U.S. House Rep. Lauren Boebert wins Republican primary in District 3

[SouthBayDem]

Source: Colorado Public Radio

Rep. Lauren Boebert was named the Republican winner in the U.S. House District 3 primary on Tuesday, beating state Sen. Don Coram. Boebert is the current representative in the District.

Since her first days in Congress, Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert has not shied away from controversy. Her supporters cheer her media-grabbing moves — from the stylized video she released her first day in office touting her intention to carry her glock in D.C., to carrying a cardboard cutout of Vice President Kamala Harris around on a trip to the southern border.

Boebert is the owner of a gun-themed restaurant in Rifle and parlayed her support of the 2nd amendment, opposition to COVID restrictions and a Trump-like social media presence into a successful run for Congress. A staunch Trump supporter, Boebert has made inroads with that wing of the Republican party. She co-chairs the 2nd amendment caucus and is communications chair for the House Freedom Caucus.

Read more: https://www.cpr.org/2022/06/28/colorado-2022-primary-elections-lauren-boebert-don-coram-district-3-results/

[Polybius]

1. Was just gonna post this

She won by 29 points.

[riversedge]

14. Lauren Boebert (i) R 74,226 votes 64.7% Don Coram R 40,515 votes 35.3%

Sad day for Congress.

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/28/1107087984/colorado-primary-election-results


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U.S. House
2022 Colo. District 3 GOP Primary
Updated Jun 29, 2022, 12:06 AM
AP estimates
96.9% of votes counted
Lauren Boebert wins. AP race call at 8:36 p.m. on June 28, 2022.
Lauren Boebert (i)
R
74,226 votes 64.7%
Don Coram
R
40,515 votes 35.3%

[Ford_Prefect]

2. Just how exactly is she going to represent the 3rd district from a Federal prison?

I don't see a lot of future for her once the DOJ goes public.

[SoCalDavidS]

4. Easy, She Won't Go To Prison nt

[Ford_Prefect]

6. I think the Judge may have another view on that.

[former9thward]

15. Since she was convicted already what was she charged with?

[NJCher]

3. In the long run

I don’t think boeberts act will wear well.

[OnlinePoker]

5. Too bad. Coram seemed like someone who could work across the aisle.

She won the district by 26,000 votes in 2020 and was only a 10 point winner in the primary. It will be very difficult to unseat her in November.

[SoCalDavidS]

8. The Crazy & Insane repubs Are In The Safest Districts

All the familiar names that you know, have nothing to worry about in terms of getting re-elected. In fact, they Know their antics actually help them with their MORON constituents. They have that in common. Familiarity breeds contentment.

[orleans]

7. my first thought was:

just goes to show you how fucking stupid people are in that district that they elected that moron!

[SoCalDavidS]

9. They Relate To Her, And She Relates To Them

It's a wonderful relationship, and she knows she's free to act however she wants, since there WON'T BE ANY CONSEQUENCES.

[TheBlackAdder]

10. Republicans in that district be stupider than the average stupe.

[JohnSJ]

11. The question is, can the Democrat running in that district against have a chance to win in November?

[SouthBayDem]

17. Considering that the district is mostly rural

I really doubt it.

Wikipedia has a map of CO-3 before and after the 2022-23 redistricting.

[quakerboy]

18. I dont know how the redistricting plays out

But Boebert beat the Democrat by 25k votes last time.

If a few dems and independents are spurred to vote due to the insurrection and RvW and other important issues.
If a few republicans stay home because they are disgusted by this candidate.
If a few republicans vote Dem due to disgust for the candidate, the insurrection, etc..

Its not a clear easy win, but it surely doesnt look impossible to me.

[Rhiannon12866]

27. I took a close look at Colorado congressional districts last night after reading this

I have family in Colorado and I know damn well none of them would vote for her. But it looks, like you said, that this district is in the more rural, less populated part of the state - more land, fewer people. But I still feel bad for anyone sane living there having to deal with this embarrassment.

[ancianita]

24. Yes.

The city who delivered her the most votes was Grande Junction, pop. 65,560.
The biggest city in the district, however, is Pueblo, pop. 111,876, which is 44% Hispanic and heavily unionized.
Granted, if much of the Latino vote is conservative, or there are too many non-voting undocumenteds, that could lower Pueblo's offsetting Grande Junction.
But if you add in the liberal ski towns like Aspen, she could be beaten.

[JohnSJ]

25. +++

[Initech]

12. BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[Mr.Bill]

13. This is good.

Someone's pet rabbit would be harder to beat in the general election.

[SuperCoder]

19. Why can't the DOJ go public now

Before anymore elections? Near as I can tell, nothing can happen once the elections are over unless dems have a super majority where repigs and the filibuster don't matter anymore.

[Rhiannon12866]

20. Why???

[purr-rat beauty]

21. Amazing....considering she can only count to the number 2

when it comes to the Amendments of the Constitution

[Turbineguy]

22. You can't fix stupid.

Population 5.85 million. She got 74200 votes. That's 1.2 percent. Well into the 2nd derivative zone.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

26. Her district has 759,000 people, according to Wiki.

The Denver metro area has almost 2.9 million.

[867-5309.]

23. Bobo might help us, really

She keeps them looking crazy and she's too damn dumb to get anything done.