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Lauren Boebert’s Carpetbagging Gamble

December 28, 2023 at 4:46 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

It wasn’t coordinated by national Republicans, but Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) surprise switch of congressional districts actually increases the odds Republicans will hold both seats.

As for Boebert’s chances at re-election in her new district, I don’t think carpetbagging by itself will sink her.

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Filed Under: 2024 Campaign, Members Tagged With: CO-3, CO-4

Boebert’s Old District Moves to ‘Lean Republican’

December 28, 2023 at 8:57 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Cook Political Report said the news that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was going to run in another congressional district was good for the GOP’s chances of holding onto Colorado’s 3rd district “as Boebert was the main reason it was in so much jeopardy.”

The race will be moved from the “Toss Up” category to “Leans Republican.”

Filed Under: 2024 Campaign Tagged With: CO-3

Outside Groups Already Targeting Lauren Boebert

April 11, 2023 at 12:33 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The 2024 elections are still more than a year away, but outside groups are already targeting Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) after she nearly lost her bid for re-election against Adam Frisch (D) last November,” KDVR reports.

Filed Under: 2024 Campaign Tagged With: CO-3

Adam Frisch Will Challenge Lauren Boebert Again

February 14, 2023 at 9:41 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Adam Frisch (D) — who lost his challenge to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) by just 546 votes in 2022 — announced he is running again.

Filed Under: 2024 Campaign Tagged With: CO-3

Lauren Boebert May Hang On

November 10, 2022 at 5:14 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

FiveThirtyEight: “In Colorado’s 3rd District, Boebert may hold on: She now leads by 794 votes and her lead grew even with light-blue Pueblo County reporting most of its remaining votes. ABC News estimates that around 5,000 votes are outstanding in the district, which means Frisch would need to win 58 percent of those to win, which seems unlikely.”

“But as we’ve seen, the vote method and timing matters. Colorado is a vote-by-mail state, but votes dropped off on Election Day tend to be more Republican, while those coming through the mail tend to be more Democratic. So until we have the results in hand, it’s hard to know just how red or blue a batch of newly reported votes will be.”

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: CO-3

Democratic Poll Finds Lauren Boebert in Close Race

October 5, 2022 at 9:11 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Keating Research (D) poll finds Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) barely leading challenger Adam Frisch (D), 47% to 45% with 7% still undecided.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: CO-3

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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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