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.
CD4 is one of the most conservative districts in the US. We would never pick somebody like Pence.
It's also why Boebert is having a hard time. Her voting record is really good, but it's not 100% conservative. That, plus her improprieties and those of her family make her unfit to serve in CD4.
Boebert has shown that it's about the power for her - even though she talks a good talk. It's why she's carpet-bagging.
Boebert is somebody who I originally supported when she ran for office, and donated to her campaign. Washington, DC changed her - like it does so many others.
Re: 15 - politics had nothing to do with her lease not being renewed (it wasn’t cancelled).
He was. He's been anything but for a while now. In fact he's been a turncoat. This is his latest treachery.
Well, he worked for her old man before the New York native became a "carpet bagger" in Wed county.
You mean like the carpet bagger Cheny acolyte from New York, Buck?
Had everything to do with it.
You can bet that the 3 letter agencies have compromised him!! This asshat has made a 100 degree turn on his party SCREW HIM!!
Re: 46 - not according to her it didn’t:
https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1547653776781103105
Sure did. That was a successful business that paid it’s bills. Was always full and created no problems. Her lease was cancelled over politics.
The new building owner leased it so someone that put in yet ANOTHER Mexican restaurant. As anyone who visits a small town knows, Mexican restaurants are popping up like mushrooms. I was in one small town in Missouri last summer and there was a town square with a courthouse. On the storefronts surrounding that block, there were no less than 6 Mexican restaurants... all within a stones throw.
Rifle has a population of 10,000. It has 15 Mexican restaurants, 16 if you include Taco Bell.
It was political hate that ended her long term lease.
Methinks Ken longs for the happy days of pork barrel politics. He knows those halcyon days are nearly over, as the federal debt is barreling to $40 trillion. It must be no fun to be a legislator when you can't buy votes with pork.
He's getting out of town before the SHTF, while blaming everyone else for ruining this country. Kenny my boy, you played a role in this fiasco, you ascheloche.
I read something about the owner being a prominent dem in Rifle. I imagine he enjoyed putting her popular café out of business.
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