Before U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert spoke last week to a Republican club at a sprawling retirement community just south of Denver, some members of the audience weren鈥檛 all that jazzed about the congresswoman.
鈥淚nteresting,鈥� is how one woman described Boebert. The woman鈥檚 husband said the congresswoman was a 鈥渃haracter,鈥� for sure. Another man said Boebert was just 鈥淥K.鈥� A fourth person said she was turned off by the congresswoman鈥檚 鈥渁ntics.鈥�
But the group also had another thing in common: They had all cast their ballots for Boebert 鈥� and never considered backing her Democratic opponent, .
鈥淚 held my nose because I would not vote for the Democrat,鈥� said Sheree Weverstad, who made the 鈥渁ntics鈥� remark and expressed a particular distaste for Boebert鈥檚 decision last year to switch congressional districts.
Such is the dynamic playing out in Colorado鈥檚 this year. The majority of voters in the district, which spans the Eastern Plains into Douglas County and Loveland, are Republican die-hards, but they aren鈥檛 necessarily big fans of Boebert, whose political and personal brands .
e 4th District transformed the contest from a ho-hum Republican shoo-in to a .
Boebert was facing an uphill reelection battle in the 3rd District, which also leans Republican 鈥� though to a much lesser extent. .
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Jesse Paul is a reporter for The Colorado Sun. His work appears frequently on-air at KUNC 91.5 FM and online at KUNC.org. Contact Jesse at jesse@coloradosun.com.