CNN’s Decision Desk projected on Monday that Democrat Eileen Laubacher will defeat Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, ending Boebert’s three terms in the House.
Laubacher led with 48.77 percent of the vote to Boebert’s 47.92 percent, a gap of 3,237 votes out of more than 380,000 cast, with about 98 percent of the expected vote counted, according to CNN.
Laubacher, a retired Navy rear admiral who served more than three decades in the military, ran her first campaign for office and focused on affordability issues. She flips a district Boebert moved to last cycle because it was considered one of the safest Republican seats in the state.
Boebert, first elected in 2020, won the seat by more than 11 points in 2024. She has not conceded. Her campaign attorney, Scott Gessler, said the campaign was investigating what he called very unusual voting patterns and expected the race to head to a recount.
A projection is not a certified result. Colorado counties have until Friday, November 13, to finish counting, and a campaign can request a recount at its own expense between November 13 and 25. A state-paid recount happens automatically only if the margin falls within half of 1 percent of the winner’s total.
Source: CNN
