Lauren Boebert - live: Republican asks for donations to support recount of Colorado election results

Lauren Boebert has asked for donations to support a possible recount of the results in her Colorado election race against Democrat Adam Frisch.

The Republican’s plea for financial support on Friday afternoon comes after she said she is confident she will hold onto her House seat as the unexpected upset race remains too close to call.

When asked by reporters if she expects to win the race on Thursday, the Republican incumbent responded: “Of course I expect to win. It’ll be great.”

Ms Boebert is now leading by 1,122 votes in what has shaped up to be a surprisingly close race for the US House seat in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.

After trailing for much of the race, the Donald Trump ally clawed her way back to a lead on Thursday, now leading with 50.2 per cent of votes to Mr Frisch’s 49.8 per cent, with 99 per cent of votes reported.

The race could be headed for an automatic recount if the victorious party fails to win by a margin of more than 0.5 per cent.

Boebert v Frisch

• Trump ally claws way back to a lead of 1,000 votes

• Boebert confident she will win: ‘Of course’

• Boebert posts Veterans Day message after coming under fire for votes on veteran bills

• Republican finally breaks 36-hour silence with return to Twitter

• Boebert’s hometown reacts to her expected landslide win slipping away

• How the tight race has caught everyone off guard

Boebert asks for recount donations

18:30 , Megan Sheets

Lauren Boebert appears to have accepted that her race against Adam Frisch may go to a recount as she asks supporters for donations to help with one.

“I told you all year, the Left would do everything that they possibly could to get rid of me,” the firebrand Republican wrote in a tweet.

“As this race comes down to every last vote, I need you to help us ensure we have the resources to finish what we started!”

The plea for donations came as she held a lead of just 0.4 per cent over Mr Frisch at 1pm on Friday.

If the race comes down to 0.5 per cent, a recount will happen automatically.

Adam Frisch ran against Boebert’s ‘angertainment’

18:10 , Rachel Sharp

Prior to election day, Adam Frisch told The Independent that he decided to take on the MAGA Republican in the race for her US House seat in response to her “angertainment”.

He said that this phrase is what “Representative Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene and a lot of other people are - and there’s some on the left, as well - that use this kind of just ... yelling and screaming. I mean, a lot of time on Twitter, a lot of time on the cable news networks and not really focusing on the job at hand.”

Mr Frisch, a currency trader who served on the Aspen, Colorado city council for eight years, added that he found some of her bizarre comments “disgusting and anti-ethical to America”.

“I was thinking, you know, if a moderate, pragmatic, pro-business Democrat could get by the Democratic primary, which wouldn’t be easy – and it wasn’t – I thought I could build a coalition,” he said.

Who is Adam Frisch?

17:50 , Rachel Sharp

Democrat Adam Frisch and Republican Lauren Boebert are currently neck and neck in close race for a Senate seat.

Mr Frisch, 55, is a former currency trader who served eight years on Aspen City Council and a married father of two.

He was unaffiliated for decades before joining the Democratic Party in 1992 and has described himself as a non-traditional Democrat who, if elected, would seek to join the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.

He previously told The Independent that he decided to run against Ms Boebert for several reasons. He found some of her comments “disgusting and anti-ethical to America” and opposed her brand of “angertainment,” a phrase he often uses which Mr Frisch says he borrowed from a friend.

It refers to what “Representative Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene and a lot of other people are - and there’s some on the left, as well - that use this kind of just ... yelling and screaming. I mean, a lot of time on Twitter, a lot of time on the cable news networks and not really focusing on the job at hand.”

Who is Lauren Boebert?

17:30 , Rachel Sharp

Lauren Boebert, 35, is the Republican incumbent occupying the US House seat in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.

The congresswoman first made headlines not as a politician but as a restauranteur. Her establishment, called Shooters, grabbed the public’s attention thanks to its wait staff openly carrying firearms during their shifts. She also refused to stop offering in-door dining during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ms Boebert made national headlines again after she disrupted a campaign event held by then-Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, who had run on tightening gun control measures to curb shooting violence in the country. She was armed when she crashed the event and defied Mr O’Rourke’s claim that he wanted to confiscate assault weapons.

Later that year she announced her candidacy, challenging then-incumbent Scott Tipton. Ms Boebert ran a campaign largely rooted in MAGA ideology and loyalty to former President Donald Trump, and has continued to promote nationalist ideals during her time in Congress.

