Incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert holds an advantage among likely voters in Colorado's sprawling 3rd Congressional District, a new poll shows, but her lead is small enough that challenger. In early May, she introduced an infrastructure bill of her own that proposed allocating $650 billion in what she called unspent Covid funds to pay for roads, bridges, airports and ports. ", "Boebert Proposes Wildfire Prevention Bill That Draws On Ideas From Colleagues On Both Sides Of The Aisle", "Boebert introduces bill to pay for logging, raise timber revenue", "Boebert bill would keep BLM HQ in Grand Junction", "14 House Republicans Vote Against Condemning Myanmar Military Coup", "Buck, Boebert vote against House resolution condemning Myanmar coup", "House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization", "These 16 Republicans voted against speeding up visas for Afghans fleeing the Taliban", "Rep. Lauren Boebert defends tweet about Taliban takeover of Afghanistan", "Did Boebert Praise Taliban for 'Building Back Better'? In Congress, Boebert has associated herself with the conservative Republican Study Committee, the right-wing Freedom Caucus, of which she became the communications chair in January 2022, and the pro-gun Second Amendment Caucus. Among DeSantis backers, Trump leads the poll with 34 percent, Haley was second with 27 percent, and Pence third 10 percent. The foundation is slipping, said Perko, who, along with scores of his colleagues, has been back at work since April, after being furloughed for 11 months. Bottom left: Sol Sandoval, a community activist in Pueblo, is among the nine Democrats running for Boeberts seat. The race in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District was still extremely close after 99% of the ballots were counted. I know we need it repaired, said Banner, a civil law practitioner who recently sent a letter to Boeberts office asking her to consider funding for the regions small water districts, which supply water to customers in rural areas, in the infrastructure bill. [162] Conversely, Boebert opposes sustainable energy initiatives because she considers green energy unreliable and believes that decreasing the extraction of fossil fuels in her district will "regulate our communities into poverty". One of the bills, the Access to Baby Formula Act, makes it easier for low-income families to continue buying formula with vouchers; the other allows the government to invoke the Defense Production Act to speed up production. ", "Republican Rift on Ukraine Could Undercut U.S. Appeals to Allies", "PolitiFact - Boebert lacks proof for claim on Hunter Biden's Burisma pay", "Lauren Boebert told congregation she's 'tired of this separation of church and state junk', "Want to understand U.S. politics? Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert faces state Sen. Don Coram in the GOP primary for the 3rd . The congresswoman already faces more Democratic challengers than usual in the months before the 2022 midterm campaign heats up: Nine Democrats have filed papers to run (a 10th dropped out of the race after several months), and they raised more money in the first quarter of the year than Democratic candidates in a similar period in 2019. [71] Boebert oversees the energy industry via her position on the House Committee on Natural Resources. Bottom right: Aaron Monlux owns and operates Acme Dry Cleaners. [148][146] Omar responded that the story was invented and that "Anti-Muslim bigotry isnt funny and shouldnt be normalized". No more horse and pony shows from the west.. She advocates for an isolationist foreign policy, but supports closer ties with Israel for religious reasons. She stands up for the Constitution, and shes fiscally conservative, he added. She screams all the time, and she seems to have affiliated herself with white supremacists.. When I think of Lauren Boebert, I think of that expression all hat and no cattle, Sandoval said. For the Western Slope, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert has been at the forefront of people's opinions. [135], After saying that she planned to carry a gun while working on Capitol Hill,[17][136] Boebert published a viral video advertisement showing her placing a handgun in a hip holster and walking through the neighborhood, near federal buildings and through alleys. Boebert voted against the certification of both states' electoral votes. [78][79] A Democratic-aligned Super PAC made false claims and unproven allegations about Boebert. And the bill has a trio of co-sponsors: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado), Rep. George Santos (R-New York), and Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (R-Georgia). Top: The Evraz steel plant stands behind one of Pueblos poorer neighborhoods. [210] Experts said her statement is contrary to the Constitution's Establishment Clause. More recently, Buentello has channeled her energies toward defeating Boebert in 2022. [77] When the vote count resumed after the rioters had been removed from the Capitol, the challenges to Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes proceeded to a vote while those against several other states were dropped. [142] During a March 15, 2021, town hall in Montrose, Colorado, advertised only to local Republicans who were asked to not disclose it publicly, she was asked when Hillary Clinton and other former officials would be arrested, a recurring theme of QAnon. She pleaded guilty to the unsafe vehicle charge, and the careless driving and failure to appear charges were dismissed. So far, Boebert has one announced Republican challenger, Marina Zimmerman, a crane operator who bills herself as a genuine blue-collar candidate.. [95], As of January 29, 2022, she had introduced 17 bills and seven resolutions, none of which passed committee. Congressman Lauren Boebert is taking a bold stance on second amendment rights with her recent House Bill, H.R. Originally appointed to the seat in 2009, Bennet won a full term in 2010 and a second full term in 2016. The race was decided by 546 votes . @laurenboebert. Top left: An aviation museum next to the airport. border wall and opposes amnesty for undocumented immigrants living in the US;[36] she introduced two bills to that effect: one that would codify Trump's immigration policies into law and one that would annul executive orders and internal policies that enable or assist asylum and immigration procedures. | He has tried to schedule a meeting with her to discuss these issues, he says. We need to change this., In an earlier interview, Sandoval said that while shes running out of a sense of commitment to public service, her candidacy is also in reaction to Boebert. The Pueblo region is home to three of those candidates, as well as to a political action committee that is hoping to defeat Boebert. Lauren Boebert's Reelection Bid Might Be In Jeopardy, As Suggested By A Poll Taken After Her Recent Contentious Debate. Jayson Boebert was arrested in 2004 for exposing his penis to two young women at a Colorado bowling alley. [71] She also proposed amendments to the Build Back Better Act that would abolish methane-emission payments by fracking companies and others that would increase royalties for oil and gas extraction on federal lands and abolish fines and financial requirements for cleaning abandoned drilling infrastructure. 