Incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert holds an advantage among likely voters in Colorado's sprawling 3rd Congressional District, a new poll shows, but her lead is small enough that challenger. [58], Boebert was the first primary challenger to defeat a sitting U.S. representative in Colorado in 48 years, since Democratic Representative Wayne Aspinall lost to Alan Merson. David Zalubowski/AP Photo, But she has been so terribly disappointing, continued Garcia, who owns a textile recycling firm. [48] Boebert decried what she said was Tipton's insufficient efforts to continue funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, whose money had run out within two weeks, arguing that more was needed. 5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019, saying that the act had a provision that led to citizenship and provided funding for housing for undocumented farm workers. In early May, she introduced an infrastructure bill of her own that proposed allocating $650 billion in what she called unspent Covid funds to pay for roads, bridges, airports and ports. [14][215] He started Boebert Consulting in 2012, receiving US$460,000 in 2019 and US$478,000 in 2020 as a consultant for Terra Energy, a large producer of natural gas in Colorado. Recently, the local newspaper editorialized that the states independent redistricting commission should remove Pueblo County from Boeberts district altogether. [11][12] She dropped out of high school during her senior year in 2004 when she had a baby. A restaurant owner who had never run for office before she declared her candidacy in late 2019, Boebert tried to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election and made a show of carrying a gun inside the U.S. Capitol in her early days in Congress. So far, Boebert has one announced Republican challenger, Marina Zimmerman, a crane operator who bills herself as a genuine blue-collar candidate.. Swing voters in Pueblo, Colorados Steel City, say they are getting frustrated with a U.S. representative they see as more focused on her own celebrity than her constituents. Before the primary, Trump endorsed Tipton,[44] but Boebert characterized him as unsupportive of Trump. From 2013 to 2022, she owned Shooters Grill, a restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, where staff members were encouraged to carry firearms openly. No more horse and pony shows from the west.. ", "Shooters Grill In Rifle Defies Cease-And-Desist Order", "Shooters Grill Moves Tables Outside To Serve Customers After Cease & Desist Order", "Shooters Grill in Rifle has food license suspended, owner says", "Court case against Shooters Grill dismissed, but license still suspended as county, owner negotiate reopening", "A fluke or the future? Lauren Boebert: How unaffiliated voters feel about their Republican congresswoman Unaffiliated voters make up the largest percentage of the electorate in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District Close Become a member Login My Account Logout Search for:Search News Education Health Coloradans Equity Sun Investigation Crime and Courts Culture Sports A new poll has Democrat Adam Frisch within two points of incumbent Republican Lauren Boebert. + [117][118] She was accused of endangering members' safety and faced calls to resign, but refused, defending her actions because Pelosi's evacuation was also publicly broadcast live on TV;[110][119][120] academic Zac Parker opined that it was still a potential security threat since C-SPAN did not focus on Pelosi, and had it not been for Boebert's tweet, the protesters might have not noticed it. [148][146] Omar responded that the story was invented and that "Anti-Muslim bigotry isnt funny and shouldnt be normalized". Inside the hall, he swept his hand across a conference table-size, sepia-colored picture of the steel complex in its heyday, explaining how Evraz plans to retain and grow the communitys steel-making business by building a new $480 million facility to better compete with overseas markets. Democratic pollster Public Policy Polling has been surveying the race for the Chicago Sun-Times . Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado speaks during a debate at the Sky Ute Resort and Casino in Ignacio at May 26, 2022. [146] During a November 18, 2021, speech on the House floor, Boebert called Omar "the Jihad Squad member from Minnesota". The Denver Post reported in early February 2021 that three ethics experts said that the high figure was suspicious. But Trump backed her general election campaign. The race was decided by 546 votes . Far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert defeated her more moderate challenger in the Republican primary for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday, NBC News projected. [161] In February 2021, Boebert proposed a bill to ban executive moratoriums on oil and gas leases and permits on some federal lands. @laurenboebert. Boebert said she voted against the bills because "the Biden administration and Democrats created the issue. It also argued that Boebert had performed relatively worse than other Republican colleagues that managed to get elected in the state, as compared to the support of Trump at the polls, with the 3rd district witnessing few split-ticket votes. If we can get just that part of the infrastructure plan alone passed, that will be business that would keep us in jobs for many years.. 