During her campaign and congressional tenure, Ms Boebert has been criticised for saying she “hopes [QAnon] is true,” closeness with the Proud Boys right-wing gang, and claiming she is “with the militias.” She faced further scrutiny after aligning herself with the Capitol rioters on January 6 and tweeting “today is 1776” while Trump loyalists attacked the building and Capitol police.

Ms Boebert is married to her husband, Jayson, and they have four sons together.

Frisch reveals surprise at how close race is

17:10 , Rachel Sharp

Adam Frisch has revealed his surprise at how close the race has become for the US Senate seat for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.

Mr Frisch, a Democrat, has taken on incumbent Lauren Boebert, an extreme right-wing Republican and Donald Trump ally.

“I knew this race would be close, but I didn’t know it would be one of the closest in the country!” he tweeted on Friday.

“We’re still waiting on ballots to cure and overseas and military ballots to be counted. Thank you all for the support during this process.”

Boebert confident she will win: ‘Of course’

16:50 , Rachel Sharp

Lauren Boebert has insisted she is confident she will hold onto her House seat despite the unexpected close race remaining too tight to call.

“Of course I expect to win. It’ll be great,” the Republican incumbent told reporters on Thursday night in Washington DC.

When asked if she would support House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in his bid for speaker if the GOP takes the House, she hit out saying she was focusing on herself.

“Is this what you all are focused on? Do you know that I am – do you know that I am 794 votes up in my race right now?” she fired.

“That’s kind of my focus right now,” she said.

Where the race now stands:

16:30 , Rachel Sharp

Lauren Boebert is now leading by 1,122 votes in what has shaped up to be a surprisingly close race for the US House seat in Colorado.

Ms Boebert currently leads with 50.2 per cent of votes to Democratic challenger Adam Frisch’s 49.8 per cent, with 99 per cent of votes now reported in the district.

The race is still too close to call.

After trailing for much of the race, the Donald Trump ally clawed her way back to a lead on Thursday, inching past the Democrat to a lead of 386 votes that morning. She widened the lead to 794 votes that afternoon before more votes were reported later in the day.

Reelected Gov Jared Polis says DeSantis is ‘bad for jobs'

16:04 , Rachel Sharp

Colorado Governor Jared Polis has hit out at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis calling him “bad for jobs”.

Mr Polis, a Democrat, was asked by MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson on Thursday night how he plans to contend with Mr DeSantis, a Republican, after they both won their relection races on Tuesday night.

“You know, the contrast is Governor DeSantis has been bad for jobs, bad for economic growth by driving companies out of Florida,” he said.

“We say in Colorado, there’s a home for everybody. I mean, you know, if he attacks particular companies because of their policies or what they do, we’re happy to have a home for that, you know, as a governor of Colorado, I don’t go around bullying our companies. We support them. We want to create jobs.

“We want good-paying positions, a great quality of life for everybody. So I think he’s really, you know, taken on some a lot of the private sector that can provide the economic growth for his state. So, again, we’ve had many Floridians and Texans move to Colorado and we’ll probably be welcoming even more if if Governor DeSantis continues to drive them out of Florida.”

Boebert - who voted against bills supporting veterans - posts Veterans Day message as election down to wire

15:30 , Rachel Sharp

Lauren Boebert – who voted against several bills that would have supported US veterans – has posted a Veterans Day message telling the US service members they are “loved”, as she remains deadlocked in a race to hold onto her Senate seat.

The MAGA Republican shared a video on Twitter on Friday morning where she told veterans that she is “so proud to be an American and so grateful for the freedom we all enjoy because of you”.

“You are more loved than you will ever know,” she added as she spoke in front of an American flag.

Ms Boebert captioned the post: “We can never thank our Veterans enough. God bless you as we honor your service to our great country on Veterans Day!”

The Independent’s Rachel Sharp has the full story:

Boebert - who voted against bills supporting veterans - posts Veteran’s Day message

Redistricting may have hindered Boebert

15:13 , Rachel Sharp

Redistricting may have hindered Lauren Boebert in her race to hold onto her US House seat for a second term.

The 2020 Census led to Colorado adding a new eighth district, which in turn shifted the boundaries of the state’s 3rd Congressional District which she currently represents.

However, the demographics in the district, covering western and southern parts of the state, are still predominantly white, Republican voters.

