Colorado’s Fourth Congressional District, long considered the state’s safest Republican seat, has flipped to the Democrats after a razor-thin result that took ten days to resolve.
DecisionDesk HQ called the race Friday afternoon for Democrat Eileen Laubacher, who finished with 48.79 percent of the vote to Republican incumbent Lauren Boebert’s 47.9 percent. Boebert lost by fewer than 3,000 votes. A Libertarian candidate drew more than 3 percent, a factor that may have cut into Boebert’s margin.
Laubacher, a retired Navy rear admiral and a former Republican, declared victory earlier in the week, before the official call, and has already been attending freshman orientation in Washington, D.C. Boebert had declined to concede while outstanding ballots were still being counted, and her campaign has raised the possibility of requesting a recount.
Boebert first won a House seat in 2020, representing Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. After a narrow reelection in 2022, she moved to the more heavily Republican 4th District in 2024 and won there comfortably. This cycle’s loss ends her run in a district the GOP had counted on as its most secure in the state.
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