Posted on 03/14/2024 5:51:47 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) called Rep. Ken Buck’s (R-Colo.) decision to resign early “weak sauce” but said she would not be resigning to run in the special election to fill his seat.
Boebert represents the state’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes the Western Slope and much of southern Colorado. She announced late last year, however, that she would run for Buck’s seat, which is the 4th District in eastern Colorado, after Buck announced he would not seek reelection.
But Buck moved up his retirement, saying Tuesday he plans to leave Congress at the end of next week. The decision triggers a special election this summer to fill out the remainder of his term and threatens Boebert’s chances of being elected to his seat.
The development raised questions about whether Boebert would try to fill Buck’s seat for the remainder of his term. However, Boebert told The Hill: “I’m not leaving my constituents in the 3rd district.”
Boebert said she’s still planning to run in the GOP primary in June to serve the full two-year term in the 4th District and criticized Buck’s decision to leave his House seat early in a statement issued through her campaign.
“Ken Buck’s announcement yesterday was a gift to the Uniparty. The establishment concocted a swampy backroom deal to try to rig an election I’m winning by 25 points,” she said. “Forcing an unnecessary Special Election on the same day as the Primary Election will confuse voters, result in a lame duck Congressman on day one, and leave the 4th District with no representation for more than three months. The 4th District deserves better.”
Boebert also touted that she was the “only Trump-endorsed, America First candidate in this race.”
Boebert, who entered Congress in 2020, is in a tough spot politically. The Colorado Republican barely won reelection in the state’s 3rd District against Democrat Adam Frisch in 2022. Her decision to switch districts was seen as a move to avoid losing in her current district, where Frisch has announced he is running again.
But the special election triggered by Buck’s earlier-than-expected retirement has thrown a wrench in her electoral prospects. Each party gets to nominate a candidate to face off in the June 25 special election — held the same day as the state’s primaries.
Because Buck’s district is reliably red, whichever Republican gets chosen to compete in the special election is better positioned to win the GOP primary for the two-year term to serve in the district beginning in January because voters will weigh in on both races on the same day.
Boebert would have had to resign from her seat to compete in the special election for Buck’s seat, which would have further imperiled the GOP majority in the House.
Both can buzz off?
Boebert is one of the only Republicans that has any stones to tell it like it is!
Others in her party should take notes!
We need more like her!
Ken Buck, worthless trash, good riddance! The only thing that made him of ANY value was a thin majority!
Buck just threw in his last chip in the power game of Washington. In two weeks, he will be relegated to the trash heap of history with no relevance whatsoever. But he has effectively jettisoned any future in the Republican Party, so he might as well join the Democratic Socialist Party.
I question your intent for posting.
Boebert has made mistakes, but she is 100% in tune with the Western Slope of CO. (except the old hippie pockets)
I know Colorado.
Bear in mind.
The Hill is 90% leftist propaganda.
Seriously? Buck is RINO to the core, and he resigned early to stick it to Colorado conservatives. He repeatedly sticks it to conservatives. Never forget he voted against the Mayorkas impeachment. No conservative would have done that. He's petty and vindictive, as proven by his early exit, and I hope to God that whatever money-making endeavor he goes into will fail miserably.
Sure, don't blame the uniparty hack, blame Boebert.
Oh yes, Never Trumpers are traitors.
Whoever wins the Republican primary in CD4 will win the general in a landslide. CD4 was apportioned as a place to stick all the conservatives.
He only recently began voting like a traitor. Up until last year he had one of the most conservative voting records in DC. Maybe dementia got to him.
Only because she would lose the special election, and lose badly.
Ask me how I know - I live here...the conservatives in CD4 are done with her and her immoral ways.
Boebert was giving a handy to a dude who owned a tranny bar. She’s done.
There are a few stealth Democrats on FR these days...
Cut the gaslighting, Miami.
Democrats never go circular firing squad on other Democrats.
All we need to know about RepukeLickings is the George Santos fiasco.
If he had been a Democrat, there would have been a solid phalanx of rabid Democrat House members with blood in their eye defending him.
It's ALL about The Power.
Boebert is making the right decisions in this circumstance.
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Only because she would lose the special election, and lose badly.
Ask me how I know - I live here...the conservatives in CD4 are done with her and her immoral ways.
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No, she’s not running in the District 4 (Ken Buck’s district) special election because to do that she’d have to first resign from her District 3 Congressional seat. Unlike Buck, she’d NEVER do that and further weaken the VERY slim Republican majority in the House.
She is, however, running in District 4’s primary election… which she will win. She’s a rock-solid reliable MAGA Republican.
“Cut the gaslighting, Miami.
“Democrats never go circular firing squad on other Democrats.”
I’ve no argument with you. Republicans are constantly sniping at one another. The default setting of calling Republicans RINOs is a symptom of that disunity.
I don't know where you're getting your hopium.
I'm actually in CD4 and participate in all the party assemblies, conventions, etc.
There is no appetite for Boebert here. Her reception amongst the conservatives is tepid at best.
What are your credentials to say otherwise?
There is no appetite for Boebert here. Her reception amongst the conservatives is tepid at best.
What are your credentials to say otherwise?
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Modesty almost keeps me from saying so, but…. I AM THE WORLD’S FOREMOST PROGNOSTICATOR. Only TIME is better than me. /sarc
In other words, you don't live in CD4 but are stumping for Boebert.
Let those of us in CD4 pick our own conservative, who also lives by a Christian moral ethic.
“ Let those of us in CD4 pick our own conservative, who also lives by a Christian moral ethic.”
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OK… a conservative like Pence? Hopefully not. It’s certainly up to District 4’s voters to make the choice.
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