Rep. Lauren Boebert, conservative firebrand from Colorado, loses her race for re-election

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., a conservative firebrand who was caught up in several headline-grabbing controversies during her six years in Congress, has been defeated by Democratic challenger Eileen Laubacher, NBC News projects.

Laubacher is a retired Navy rear admiral and Afghanistan war veteran who served on the National Security Council in the Biden administration.

“Integrity matters. Character matters. Truth matters, and public service should always be about what you can do for other people, not what you do for yourself,” Laubacher told supporters on election night, according to The Colorado Sun. “Those things were worth fighting for when we started.”

Boebert, who won re-election in Colorado’s 3rd District by just 546 votes in 2022, shifted to the much redder 4th Congressional District in 2024 and won re-election more easily.

But that shift proved no match for the anti-Trump blue tsunami that washed over the country in these midterm elections, sweeping her and many other GOP incumbents out of office.

“There was a lot of money dumped on my head,” Boebert said after the election, while also blaming the Senate for failing to pass many House-approved Republican bills.

Before her political career, Boebert was a gun-rights activist and owned Shooters Grill…

Original source: https://www.nbcnews.com/sports