Well-known MAGA congresswoman Lauren Boebert has lost her race in Colorado, CNN projects. She was defeated by democrat Eileen Laubacher in a race that only had a 1 point difference at the time it was called today. Boebert was first elected to congress in 2020. She won against five time republican incumbent Scott Tipton in Colorado’s third district. She held that position for years until she moved to the state’s fourth district in 2024, a more right-leaning district, in an attempt to stay in power.
A major reason for Boebert’s defeat was that her opponent stood in opposition for many of the MAGA viewpoints and policies that it has. Laubacher’s messaging on affordability seems to have really resonated with voters in that district. Boebert has had some moments this year where she went in the opposite direction of the MAGA wing of the republican party. One example being the release of the Epstein files. Boebert signed a petition for the house to release the files while the Trump administration initially did not want them released.
This, along with endorsing a known Trump critic republican representative Thomas Massie in a race, brought her into conflict with Trump who threatened to pull his endorsement of her in the election. He officially gave his endorsement a few days before the election. This loss for republicans is just one of the many losses for republicans for the midterm elections this year as the makeup of the house of representatives are democrats now having a 256 seat majority over the republicans’ 162 seats. Subscribe for more election coverage!