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Boebert and Omar spoke after Boebert's Islamophobic comments. [182], Boebert opposes mitigation policies seeking to reduce COVID-19's spread. [39], Boebert was an organizer of the December 2019 "We Will Not Comply!" [143][144][145], In September 2021, Boebert told attendees at a Republican fundraiser that she and an aide were joined by Democratic representative Ilhan Omar on a Capitol elevator and that Boebert then said to her aide, "it's the Jihad Squad She doesn't have a backpack, she wasn't dropping it and running so we're good". [9][10], Boebert has said that her family depended on welfare when she was growing up. Many people make $20 an hour, at least $6 over the average minimum wage, he added. 2. But theres no question the metropolitan area is struggling, saddled with the states highest unemployment rate and some of its highest violent crime and opioid addiction rates. [44] During her campaign, she criticized Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other members of "The Squad", positioning herself as a conservative alternative to the progressive representative. [151], Four months later, Boebert confronted a group of Orthodox Jews visiting the Capitol and asked them whether they were on a reconnaissance mission, which left them confused. Well, on February 17, 2023, Moore introduced a bill, H.R.1095, that would declare the AR-15 style rifle the "National Gun of the United States.". [52] But after winning the Republican primary, Boebert denied following QAnon and endorsing conspiracy theories, instead saying she wanted to uphold "freedom and the Constitution of the United States of America". [134][18] On January 1, 2021, in a letter co-signed by more than 80 Republicans, Boebert asked Speaker Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to uphold the 1967 law exempting members of Congress from a Capitol Hill ban on firearms, which allowed them to keep arms in their offices. Lauren Boebert's history of careless driving In 2016, she rolled her truck into a ditch and was charged with careless driving and operating an unsafe vehicle. Yep, three days after Valentine's Day, he . Polling site FiveThirtyEight put her odds of victory at 97%. She is accused of supporting the QAnon conspiracy theory, and some academic and journalistic sources have investigated her ties to far-right extremism. Boebert, a first-term firebrand, saw her GOP-leaning 3rd Congressional District in western Colorado become even more Republican after redistricting. Boebert justified voting no along with fellow extremist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) by accusing Pelosi of "us [ing] the most vulnerable among us" to push her liberal agenda. [75][76], Boebert sought a second term representing Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the 2022 election. [122] She later explained that she objected to giving an award to Billy Evans, who was included in the resolution and who died during an unrelated Capitol attack in April that year. . [189], Boebert is a vocal opponent of face mask wearing[190][191] and argues that masks should be optional. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) slammed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday for being "absent on the job," following a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. ", "Regional: Shooters in Rifle serves a big helping of Second Amendment", "Lauren Boebert discusses, defends her past during Durango visit", "Boebert's Democratic upbringing questioned", "Did Rep. Boebert Get Her GED Months Before Winning Election? [101][102], In September 2021, Boebert submitted a resolution to impeach President Joe Biden and another to impeach Vice President Kamala Harris over the withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan. [36] She has named eliminating critical race theory from schools as one of her top legislative priorities, even though it is not taught in schools. Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert got a new Democratic challenger this week, and the roster of attention-grabbing political ads from Colorado candidates got a new entry. After enduring its fourth outbreak in the spring, Pueblo County lifted capacity restrictions for all businesses on May 17, when case counts had improved. I am humiliated and embarrassed when she speaks on the House floor. [109] Boebert then told Speaker Nancy Pelosi that her constituents were outside the Capitol and that she had promised to represent their voices in the chamber. [204][205], Boebert opposes comprehensive sex education, abortion and federal funding of Planned Parenthood. [112][113][114], Democratic politicians in Colorado accused Boebert and her colleague Doug Lamborn of "helping incite violence" during the storming of the Capitol. [174] In August 2021, after the Afghan government fell to the Taliban, Boebert tweeted, "the Taliban are the only people building back better", reusing Biden's "Build Back Better" campaign slogan. However, her campaign succeeded in appealing to independence and rebellion, thus getting the necessary votes. He pleaded guilty to public indecency and lewd exposure, and was sentenced to four days in jail with a subsequent two years of probation.