Lauren Boebert - who voted against several bills supporting veterans - posts Veteran’s Day message

14:31 , Rachel Sharp

Lauren Boebert – who voted against several bills supporting US veterans – has posted a Veteran’s Day message on Twitter.

“We can never thank our Veterans enough. God bless you as we honor your service to our great country on Veterans Day!” she tweeted on Friday morning.

Ms Boebert came under fire from opponent Adam Frisch during her campaign trail when she urged Coloradans to learn more about “the work I’m doing to support America’s heroes”.

“I voted for four pro-veteran bills that were signed into law and led several amendments to provide funding for mental health and other important services for our veterans,” she tweeted in September.

Mr Frisch quickly fact checked her on the claim, pointing out her lack of support for more than a dozen bills to help US veterans.

“Lauren Boebert is no friend of Veterans. I will protect their interests once in Washington,” he said.

Ms Boebert infamously heckled President Joe Biden as he spoke about veterans sick and dying from burn pits in his State of the Union address – and then voted against a buern pits bill to give those veterans access to healthcare.

Boebert’s hometown reacts to close race

14:00 , Rachel Sharp

A new tenant was cleaning out the space that formerly housed Lauren Boebert’s restaurant on Wednesday – the infamous Shooters sign gone – as the congresswoman continued to trail her Democratic challenger nearly 20 hours after polls closed in Colorado.

The shell of the gun-themed eatery on Rifle’s main street - after the landlord decided not to renew its lease over the summer - was a fitting parallel to the career of Shooters’ former owner.

Boebert had been projected to easily beat Adam Frisch, but as of Friday the race is still too close to call.

In her constituency, voters are keeping their attention on results.

The Independent’s Sheila Flynn speaks to voters in Ms Boebert’s hometown:

Here’s how Boebert’s hometown feels about her expected landslide win slipping away

Trump claims he ‘sent’ FBI to help DeSantis win in 2018

13:40 , Rachel Sharp

While MAGA Republican and staunch Donald Trump ally Lauren Boebert’s future hangs in the balance, the former president unleashed an angry rant at Ron DeSantis.

In a Truth Social post, Mr Trump claimed that he used the FBI and US attorneys to help the Florida governor win the 2018 election.

In the rambling statement, Mr Trump made the controversial claim that he “sent the FBI” to interfere in Florida’s 2018 gubernatorial race – ensuring it swung in the Republican’s favour.

“I was all in for Ron, and he beat Gillum, but after the Race, when votes were being stolen by the corrupt Election process in Broward County, and Ron was going down ten thousand votes a day, along with now-Senator Rick Scott, I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended, just prior to them running out of the votes necessary to win,” he wrote.

“I stopped his Election from being stolen…”

The Independent’s Rachel Sharp has the full story:

Trump claims he used the FBI to help DeSantis win 2018 election

Who is Lauren Boebert?

13:20 , Rachel Sharp

Lauren Boebert, 35, is the Republican incumbent occupying the US House seat in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.

The congresswoman first made headlines not as a politician but as a restauranteur. Her establishment, called Shooters, grabbed the public’s attention thanks to its wait staff openly carrying firearms during their shifts. She also refused to stop offering in-door dining during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ms Boebert made national headlines again after she disrupted a campaign event held by then-Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, who had run on tightening gun control measures to curb shooting violence in the country. She was armed when she crashed the event and defied Mr O’Rourke’s claim that he wanted to confiscate assault weapons.

Later that year she announced her candidacy, challenging then-incumbent Scott Tipton. Ms Boebert ran a campaign largely rooted in MAGA ideology and loyalty to former President Donald Trump, and has continued to promote nationalist ideals during her time in Congress.

During her campaign and congressional tenure, Ms Boebert has been criticised for saying she “hopes [QAnon] is true,” closeness with the Proud Boys right-wing gang, and claiming she is “with the militias.” She faced further scrutiny after aligning herself with the Capitol rioters on January 6 and tweeting “today is 1776” while Trump loyalists attacked the building and Capitol police.

Ms Boebert is married to her husband, Jayson, and they have four sons together.

Who is Adam Frisch?

13:00 , Rachel Sharp

Democrat Adam Frisch and Republican Lauren Boebert are currently neck and neck in close race for a Senate seat.

Mr Frisch, 55, is a former currency trader who served eight years on Aspen City Council and a married father of two.

He was unaffiliated for decades before joining the Democratic Party in 1992 and has described himself as a non-traditional Democrat who, if elected, would seek to join the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.

