Rep. Lauren Boebert said Wednesday she will continue to compete in the GOP primary for the 4th District Colorado seat being vacated by fellow Republican Rep. Ken Buck, but she will not resign her current seat in the 3rd District to run in a special election to fill the remainder of Buck’s term.
After Buck announced on Tuesday he will leave Congress next week, Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, scheduled a special election to fill Buck’s unexpired term for June 25, the same day as primaries for candidates to serve in the 119th Congress. He said the elections would be on the same day “to ensure that Colorado has the representation we deserve in Congress, and to minimize taxpayer cost.”
Under the procedures outlined by the governor’s office, the parties will select candidates for the special election. Boebert, apparently assuming she would not be her party’s choice while she remained an incumbent in a district on the other side of the state, criticized the process in an appearance on the online platform Rumble.
