Lauren Boebert is worried about polls: According to a new report, the outspoken Colorado Congresswoman is worried that she could lose re-election next year.
Lauren Boebert Soon Out of a Job?
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has been one of the most controversial figures in Congress since her arrival after the 2020 election, thanks to a nearly nonstop series of stunts both inside and outside Capitol Hill.
But now, the Congresswoman is facing challenges from members of both parties and is said to be worried about her chances.
According to the Aspen Daily News, Boebert has been expressing such concerns in recent fundraising appeals.
“Boebert’s campaign sent three emails to supporters last week expressing concern over polling that showed the second-term congresswoman trailing her potential 2024 Democratic opponent, former Aspen City Councilman Adam Frisch, by 2 percentage points,” the report said.
It’s far from a rare occurrence for candidates to state directly in their fundraising appeals that they are losing in polls, or that they are falling short of fundraising goals. Boebert has sent out three different emails within a short period of time,
“If we don’t turn things around quickly, we could lose this seat to the Democrats. I can’t believe I’m saying those words, but I need you to understand how dire this situation is. [Frisch’s] latest internal polls have him beating us by two points,” the emails said, per the Aspen publication.
“At the rate that we’re going, our race could be out of reach before we even hit 2024,” another email said.
The emails referenced a major poll released last month, which showed Democrat Adam Frisch ahead of Boebert by two points. The poll was conducted by Keating Research and was commissioned by Frisch’s campaign, so it can be taken with a grain of salt. But it now appears both Frisch and Boebert are using that poll’s existence as a talking point in favor of their candidates.
“Frisch secures majority support in this poll despite an 8-point Republican registration advantage, while Joe Biden trails Donald Trump by 5 points in this district (44% Biden to 49% Trump),” Keating said in his polling memo. “Frisch is leading in this poll because he has a 17-point advantage with Unaffiliated voters (57% Frisch to 40% Boebert) and a 32-point advantage among Latino voters (65% Frisch to 33% Boebert).”
The race is in Colorado’s Third District, which is both uncommonly large and has traditionally leaned Republican. Boebert and Frisch met in the general election in 2022 and Boebert won, in the narrowest House race in the country. Both will face competitive primaries, with Grand Junction Mayor Anna Stout and first-time candidates David Karpas and Adam Withrow running on the Democratic side. Grand Junction attorney Jeff Hurd and candidate Russ Andrews are also running on the Republican side.
One Colorado columnist, last month, wrote that Boebert shouldn’t take for granted that she’ll win her primary since she herself had come to office by winning a primary against a Republican incumbent.
Columnist Mario Nicolais of the Colorado Sun wrote that Hurd could present a formidable challenge to Boebert in the Republican primary.
“Jeff Hurd jumped into the race touting ‘serious leadership for rural Colorado.’ While Boebert may hand-wave him as a nuisance, it could be just the kind of arrogant oversight that put her in office three years ago,” he wrote.
“ Always interested in the political work we did, he was also determined and hard working. It is not surprising he found himself running for office,” the columnist added. “Hurd will not engage in the same over-the-top antics that made Boebert an overnight sensation in far-right circles. That is not his style.”
The Colorado Sun wrote this week that the race in the district is “already heating up.” And that includes a great deal of money rolling in.
“Frisch’s big haul so far ranked fourth on the Federal Election Commission’s list of top fundraisers for U.S. House contests, second among Democrats only to House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York,” the Sun said. “Boebert placed 30th overall among 2024 fundraisers for House contests and 21st among Republicans.”
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