He previously told The Independent that he decided to run against Ms Boebert for several reasons. He found some of her comments “disgusting and anti-ethical to America” and opposed her brand of “angertainment,” a phrase he often uses which Mr Frisch says he borrowed from a friend.

It refers to what “Representative Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene and a lot of other people are - and there’s some on the left, as well - that use this kind of just ... yelling and screaming. I mean, a lot of time on Twitter, a lot of time on the cable news networks and not really focusing on the job at hand.”

Boebert claims she wasn’t surprised by close race

12:41 , Rachel Sharp

Lauren Boebert has claimed she wasn’t surprised that her race to hold onto her House seat has gone down to the wire.

The MAGA Republican told reporters in Washington DC on Thursday that the tight race hadn’t caught her off guard, pointing the blame to some Republicans on Colorado’s big ticket races.

“I expected [Colorado Governor Jared Polis] and [Democratic Senator Michael Bennet] to carry some of it. Yes,” she said.

“I don’t know if there wasn’t enough enthusiasm for our top ticket candidates for governor and Senate, or what happened there, but there was a lot of shifting in the votes there.”

Her denial over the race upset is markedly different from her predictions prior to the ballots closing.

On Tuesday, she tweeted that “the red wave has begun” – as it failed to materialise.

Boebert finally broke 36 hour silence on social media

12:20 , Rachel Sharp

Lauren Boebert finally broken her 36-hour silence on Thursday after she fell silent on election night when her race against Democrat Adam Frisch didn’t go as planned.

The incumbent MAGA Republican congresswoman posted a vague tweet on her Twitter page on Thursday morning, making no mention of the tight race which threatens to oust her from Congress after just one term.

“Good morning! Jesus is Lord,” she simply wrote.

In a follow-up tweet, she posted a meme appearing to mock the pace of counting of votes in Colorado.

The Independent’s Rachel Sharp has the full story:

Lauren Boebert breaks 36-hour silence as she trails by 64 votes in Colorado race

Adam Frisch ran against Boebert’s ‘angertainment’

12:00 , Rachel Sharp

Prior to election day, Adam Frisch told The Independent that he decided to take on the MAGA Republican in the race for her US House seat in response to her “angertainment”.

He said that this phrase is what “Representative Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene and a lot of other people are - and there’s some on the left, as well - that use this kind of just ... yelling and screaming. I mean, a lot of time on Twitter, a lot of time on the cable news networks and not really focusing on the job at hand.”

Mr Frisch, a currency trader who served on the Aspen, Colorado city council for eight years, added that he found some of her bizarre comments “disgusting and anti-ethical to America”.

“I was thinking, you know, if a moderate, pragmatic, pro-business Democrat could get by the Democratic primary, which wouldn’t be easy – and it wasn’t – I thought I could build a coalition,” he said.

Adam Frisch calls for ‘respect’ for military whose votes yet to be counted

11:40 , Rachel Sharp

Adam Frisch has called for “respect” for the state’s serving military members, many of whose votes are yet to be counted in the Colorado race.

On Thursday, the Democrat tweeted that thousands of votes are still to counted, as well as votes from people serving in the military or living overseas.

“Everyone in #CO03 deserves to have their voice heard, regardless of political affiliation. I am confident that each and every valid ballot will be counted.

“In particular, we must honor and respect those who serve our country by ensuring that every military ballot is counted,” he tweeted.

“1/Every vote matters in this incredibly close race and thousands of votes in Pueblo County and from military & overseas voters remain, and a considerable number of curable ballots remain as well.

“Help us gather the resources to see this through!”

Lauren Boebert pays visit to DC amid tight race

11:20 , Rachel Sharp

Lauren Boebert paid a visit to Washington DC while the fight to hold onto her House seat went down to the wire back in Colorado.

The MAGA Republican incumbent attended the House Freedom Caucus’ Covid-19 pandemic accountability hearing on Thursday – the same day she finally broke her silence about the unexpected close race.

Speaking to reporters at the event, she tried to push the GOP’s worse-than-expected performance in her home state onto the big-ticket candidates.

“I don’t know if there wasn’t enough enthusiasm for our top-ticket candidates for governor and Senate, or what happened there, but there was a lot of shifting in the votes there,” she said.

Colorado’s Democratic Governor Jared Polis and Senator Michael Bennet both comfortably beat their Republican rivals in their reelection races.

