- One other Republican has jumped into the Colorado Home major to problem Rep. Lauren Boebert.
- Grand Junction lawyer Jeff Hurd joins monetary advisor Russ Andrews within the third District major.
- In November 2022, Boebert narrowly gained reelection towards Adam Frisch in an election evening shocker.
Final 12 months, Rep. Lauren Boebert gained reelection in what was one of many closest congressional races in the complete nation.
So, naturally, Democrats instantly zeroed in on the Colorado Republican’s sprawling third congressional district, with the occasion’s 2022 nominee, Adam Frisch, having already introduced a rematch earlier this 12 months.
However Boebert may even should make it by means of a Republican major with a brand new opponent now within the race. Two GOP candidates at the moment are going up towards the high-profile conservative congresswoman to safe the occasion nomination. Boebert first turned a nationwide determine attributable to her gun-themed restaurant, Shooter’s Grill, which operated from 2013 till 2022 in Rifle, Colo., alongside along with her outspoken anti-abortion views.
Grand Junction lawyer Jeff Hurd, a former board chair of the Grand Junction Space Chamber of Commerce, jumped into the GOP major on Wednesday.
“I’ve determined to enter the race to offer Republican major voters an possibility and a alternative,” Hurd informed the Grand Junction Each day Sentinel. “This seat may be very weak in what would in any other case be a really protected seat (for conservatives). Being a Republican is in my DNA.”
“I am not fascinated about turning into a social media movie star or in garnering lots of press. I am fascinated about serving to households and serving to companies and serving to communities,” he continued.
Hurd joins monetary advisor Russ Andrews within the GOP major.
On Andrews’ web site, a message reads: “I Stand For Freedom, The 2nd Modification And What’s Proper For Our Neighborhood. Let’s Convey Drama Free And Logic Primarily based Options Again To Colorado District 3.”
Within the Democratic major, Frisch — a former Aspen metropolis councilman — is joined by Grand Junction Mayor Anna Stout and candidates Debby Burnett, David Karpas, and Adam Withrow.
Final November, Boebert defeated Frisch by solely 546 votes out of roughly 327,000 ballots solid.
Frisch is operating as a reasonable in a district that former President Donald Trump gained in each 2016 and 2020, and plenty of Republicans consider the conservative lean of the district is poised to offer them a lift in a presidential election 12 months.