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Boebert and Omar spoke after Boebert's Islamophobic comments. the storming of the United States Capitol, echoed the false claims aired by Donald Trump, unrelated Capitol attack in April that year, protests following the murder of George Floyd, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, National Defense Authorization Act of 2022, the Afghan government fell to the Taliban, escalation of the war tensions between Russia and Ukraine that started in late 2021, enabled the Democratic electoral takeover, "Colorado Rep. Scott Tipton ousted in primary by gun rights activist", "Boebert Says She's Not a Far-Right Conservative", "Boebert Brandishes Bombast, Extremism In Representing Diverse Colorado District", "Lauren Boebert is known for her far-right Republican views. The resolution, which was introduced by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) earlier this month, claims that by . She had little trouble with moderate state. [12] Boebert herself registered to vote in 2006, at age 19, as a Democrat; in 2008, she changed her affiliation to Republican. [147] At a November 20 event, she repeated the elevator story, this time including a Capitol Police officer with "fret all over his face". She was there", "Inconsistencies in Rep. 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Boebert said she voted against the bills because "the Biden administration and Democrats created the issue. Boeberts Democratic opponent in the 2020 race won the county by just 204 votes. Many people make $20 an hour, at least $6 over the average minimum wage, he added. [161] In February 2021, Boebert proposed a bill to ban executive moratoriums on oil and gas leases and permits on some federal lands. [117][118] She was accused of endangering members' safety and faced calls to resign, but refused, defending her actions because Pelosi's evacuation was also publicly broadcast live on TV;[110][119][120] academic Zac Parker opined that it was still a potential security threat since C-SPAN did not focus on Pelosi, and had it not been for Boebert's tweet, the protesters might have not noticed it. Lauren Boebert, the controversial pro-gun, Covid-skeptical freshman congresswoman who represents Pueblo, has credited working-class voters for her improbable 2020 victory. Previously, DeSantis led Trump 45% to 41% among Republican voters.Now Trump leads DeSantis 47% to 39% a net swing of 12 percentage points in . There is a lot of passion around seeing her removed., The sense of discontent in a region with a friendly, small-town feel, where residents congregate at chile festivals, Colorado State University Pueblo athletic events and the state fair held nearby, has led to hope that shes a fluke candidate vulnerable in the next election. But D.C. bureaucrats have used this agency to infringe on the rights of the American people. 4 min read. [189], Boebert is a vocal opponent of face mask wearing[190][191] and argues that masks should be optional. Bottom: Pueblo County lifted Covid capacity restrictions for all businesses on May 17. In 2020, Boebert won the Colorado seat as a political newcomer with 51 percent of the vote, beating her Democrat rival Diane Mitsch Bush by 6 points. Bottom right: A sticker on the bumper of Charles Perko, the president of United Steelworkers Union Local 3267. Mayor Nick Gradisar sent Colorados congressional delegation a letter asking them to consider a number of local projects as part of Bidens infrastructure proposalincluding $350 million for freeway and interchange reconstruction, $62 million for a new transit facility, $30 million for new fire stations and apparatuses, $25 million to replace a bridge that connects downtown to south Pueblo, and $2.5 million to modernize the local airport terminal and repair parking lots and airfield surfaces. When she had the opportunity to support stimulus funding, she chose Trump over us. ", "Lauren Boebert Went Full Racist Conspiracy Theory Against Ilhan Omar", "How Lauren Boebert built her career on guns, militias and far-right pandering", "QAnon Women in Politics Part One: The QAnon Candidates", "GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert's call to collapse separation of church and state spurs alarm", "Lauren Boebert: could the rightwing extremist be re-elected to Congress? [65] Mitsch Bush outraised Boebert, with $4.2 million for her and nearly $4 million spent by Democratic operatives, as opposed to Boebert's $2.4 million raised and more than $5 million spent by the Republicans, but Boebert won the election, 51.27% to 45.41%. 1095, which would declare a "National Gun of the United States."The bill was introduced last week by Alabama Rep. Barry Moore. Friday, Apr 29, 2022 7:25 PM Lauren Boebert and Don Coram Political donors in Southwest Colorado gave more to state Sen. Don Coram than Rep. Lauren Boebert during the first quarter of 2022,. The Democrat running to unseat U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has pulled within 2 percentage points of the Republican incumbent in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, putting the candidates in a statistical tie only weeks before voting begins in the state, according to an internal poll released Tuesday by Boebert's challenger. [151], Four months later, Boebert confronted a group of Orthodox Jews visiting the Capitol and asked them whether they were on a reconnaissance mission, which left them confused. Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is among a group of nearly a dozen far-right Republicans who have co-sponsored a House resolution that calls for an end of all U.S. military and financial aid to Ukraine. [122] She later explained that she objected to giving an award to Billy Evans, who was included in the resolution and who died during an unrelated Capitol attack in April that year.