Is Colorado headed for a recount?

11:00 , Rachel Sharp

In Colorado, an automatic recount is triggered if a candidate wins by a margin of 0.5 per cent or less of the leading candidate’s total votes.

This means that, to avoid a recount, either Lauren Boebert or Adam Frisch would need to lead by around 788 votes.

If a recount is triggered, it must be completed within 35 days of election day.

Boebert confident she will win: ‘Of course'

10:40 , Rachel Sharp

Lauren Boebert has insisted she is confident she will hold onto her House seat despite the unexpected close race remaining too tight to call.

“Of course I expect to win. It’ll be great,” the Republican incumbent told reporters on Thursday night in Washington DC.

When asked if she would support House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in his bid for speaker if the GOP takes the House, she hit out saying she was focusing on herself.

“Is this what you all are focused on? Do you know that I am – do you know that I am 794 votes up in my race right now?” she fired.

“That’s kind of my focus right now,” she said.

Boebert now leads by 1,122 votes

10:20 , Rachel Sharp

Lauren Boebert is now leading by 1,122 votes in what has shaped up to be a surprisingly close race for the US House seat in Colorado.

Ms Boebert currently leads with 50.2 per cent of votes to Democratic challenger Adam Frisch’s 49.8 per cent, with 99 per cent of votes now reported in the district.

The race is still too close to call.

After trailing for much of the race, the Donald Trump ally clawed her way back to a lead on Thursday, inching past the Democrat to a lead of 386 votes that morning. She widened the lead to 794 votes that afternoon before more votes were reported later in the day.

We read Lauren Boebert’s book so you don’t have to

10:00 , Rachel Sharp

Imagine you have just purchased Republican Representative Lauren Boebert’s new autobiographical book, “My American Life.”

You rush to her restaurant, Shooter’s Bar and Grill, to begin flipping through its pages. A waitress — pistol dangling from a holster on her hip — drops a menu on the table. You glance over it, your eyes stopping at the pork sliders. The fake news says they gave concert-goers diarrhea back in 2017. But you didn’t come all this way, to Rifle, Colorado, for lies. You want the truth — and it’s sitting right there in your hands. You dive in.

Read on:

We read Lauren Boebert’s new book so you don’t have to. Here’s what’s inside

ICYMI: Boebert’s Shooters Grill restaurant closes after landlord declines to extend lease

09:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Lauren Boebert’s Shooters Grill in Colorado has closed down after the restaurant’s landlords refused to extend the lawmaker’s lease.

The Republican lawmaker’s eatery in the town of Rifle was famous for having waitresses armed with handguns and shut its doors for the final time on Sunday, she confirmed.

“We were like a family. I would say Shooters, for any employee, was their life,” she told The Post Independent about the restaurant that opened in May 2013.

Graeme Massie reports.

Lauren Boebert’s Shooters Grill closes after landlord declines to extend lease

Boebert slammed for 15 anti-veteran votes

08:30 , Oliver O'Connell

“I voted for four pro-veteran bills that were signed into law and led several amendments to provide funding for mental health and other important services for our veterans,” wrote Ms Boebert in a tweet during the campaign that also urged her followers to click and learn more about “the work I’m doing to support America’s heroes”.

Her opponent Mr Frisch fact-checked her via his own lengthy tweet-thread.

John Bowden reports.

Boebert slammed for 15 anti-veteran votes after boasting of support for troops

Earlier: Boebert mocked for awkward 17-hour silence after tweeting the ‘red wave has begun’

06:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Online critics of Republican Lauren Boebert seemed to revel in the nail-biter close race the congresswoman remained locked in hours after polls closed in Colorado, with many pointing to her own social media silence as a sign that a potential loss could be imminent.

Lauren Boebert mocked for awkward 17-hour silence after tweeting ‘red wave has begun’

ICYMI: Did Lauren Boebert shoot a dog?

04:30 , Oliver O'Connell

A neighbour has backed up Rep Lauren Boebert’s denial that the congresswoman fatally shot a pet dog in her hometown of Silt, Colorado.

The bizarre story - the latest in Ms Boebert’s controversial rollercoaster career - exploded on social media after Yaritza Mendoza, describing herself as the MAGA Republican’s “next door neighbour,” detailed the alleged incident in a Facebook post.

Sheila Flynn looks into the story.

