What’s next for CO-3 with Boebert out?

Michael Logerwell
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert’s recent announcement that she’ll now run for election in Colorado’s 4th District has flipped the race for Colorado’s 3rd District on its head. WesternSlopeNow looked at the Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings for candidates in the 3rd and 4th Districts.

First, why can Boebert run for election in a district she doesn’t live in? Article 1 section 2 of the U.S. Constitution states:

“No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.”

This means to run for a federal representative in Colorado you need to be 25 years or older, be a United States resident for seven years, and live in Colorado—there are no district requirements, meaning Rep. Boebert can run in CO-4 as long as she lives in the state. We asked two of Rep. Boebert’s now former challengers about her move to run in the 4th District.

I will let the voters of the 4th Congressional District decide how they feel about someone moving to their district in order to run. In my view, I couldn’t imagine doing anything like that.

Jeff Hurd (R) candidate in CO-3

I will let the voters of Eastern Colorado decide whether she deserves to show up out of the blue and carpetbag her way into the Republican primary and into Washington D.C.

Adam Frisch (D) candidate in CO-3

Now that the dust has settled on Rep. Boebert’s move, how is the rest of the field shaping up? Taking a look at FEC filings, $8,653,522.92 have been fundraised for campaigns in District 3. Here’s the candidate breakdown:

  • Adam Frisch (D) – $7,769,641.43 – 90%

  • Jeff Hurd (R) – $412,468.50 – 5%

  • Russ Andrews (R) $311,167.24 – 3%

  • Anna Stout (D) – $101,475.08 – 1%

On the eastern side of the state in District 4, Rep. Boebert is entering the race with an overwhelming fundraising lead. She alone makes up 98% of the $2,478,882.44 total funds in the race for CO-4.

  • Lauren Boebert (R) – $2,435,743.58 – 98%

  • John Padora (D) – $22,752.43 – 1%

  • Isaac McCorkle (D) – $20,386.43 – >1%

Other candidates in the race such as Justin Schreiber (R), Karen Breslin (D), Trent Lisely (R), and more have not reported any campaign donations to the FEC yet. The last FEC filing deadline was Sept. 30, 2023—meaning these candidates could have money fundraised that isn’t filed if they entered the race after Sept. 30. That scenario is very possible because Rep. Ken Buck (R) only announced his retirement from Congress on Nov. 1, 2023. Rep. Buck had won the past five elections in CO-4, dating back to 2014.

The next deadline for FEC filings in congressional races is Jan. 31. That filing will show how much money all the candidates raised in 2023.

Click here to see the FEC data for CO-3 and here for CO-4.

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