[220][221][222]. [175][176] She also opposes intervention in the escalation of the war tensions between Russia and Ukraine that started in late 2021. While Boeberts district overall is purpleabout 32 percent Republican, 26 percent Democratic and 40 percent unaffiliated, among registered votersthe Pueblo County electorate flips this dynamic, with about 36 percent of voters registered as Democrats, 25 percent as Republicans and 37 percent unaffiliated. Meanwhile in Colorado Rep Lauren Boebert is set to be the latest far-right Trump acolyte to face her own primary challenge; she's facing a challenge from Don Coram of the Colorado General. [142] During a March 15, 2021, town hall in Montrose, Colorado, advertised only to local Republicans who were asked to not disclose it publicly, she was asked when Hillary Clinton and other former officials would be arrested, a recurring theme of QAnon. Back in town, nestled among stately old homes on large lots interspersed with working-class neighborhoods, Perko, the steelworker, unlocked a lilac-colored door to his union chapters century-old hall, its yellow paint peeling off the exterior. The last poll of the district in July found that Boebert was ahead 49%-42%, showing strong movement in favor of the Democratic challenger. Like many Puebloans, Buentello owns several guns, calls members of both parties friends and is a devout Catholic. Top: A train passes under Union Bridge in Pueblo. Colorados Steel City is still trying to reinvent itself today, broadening its economic base with one of the nations largest marijuana grow facilities, wind and solar energy, and outdoor activities, thanks to the nearby mountains and lakes. A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that after trailing for the last three months, former President Donald Trump has suddenly surged to a substantial lead over Florida Gov. When she had the opportunity to support stimulus funding, she chose Trump over us. Among voters in Pueblothe largest and most politically unpredictable city in Boeberts vast districtthere is a growing sense of exasperation with the freshman representative not yet six months into her tenure. Rep. Lauren Boebert, shown here at a Pueblo County campaign event last fall, lost the county by just 204 votes. [66] According to the Atlas of the 2020 Elections, Boebert was able to command strong support in the traditionally conservative areas of the Western Slope of Colorado and the San Luis Valley while retaining enough Republican votes in liberal-leaning Pueblo and other Democratic areas. In an unexpectedly tight race where the freshman lawmaker, an ally of . [26], Boebert says her first job at a McDonald's restaurant changed her views about whether government assistance is necessary. This mill means everything to this community., While Boeberts district overall is purple, the Pueblo County electorate flips this dynamic, billboards that featured Boeberts mugshot, which was a major theme of her 2020 campaign, Boebert signed on to a letter opposing the reintroduction of earmarks, she introduced an infrastructure bill of her own, bipartisan letter circulated by the American Iron and Steel Institute. "[141], Boebert has embraced the QAnon conspiracy theory. A similar poll in July had Boebert ahead 49% to 42%. That is not how our Founding Fathers intended it. She was cited for misdemeanor disorderly conduct and twice failed to appear in court on the charge. [74] In September 2021, Boebert submitted documents to the FEC declaring that the campaign money had been used to settle rental and utilities bills, and had since been reimbursed. [3] She supports Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him and voted to overturn its results during the Electoral College vote count. [90][91] Boebert defeated Frisch by a small margin in a closer than expected race. [28] In mid-May 2020, during the pandemic, she violated the state's stay-at-home order by reopening Shooters Grill for dine-in service,[29] for which she received a cease and desist order from Garfield County, with which she refused to comply. [77] When the vote count resumed after the rioters had been removed from the Capitol, the challenges to Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes proceeded to a vote while those against several other states were dropped. [125][a] She also entered a resolution seeking to recognize antifa as a domestic terrorist organization[129] and said BLM would "burn down cities and destroy businesses". [138][139] A New York Times profile of Boebert characterized her actions as "a made-for-Twitter moment that delighted the far right." . In January, Buentello sued the congresswoman in U.S. District Court, claiming Boebert had violated Buentellos First Amendment rights by blocking her on Twitter, which Boebert did in response to a tweet calling for her recall after January 6. Left: Bright murals liven up the otherwise brick-toned landscape in Pueblo. "[150] The Denver Post apologized on Boebert's behalf for her remarks, saying that it was embarrassing that a Colorado representative engaged in such behavior. At a recent listening session on a sunlit brewery patio bordering a weedy lot with an abandoned factory, Sandoval urged representatives from the citys churches, universities, school systems, and Native American and Latino communities to help her raise money and awareness about her campaign. 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