Did Lauren Boebert shoot a dog? Her neighbor speaks out

Why is Lauren Boebert in trouble in Colorado?

03:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert is a MAGA favourite but her Democratic challenger has been earning support from unlikely sources as he climbs the polls and rakes in donations. He says her “angertainment” turned off voters and many tell Sheila Flynn they agree.

‘People want the circus to stop’: Could Lauren Boebert be in trouble?

ICYMI: Boebert mocked as her ‘two words’ anti-Biden tweet backfires

01:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Lauren Boebert’s attempted jab at President Joe Biden appeared to backfire as some people missed his gaffe referenced by the Colorado Republican.

“Two Words: Let’s Go Brandon!” Ms Boebert tweeted on Saturday, employing a euphemism used by conservatives meaning “f*** Joe Biden”.

Gustaf Kilander has the story.

Lauren Boebert mocked as her ‘two words’ anti-Biden tweet backfires

Boebert broke post-election silence after 36 hours

00:30 , Oliver O'Connell

The incumbent MAGA Republican congresswoman posted a vague tweet on her Twitter page on Thursday morning, making no mention of the tight race which threatens to oust her from Congress after just one term.

“Good morning! Jesus is Lord,” she simply wrote.

Rachel Sharp was following the race.

Lauren Boebert breaks 36-hour silence as she trails by 64 votes in Colorado race

Boebert used Trump and the Proud Boys to gain power – she got personal to defend her seat

Thursday 10 November 2022 23:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Lauren Boebert, 35, who is running for re-election as a US Representative for Colorado, was among the first of a post-2016 breed of Maga-focused Republicans to win a major congressional seat.

Here’s how she gained power.

Everything to know about Lauren Boebert

How does Lauren Boebert’s hometown feel about her expected landslide not materialising?

Thursday 10 November 2022 22:30 , Oliver O'Connell

The tight battle between Rep Lauren Boebert and Democrat Adam Frisch stunned even his backers. As the race teeters on a razors edge still too close to call, Sheila Flynn speaks to voters in Boebert’s divided hometown of Rifle, Colorado.

Here’s how Boebert’s hometown feels about her expected landslide win slipping away

Meanwhile in Arizona...

Thursday 10 November 2022 21:50 , Oliver O'Connell

Right-wing RepublicanKari Lake has gone on a media blitz claiming she has already won the race for governor in Arizona, despite results showing she still trails Katie Hobbs.

As of Thursday morning, Ms Hobbs, a Democrat, had 50.3 per cent of the votes counted to 49.7 per cent for Ms Lake, a pro-Trump former TV broadcaster.

The difference in votes counted for the two candidates in the state currently stands at more than 13,000.

Graeme Massie reports.

Kari Lake goes on media blitz to insist she’s already won Arizona governor election

How ‘women just went crazy’ and saved the country in the midterms

Thursday 10 November 2022 21:20 , Oliver O'Connell

Activists and organisers explain to John Bowden how polls and pundits underestimated the issue of abortion in the midterms.

How ‘women just went crazy’ and saved the country in the midterms

Latest ballot upload data from Pueblo County

Thursday 10 November 2022 21:05 , Oliver O'Connell

Anna Lyn Winfrey of Chieftan News reports on the latest ballot upload: “About 2,000 new ballots just uploaded from Pueblo, nearly doubling Lauren Boebert’s growing lead. Boebert is now up over Adam Frisch by 794 votes.”

She adds: “Pueblo clerk Bo Ortiz just estimated that most of these ballots were from in-person voters. Appears that most of the ~2,600 in-person ballots have now been reported. There’s still ~5,000 mail-in ballots to be tabulated in Pueblo.”

In addition Ms Winfrey reports: “A disproportionate amount of Republicans cast ballots in-person in Pueblo. GOPers are 24% of active registered voters in Pueblo County but they cast 38% of the in-person ballots.”

Democrat strategist posts apology for ‘OnlyFans’ comment

Thursday 10 November 2022 20:58 , Oliver O'Connell

Democrat strategist Kurt Bardella has posted an apology following a sexist remark he made during a TV interview regarding Lauren Boebert and the video site OnlyFans.

In response to criticism by public health activist Alexandra Hunt, Mr Bardella wrote: “I appreciate your feedback and when someone from your vantage point weighs in - that warrants consideration and reflection. I’ll be more thoughtful about my words in the future. It is NEVER my intention to shame women. I apologize. Period.”

