Boebert wins GOP nomination in new Colorado district

Controversial Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert won the Republican nomination to represent the state’s 4th Congressional District in the state’s Tuesday primary. Boebert faced five other candidates and garnered about 43 percent of the district’s vote. The representative has been known for her harsh rhetoric and was escorted out of a theater last year for vaping and causing a disturbance. She thanked voters on social media late Tuesday night, looking forward to the November election with Trump.

Boebert opted to swap districts in hopes of replacing retiring conservative Rep. Ken Buck. However, critics have argued that Boebert switched to a more conservative district to guarantee re-election, after narrowly winning Colorado’s more moderate 3rd District seat in 2022. Boebert will now face Democratic candidate Trisha Calvarese, who won with about 46 percent of the vote against two other blue candidates.

On the other side of the aisle: New York’s controversial Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also won the chance to stay in the lower chamber, taking the primary in a landslide 82 percent vote. She took to social media to thank her district for the chance at re-election. The people of the Bronx and Queens prevailed against Wall Street, she wrote. The congresswoman will run against uncontested GOP candidate Tina Forte this November.

Any other notable primary results? Also in New York, Democratic candidate George Latimer unseated incumbent Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman with over 58 percent of the district’s vote. The work starts now, he wrote of his Tuesday night win. He continued by urging voters to defeat GOP presumptive candidate Donald Trump and take back the House of Representatives, he added. Latimer will face off against uncontested Republican candidate Miriam Flisser on November’s ballot.

In Utah, Republican Rep. John Curtis won a crowded GOP primary to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitt Romney. Utah’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox will run for reelection after winning about 60 percent of the GOP vote and face the uncontested Democratic candidate Brian King.

Here's a more detailed breakdown of the most significant primary results, by state:

Colorado:

U.S. House of Representatives: All eight of the state’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will be up for grabs in November. More than half of the party candidates vying to represent their party on the ballot ran uncontested.

1st District: Uncontested incumbent Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette will run against the uncontested GOP candidate Valdamar Archuleta.

2nd District: Uncontested incumbent democratic Rep. Joe Neguse will run uncontested against Republican Marshall Dawson.

3rd District: GOP candidate Jeff Hurd won about 41 percent of the district vote and will face off against uncontested Democratic candidate Adam Frisch to replace current 3rd District Rep. Lauren Boebert.

4th District: Boebert swapped districts and will run on the GOP’s 4th District ticket after garnering about 43 percent of the vote against five other candidates. Democratic candidate Trisha Calvarese will run on the Democratic ballot for the 4th District after winning about 45 percent of the vote against two other candidates also vying to replace GOP Rep. Ken Buck. Republican Greg Lopez will finish the rest of Buck’s term after winning 57 percent of the 4th District special election vote.

5th District: Democratic candidate River Gassen edged out Joe Reagan with just over 50 percent of the vote, and will face off against GOP candidate Jeff Crank, who won against Dave L. Williams at 65 percent of the vote.

6th District: Democratic incumbent Jason Crow was uncontested in the primary and will face off against GOP candidate John Fabbricatore in November. Fabbricatore was also uncontested in the primary.

7th District: GOP candidate Sergei Matveyuk was uncontested in the primary. He will face off against Democratic incumbent Brittany Pettersen in November.

8th District: GOP candidate Gabe Evans won more than 77 percent of the primary vote, winning out over Janak Joshi. He will face Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo in the general election.

New York:

U.S. Senate: Uncontested incumbent Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will run for re-election against uncontested Republican candidate Michael Sapraicone.

U.S. House of Representatives: All 26 congressional districts will be on the ballot in November. Of the 52 races to choose the party candidates to appear on that ballot, only seven face intraparty opposition.

1st District: Democratic John Avlon won over 70 percent of the vote and will face off against uncontested incumbent GOP Rep. Nick LaLota in November.

10th District: Incumbent Democratic Rep. Daniel Goldman won about 66 percent of votes against two other candidates. He will face off against uncontested Republican candidate Alexander Dodenhoff.

14th District: Incumbent Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will run for re-election after winning about 82 percent of the vote. She will run against uncontested GOP candidate Tina Forte in November.

16th District: Democratic candidate George Latimer unseated incumbent Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman with over 58 percent of the vote. Latimer will face off against uncontested Republican candidate Miriam Flisser on November’s ballot.

17th District: Candidate Anthony Frascone will represent the Working Families party on the district ballot. Frascone, along with the uncontested Democratic candidate Mondaire Jones, will vie to unseat the uncontested incumbent GOP Rep. Mike Lawler.

22nd District: Democratic candidate John Mannion won about 62 percent of his party’s support and will run to unseat the uncontested incumbent Rep. Brandon Williams.

24th District: Incumbent GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney will run for re-election in November and face off against uncontested Democratic candidate David Wagenhauser.

Utah:

U.S. Senate: Republican candidate John Curtis faced three other candidates and won just over 50 percent of the vote. Curtis will face off against the uncontested Democratic candidate Caroline Gleich to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Mitt Romney.

Gubernatorial race: Republican Gov. Spencer Cox will run for reelection after winning about 57 percent of the GOP vote. He will run against uncontested Democratic candidate Brian King.

U.S. House of Representatives: All four of the state’s congressional districts will be on the ballot in November, and only 4th District’s party candidates were uncontested in the primary.

1st District: Incumbent Republican Rep. Blake Moore will run against uncontested Democratic candidate Bill Campbell.

2nd District: As of the time of this writing, this race has not been called.

3rd District: Republican candidate Mike Kennedy will represent Utah’s 3rd Congressional District on the ballot against uncontested Democratic candidate Glenn Wright.

Where are the presidential results? All three states held primary and caucus votes to determine party candidates in the 2024 Presidential election earlier this year. Both GOP candidate and former President Donald Trump, along with Incumbent Democratic candidate President Joe Biden won their party’s support in each state.

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