Colorado Republicans Choose Placeholder Candidate

“Republicans in Colorado’s sprawling 4th Congressional District on Thursday night chose former Parker Mayor Greg Lopez as their nominee to appear on the June 25 special election ballot to fill out the rest of former Rep. Ken Buck’s term,” the Denver Post reports.

“Lopez, a conservative who ran unsuccessfully for Colorado governor in 2018 and 2022, has said publicly he won’t run in the district’s Republican primary election, which will be held on the same day. So that leaves a field of nine GOP candidates, including Rep. Lauren Boebert, vying to win that contest with the hopes of going on to the general election in November.”