He added: “There is nothing wrong with consensual interactions on platforms like OnlyFans. Anyone suggesting otherwise in an effort to shame or judge really needs to examine their own perception of women and their autonomy.”

In conclusion, he wrote: “That said, I have zero appetite for the faux-outrage coming from the MAGA-ites because we all know they don’t give a rip about sexism, misogyny or equality. They are hypocrites of the first order. Just look at their standard-bearer.”

Latest polling figures show Boebert pulling ahead

Thursday 10 November 2022 20:38 , Oliver O'Connell

According to the Associated Press, Rep Lauren Boebert has extended her lead over Democratic rival Adam Frisch.

With 98 per cent of ballots counted, Ms Boebert had 50.1 per cent of the vote (159,029) to Mr Frisch’s 49.9 per cent (158,235), a lead of 794 votes.

Pueblo County feeling the pressure as ballot count continues

Thursday 10 November 2022 20:20 , Oliver O'Connell

Annabelle Childers of Colorado’s KRDO tweets:

Murdoch turns against Trump in scathing New York Post cover and boosts DeSantis

Thursday 10 November 2022 20:00 , Oliver O'Connell

The New York Post, a Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper that’s long voiced its support for Donald Trump, shared a scathing cover of the former president that showed those loyalties may be eroding.

On Thursday, the right-leaning News Corp-owned paper published a stunning cover that featured a caricature of the one-term president precariously placed atop a wall with a headline that read, “TRUMPTY DUMPTY”, an allusion to the nursery rhyme character, Humpty Dumpty, who, as the poem goes, “had a great fall”.

“Don (who couldn’t build a great wall) had a great fall - can all the GOP’s men put the party back together again?” the front page headline continued, giving more than a heavy-handed hint that the newspaper does not endorse Mr Trump for another term, like they did in 2020.

The Independent’s Johanna Chisholm has the full story:

Murdoch turns against Trump in scathing New York Post cover: ‘TRUMPTY DUMPTY’

Boebert spotted in DC at Freedom Caucus roundtable

Thursday 10 November 2022 19:52 , Oliver O'Connell

'I voted for Adam Frisch. More of a vote against Boebert really’

Thursday 10 November 2022 19:45 , Oliver O'Connell

Marc Sallinger, a Denver-based reporter for 9 News, says he has heard the same reasoning from a number of people in Rep Boebert’s district as to why they voted against her.

“I voted for Adam Frisch. More of a vote against Boebert really,” one voter told him. “I don’t know too much about Frisch’s policies but I know that Boebert kind of spooks me as far as her antics and the sensationalism.”

Ana Navarro pitches in for Frisch

Thursday 10 November 2022 19:31 , Oliver O'Connell

TV host Ana Navarro has reposted Adam Frisch’s latest tweet, saying: “Folks, we can help ensure every vote gets counted, which hopefully results in Lauren Boebert not being in Congress and having much more free time to pose with her AR-15’s. Donate!”

Frisch ‘confident that each and every valid ballot will be counted'

Thursday 10 November 2022 19:25 , Oliver O'Connell

Democrat Adam Frisch has tweeted that everyone in Colorado’s 3rd District deserves to have their voice heard regardless of their political affilaition, adding that he is confident each and every vote will be counted.

“In particular, we must honor and respect those who serve our country by ensuring that every military ballot is counted,” Mr Frisch says.

“Every vote matters in this incredibly close race and thousands of votes in Pueblo County and from military & overseas voters remain, and a considerable number of curable ballots remain as well.”

Boebert gains thin lead over Adam Frisch in Colorado election

Thursday 10 November 2022 19:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Lauren Boebert has moved ahead of Democratic challenger Adam Frisch for the House seat representing Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District by a thin margin in a tight race that has caught many off guard.

After trailing throughout Wednesday and into Thursday morning, Ms Boebert finally gained a small lead over Mr Frisch in the afternoon with 98 per cent of votes counted. As of 2pm local time Thursday, she holds 50.1 per cent to Mr Frisch’s 49.9 per cent - a difference of just 433 votes.

Rachel Sharp reports.

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Jen Psaki among social media users celebrating close race

Thursday 10 November 2022 18:30 , Rachel Sharp

Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was among the social media users celebrating the close race between Lauren Boebert and Adam Frisch on Wednesday.

“Just a shout out to my Dad who lives in her district and told me last month @laurenboebert could lose and I didn’t believe him,” she tweeted.

