Lauren Boebert, the Republican representative from Colorado who rose to national fame as one of Donald Trump's biggest cheerleaders, has lost her seat in Congress.

The race was too close to call on election night last week, but after every vote was counted the Democrat Eileen Laubacher has been declared the winner by the AP news agency.

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[–] 9 points 15 hours ago (1 child)

... declared the winner by the AP news agency.

Does the US not have an official electoral operator so they have to rely on news agencies to report election results?

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  • [–] 10 points 15 hours ago

    There will be an official certification of the ballots once all of them have been counted, yes.

    But the AP makes projections when it is statistically unlikely/impossible for the candidate that is trailing to catch up.

    In this race Bimbort is currently trailing by 3525 votes with 99% of the votes counted. Meaning there are only about 3800 votes left to count. So while it is possible that every single remaining vote is for her, it is statistically unlikely.

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