primary win Tuesday after changing congressional districts to avoid a serious Democratic threat to her old seat.
The Colorado Republican changed from the 3rd congressional district, where she faced well-funded Democrat Adam Frisch after narrowly beating him the previous election, to the deep-red 4th district, where Tea Party Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) is retiring and her GOP rivals are beset by personal problems, reported Slate columnist Jim Newell.
"Boebert had switched to this more conservative district believing she’d finally be free of general election worries and the avalanche of money from 'Hollywood elites' and the 'socialists and communists,'" Newell wrote.
"But there is no escape from the libs’ cash. While Frisch’s fundraising numbers have slowed since Boebert left the 3rd District, Democrats in the 4th District — who are not supposed to have any chance whatsoever — have seen theirs rise. Just one Democratic primary contender, retired Marine Ike McCorkle, raised $462,000 between April and mid-June. He outraised Boebert by more than $100,000."
The congresswoman came into office known as an attention-seeking conspiracy theorist and, since her first election, Boebert has become a grandmother at 36, gotten divorced and then been kicked out of a performance of the "Beetlejuice" musical for vaping and groping her male companion.
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"McCorkle was Democrats’ nominee in the 4th District the past two cycles, and in neither case did he come within 20 points of Ken Buck," Newell wrote.
"Now, Lauren Boebert is no Ken Buck. Since unseating an incumbent in the 2020 Republican primary, she hasn’t stopped making headlines for her antics. Minutes into her first term, she made a video about why she’d carry her Glock into the Capitol. She repeatedly cracked a joke about Rep. Ilhan Omar being a terrorist. She obviously was all over QAnon. And yet, even for all of the embarrassment she courts, her district’s GOP lean should be enough to carry her."
"But if this one is also too close for comfort in the end?" Newell added. "There won’t be a redder place in Colorado for Boebert to turn to."
