Retired Rear Adm. Eileen Laubacher, a Democrat, will flip Colorado’s 4th District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, ending conservative firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert’s tenure in Congress.

Boebert’s loss comes after she elected to run in a more conservative district last cycle in an effort to preserve her political future. But Laubacher, who served more than three decades in the Navy, capitalized on the national headwinds against the GOP and focused her campaign on affordability issues.

The win denies Boebert, an ally of President Donald Trump and one of the most outspoken conservatives in the House Republican conference, a fourth term. Boebert was first elected in 2020, after she upset a fifth-term Republican incumbent in a primary.

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[–] 13 points 1 day ago (1 child)

I suppose that's another Trump-induced win in more ways than one.

https://www.military.com/former-navy-admiral-fired-who-fled-gop-projected-to-flip-colorado-republican-house-seat

She registered as a Democrat in 2025, according to local publication Colorado Politics. In a 9NEWS debate in October, she said the GOP had become "nearly unrecognizable."

"I changed my party because my view of what the parties represented changed," she said during the debate.

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