U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado’s Fourth Congressional District won her primary on Tuesday, fending off challenges from five other competitors. She won 44.3% of the vote when the race was called by AP at 9:22 pm. Her second closest competitor, Deborah Flora, got 15.3%.
Boebert is a member of the Freedom Caucus in the House, the more conservative segment of the Republican majority. She opted to not run again in the Third District after redistricting, and if she wins in November, she’ll replace former party chair and now former Rep. Ken Buck, who retired early in March.
Also part of the Colorado election on Tuesday was the temporary replacement for Buck, to fill out the remainder of his term. Former Mayor Greg Lopez of the city of Parker appears to have the edge and will serve until the new representative is chosen in November and sworn in in January.
Some Republican candidates who had the endorsement of Donald Trump didn’t fare well on Tuesday.
Republican Jeff Crank won the Republican primary for retiring Colorado Fifth District’s Rep. Doug Lamborn’s seat. Crank defeated state party Chairman Dave Williams. Williams had been endorsed by Donald Trump.
In North Carolina’s Third District, Army veteran and Republican Sheri Biggs won the primary runoff to replace retiring Rep. Jeff Duncan, a Republican.
Pastor Mark Burns, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, lost the runoff, although he had won the first primary with 33% to Biggs’ 29%, before the Trump endorsement.
Biggs now will run against Democrat Byron Best in November, but the district is strongly conservative.
In the Utah Senate race to replace Sen. Mitt Romney, another Trump-endorsed candidate lost.
Republican Rep. John Curtis is the winner of that primary to replace retiring Romney. There were four candidates in the running for the closed Republican Primary; Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs was the one endorsed by Trump who failed to advance.
In New York, “squad member” Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat has won her primary, defeating a more centrist Democrat candidate. Also in New York, Democrat George Latimer won against squad member Democrat Jamaal Bowman.
