Republican Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert won her primary for former Rep. Ken Buck’s seat on Tuesday night, defeating a crowded Republican primary in her new district of district 4, according to the Associated Press.
Boebert opted to switch from her district to Buck’s, who left Congress earlier this year, after she faced a tough primary in 2022. The Coloradoan said she decided to switch because she needed a new start after she faced a series of scandals in her home district, per CBS News.
The Colorado Republican also decided not to run for the special election in Buck’s district that would last for the remainder of Buck’s term. But Greg Lopez, who is the Republican nominee for the special election, did not run for the full term. If Boebert had decided to try and run in the special election, it would have opened a special election for her own seat in the third district.
