Her latest move “adds a bit of (surmountable) difficulty for [Democrats],” a political science professor at the Colorado State University told Newsweek.
Representative Lauren Boebert’s shocking decision to switch House races could be good news for Republicans who want to keep her district in GOP hands.
Boebert announced Wednesday night that she was abandoning Colorado’s 3rd congressional district for 2024 to run for a solidly Republican seat in the 4th district on the other side of the state. Her departure means the conservative firebrand will avoid a rematch against Democrat Adam Frisch, who nearly flipped the district last year and who has far outraised her this cycle.
Frisch, whose stronger-than-expected performance in 2022 made Colorado’s 3rd district the most competitive House race of the midterms, has received an outpour of support in his second bid to defeat Boebert. He has already broken fundraising records, bringing in over $3.38 million in the third quarter—almost four times the amount that Boebert raised.
But Frisch’s campaign might lose momentum now that the Democrat’s lost his political boogeyman.
Boebert’s move is expected to help Republicans hold onto the competitive 3rd district, which has a +7 Republican lean on the Cook Partisan Voting Index.
