'Warning sign': Financial reports show Lauren Boebert is in trouble in next election
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is officially on notice that her next election won't necessarily be an easy one, with strong challengers on both sides of the aisle.
Boebert, who recently shouted that Republicans who didn't vote for Jim Jordan — and not those who ousted Kevin McCarthy from the speakership role in the first place — are responsible for the fact that "Congress isn't working right now," barely held onto her seat in the last election cycle.
Now, it appears she's in for another tough round of voting, based on financial reports flagged by The Seattle Times.
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"U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is getting squeezed from both sides of the political aisle in the money race as she faces a growing field of challengers hoping to thwart her reelection next year," the outlet reported Friday. "Third-quarter fundraising totals reported in recent days in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District show the Republican incumbent was outraised by her most prominent Democratic foe, Adam Frisch, by a factor of 4-to-1. And Jeff Hurd, a Boebert challenger in next year’s GOP primary, posted sizable totals indicating he also might pose trouble for the two-term congresswoman."
The article further states that "Boebert’s haul for the period from July 1 to Sept. 30 was just shy of $854,000."
"Earlier this month, before filing his full quarterly report, former Aspen city councilman Frisch, who narrowly lost to Boebert in 2022, touted a nearly $3.4 million haul during the same time frame," the article states. "Hurd, a Grand Junction attorney, collected just over $412,000 despite launching his campaign only in mid-August."
The piece quotes Paul DeBell, an associate professor of political science at Fort Lewis College in Durango, as saying Boebert's troubles stem partly from her own personal drama.
"DeBell said Frisch has been able to focus 'singularly' on the potential rematch while Boebert has been mixed up in controversies, some of her own making," it states. "Voters in her district may be feeling 'exhaustion' with the headlines and drama that seem to follow the congresswoman wherever she goes, he said."
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