Lauren Boebert Gets Good News from Colorado Republicans

Representative Lauren Boebert, who is vying for a new district seat in Colorado, is favored by local Republican leaders.

Currently representing Colorado’s 3rd District, where she would face a tough reelection campaign, Boebert announced in December that she will run for Representative Ken Buck’s soon-to-be-vacant 4th District seat.

Boebert, a staunch Donald Trump supporter, has been endorsed by the former president, who in March called her a “trusted America First fighter.” Her new eastern district is the most Republican in the state, with a 2023 Cook Partisan Voting Index giving it a R+13 rating.

Although Boebert remains a controversial figure due to some of her policies and reputation—including a night in September, 2023, when she and a companion were ejected from a performance Beetlejuice at a Denver theater after guests complained they were disruptive—she leads the five other Republican candidates.

A May 31 poll by Kaplan Strategies of 343 registered likely voters shows she is supported by 40 percent of likely primary voters, she has a 47 percent favorability rating, and a positive rating of her character increased to 41 percent. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percent.

With the district’s primary on June 25, and ballots already printed and reaching voters, local Republican leaders like Douglas County Republican Party chair Steve Peck said Boebert’s name recognition will help her. “I think it just boils down to—even though she’s not an incumbent from this seat—it’s incredibly strong” to have that status, Peck told The Denver Post.

He added, “It’s a combination of high name ID, having access to the committees and votes, political intel and then, of course, donors. Donors want to back a strong horse.”

Peck emphasized Boebert’s connection to the former president and presumptive GOP presidential nominee, Trump, telling the Post: “The base of the Republican Party has been demanding change for a long time, and we don’t feel like we’ve been heard. People like Lauren Boebert and Donald Trump acknowledge the base. They hear the base. They don’t say one thing and do the other.”

Newsweek contacted the Douglas County Republican Party’s contact form to request comment on Sunday morning.

Denver-based GOP strategist and political analyst Kelly Maher, told the Post “I don’t see a path for anyone else,” implying that Boebert will win the upcoming primary.

While Douglas County Commissioner George Teal, who initially did not back Boebert, said “Four of every 10 Republicans I’m talking to love Lauren,” noting that “It’s not a majority, but it’s an absolute plurality.” He told The Denver Post that “Lauren—they love what she says, they love the issues she’s willing to die for. They want a fighter.”

Newsweek reached out to Boebert’s press team via email on Sunday for comment.