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   On 15 Jun 2024, Ryan  posted some   
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   Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., won her GOP primary on Tuesday, NBC News   
   projects, after deciding to run in a different district than the one where   
   she narrowly won re-election in 2022.   
      
   Boebert defeated five other Republicans for the party’s nomination in   
   Colorado’s 4th District, which opened up after Rep. Ken Buck announced   
   earlier this year that he would resign. She will now be heavily favored to   
   win the seat in the general election given the area’s rightward lean.   
      
   The two-term congresswoman eked out a 546-vote victory in the neighboring   
   3rd District two years ago, and faced the prospect of a rematch with Adam   
   Frisch, a well-funded Democrat. Former President Donald Trump won the 4th   
   District by 19 points while carrying the 3rd District by 8 points in 2020,   
   according to calculations from Daily Kos Elections.   
   Boebert, who was backed by Trump, built a national profile as a   
   conservative firebrand after pulling off a surprising 2020 GOP primary win   
   against then-Rep. Scott Tipton, in part by promising to take on high-   
   profile liberal figures like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y..   
      
   “Since the first day I ran for public office I promised I would do   
   whatever it takes to stop the socialists and communists from taking over   
   our country,” Boebert said in December when she announced her decision to   
   run in the 4th District. “That means staying in the fight. But it also   
   means not allowing Hollywood elites and progressive money groups to buy   
   the 3rd District.”   
      
   Boebert also said the move would be a “fresh start” after a difficult year   
   for her personally, noting she and her husband had divorced. She was   
   granted a temporary restraining order against her ex-husband in February.   
   The congresswoman also grabbed headlines last year for being escorted out   
   of a musical for allegedly “vaping, singing [and] causing a disturbance.”   
      
   Boebert’s decision to run in the neighboring 4th District also shook up   
   the GOP primary in the more competitive 3rd District, where Frisch, a   
   former member of the Aspen City Council, cleared the field and nabbed the   
   Democratic nomination.   
      
   Attorney Jeff Hurd won the GOP primary to face Frisch in the fall, NBC   
   News projects, overcoming a Democratic effort to meddle in the Republican   
   contest and secure an opponent who could be easier to beat in November.   
      
   A Democratic outside group launched a TV ad in the race appearing to boost   
   controversial former state Rep. Ron Hanks, according to the Colorado Sun.   
   Hanks has denied the 2020 election results, and he marched to the U.S.   
   Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He also ran unsuccessfully in the GOP Senate   
   primary in 2022.   
      
   The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with House GOP   
   leadership, countered the effort with its own TV ad targeting Hanks.   
   Frisch also appeared to play in the primary by launching a TV ad aimed at   
   Hurd, potentially damaging Hurd’s standing among conservative voters by   
   suggesting that Hurd’s positions on abortion and Trump are unclear.   
      
   In the deep-red 5th District, Republicans selected political consultant   
   and former radio host Jeff Cranks to replace retiring GOP Rep. Doug   
   Lamborn.   
      
   Crank’s victory is a blow to Trump, who had endorsed state GOP Chairman   
   Dave Williams in the race. Crank had support from House Speaker Mike   
   Johnson and a few other congressional Republicans.   
      
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   Boebert also decided not to run in the special election to serve out the   
   rest of Buck’s term, opting to remain in Congress and continue   
   representing the 3rd District.   
      
   Instead, Republican George Lopez won the special election Tuesday to   
   replace Buck, NBC News projects, meaning Lopez will soon head to the House   
   and help pad Republicans’ thin majority.  Lopez did not run for a full   
   term, so he will only serve in Congress for about six months.   
      
   A former state director for the Small Business Administration and a former   
   mayor of Parker, Colorado, Lopez has run for office multiple times,   
      
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