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- colorado@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- colorado@lemmy.world
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) came in fifth place in a straw poll of voters in the district where the controversial congresswoman recently relocated and is trying to win reelection to the House.
Boebert, who was first elected to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in 2020, announced last month she would switch districts and instead run for reelection this year in the 4th District, after its House member, Rep. Ken Buck ®, decided to retire from Congress.
The new district for Boebert would likely give her a significantly better chance at reelection if she wins the Republican nomination. She currently represents a swing district, and Boebert had seemed likely before her switch to face off a second time against Democrat Adam Frisch, whom she defeated in 2022 by fewer than 600 votes.
The 4th District, meanwhile, is a solidly Republican district that has elected a Democratic House member only once in the past 50 years.
But the results of the straw poll Thursday, which followed the first debate among GOP candidates running for that district, indicates Boebert may have an uphill battle.
my issue isn’t tangential. everyone has the right to vote, and to run for office, absent any criminal history. there’s a reason it’s unconstitutional to do this to voters. I agree with you that candidates should understand how government works, but a test like this absolutely not the way to determine who can and cannot run for office. You know that one politician? That one asshole that you just cannot stand, you dislike them personally, disagree with everything they stand for and think they’re just morally bankrupt? Whatever law you put in place, them or someone even worse than they are will be in charge of enforcing one day.
You’re continuing to conflate two arguments. I am exclusively speaking about candidates.
what I’m saying is that people will do the same thing to pervert the intention of this whether you use it to limit voting rights or who can run for office. they’ll make it an impossible test, they’ll be in charge of who has to take it, and they’ll use it to exclude candidates they dislike. the poll tests are an example of this happening already. it will absolutely also happen if you force candidates to pass a test.