In a follow-up tweet, Ms Psaki added: “To be clear we don’t know yet! But the fact that we are talking about it and watching is huge.”

Is Colorado headed for a recount?

Thursday 10 November 2022 18:15 , Rachel Sharp

In Colorado, an automatic recount is triggered if a candidate wins by a margin of 0.5 per cent or less of the leading candidate’s total votes.

This means that, to avoid a recount, either Lauren Boebert or Adam Frisch would need to lead by around 788 votes.

If a recount is triggered, it must be completed within 35 days of election day.

Lauren Boebert celebrates taking the lead

Thursday 10 November 2022 18:00 , Rachel Sharp

Lauren Boebert celebrated the news that she had finally taken the lead against her Democratic challenger, tweeting on Thursday: “Winning!”

Her social media post comes as the latest tally reveals that she is now leading Adam Frisch by 386 votes, with 98 per cent of votes reported.

The race is still too close to call.

Ms Boebert’s Twitter celebration comes after fell uncharacteristically silent on election night and all throughout Wednesday when votes poured in and revealed that her reelection big could be in trouble.

Lauren Boebert inches past Adam Frisch

Thursday 10 November 2022 17:45 , Rachel Sharp

Lauren Boebert has now inched past Adam Frisch in the race for the US House seat in Colorado.

After trailing for much of the race, the Donald Trump ally has clawed her way back to a lead of 386 votes.

Ms Boebert is now leading with 50.1 per cent of votes to Mr Frisch’s 49.9 per cent, with 98 per cent of votes reported.

Adam Frisch says tight race shows ‘every vote matters'

Thursday 10 November 2022 17:30 , Rachel Sharp

Adam Frisch, the Democrat who is causing an upset for Lauren Boebert, has said that the tight race shows how “every vote matters”.

“It is a lesson to everybody that every single vote matters,” he told Joy Reid on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” on Wednesday night.

Mr Frisch said that he had always expected the race to be tight and said that he didn’t “want to get over my skis” despite leading the incumbent Republican.

US midterms: Who won, who lost and what we know so far

Thursday 10 November 2022 17:00 , Rachel Sharp

As the results began to roll in from America’s midterm elections, it quickly became clear that the contest had been much closer than expected and the outcome more nail-biting and unpredictable than many had foreseen.

The Republicans appear poised to secure a majority in the House of Representatives, while Democrats are favoured to hold onto the Senate, with split control potentially complicating Joe Biden’s legislative agenda.

But the “red tsunami” that many blustering conservative commentators had confidently forecast was about to level Washington DC has most certainly not materialised.

Here’s who won, who lost and what we know so far:

US midterms: Who won, who lost and what we know so far

We read Lauren Boebert’s new book so you don’t have to. Here’s what’s inside:

Thursday 10 November 2022 16:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Imagine you have just purchased Republican Representative Lauren Boebert’s new autobiographical book, “My American Life.”

You rush to her restaurant, Shooter’s Bar and Grill, to begin flipping through its pages. A waitress — pistol dangling from a holster on her hip — drops a menu on the table. You glance over it, your eyes stopping at the pork sliders. The fake news says they gave concert-goers diarrhea back in 2017. But you didn’t come all this way, to Rifle, Colorado, for lies. You want the truth — and it’s sitting right there in your hands. You dive in.

The Independent’s Graig Graziosi reveals what’s in the congresswoman’s book:

We read Lauren Boebert’s new book so you don’t have to. Here’s what’s inside

Adam Frisch ran against Boebert’s ‘angertainment'

Thursday 10 November 2022 16:00 , Rachel Sharp

Prior to election day, Adam Frisch told The Independent that he decided to take on the MAGA Republican in the race for her US House seat in response to her “angertainment”.

He said that this phrase is what “Representative Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene and a lot of other people are - and there’s some on the left, as well - that use this kind of just ... yelling and screaming. I mean, a lot of time on Twitter, a lot of time on the cable news networks and not really focusing on the job at hand.”

Mr Frisch, a currency trader who served on the Aspen, Colorado city council for eight years, added that he found some of her bizarre comments “disgusting and anti-ethical to America”.

“I was thinking, you know, if a moderate, pragmatic, pro-business Democrat could get by the Democratic primary, which wouldn’t be easy – and it wasn’t – I thought I could build a coalition,” he said.