科罗拉多州共和党众议员劳伦·博贝特(Lauren Boebert)周三宣布，在2022年勉强取得胜利后，她将在明年竞选连任时改变国会选区。
Boebert是一名众议院强硬派，因坚定倡导枪支所有者权利而闻名，她在视频中表示，她将在科罗拉多州的第四国会选区而不是她目前代表的第三国会选区竞选。第四国会选区目前由共和党众议员肯·巴克占据，他将在本届任期结束时退休。该地区倾向于共和党比Boebert目前的席位多。
在脸书的一段视频中，Boebert称此举是一个“新的开始”
“我无法用语言表达我对过去一年及以后一直坚定支持我的每一个人的感激之情。Boebert在视频的说明中写道:“我将尽我所能，在本届任期的剩余时间里代表第三选区，我将努力赢得第四选区基层保守派选民的信任，在2025年代表他们。”。
尽管如此，这位科罗拉多州共和党人承认，如果她在当前选区竞选连任，她可能会面临逆风，如果她失败，这对众议院共和党人的微弱多数意味着什么。
“我不会允许旨在毁灭我个人的黑暗金钱窃取这个席位。这对第三选区和那里为我们的胜利努力奋斗的保守派不公平，”她说。
2023年12月7日，科罗拉多州共和党众议员劳伦·博贝特(Lauren Boebert)出现在华盛顿州美国国会大厦。
汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-点名公司
Boebert在第三国会选区已经面临着杰夫·赫德律师的可信的主要挑战，他已经开始获得前州长比尔·欧伟博等知名共和党人的支持。
此前，她以大约500票的优势赢得了连任，对手是民主党人亚当·弗里希，他将在2024年再次竞选，到目前为止，这个周期的筹款已经增加了两倍多。
弗里希在一份声明中回应了Boebert的声明，称她在第三国会选区“感到害怕”，“因为她知道她无法与我们的竞选活动联系选民的能力以及我们为在国会为他们提供常识性声音所做的努力相媲美。”
“从竞选的第一天起，我就坚定地致力于捍卫科罗拉多州农村的生活方式，并为科罗拉多州第三国会选区的家庭所面临的问题提供常识性的解决方案，”他说。“我的重点将保持不变，我期待着在2024年将这些问题带到国会。”
今年早些时候，Boebert自封为基督教保守派的名声受到了打击，因为她在丹佛的音乐剧“Beetlejuice”演出中被拍到在视频中摸索约会。她已经为此事道歉。
她的举动将使她进入科罗拉多州最具共和党色彩的地区，巴克在2022年以超过60%的选票赢得了该地区。然而，已经有一个拥挤的共和党人竞选巴克的职位，Boebert目前住在距离第四国会区数百英里的地方，尽管她说她计划搬家。
法律上，她可以在科罗拉多州的任何一个区竞选，只要她住在这个州。
Lauren Boebert will switch congressional districts in 2024 reelection bid
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., announced Wednesday that she will switch congressional districts when she runs for reelection next year after barely eking out a victory in 2022.
Boebert, a House hardliner who made a name for herself as a staunch advocate for gun owner rights, said in a video that she will be running in Colorado's 4th Congressional District rather than the 3rd Congressional District, which she currently represents. The 4th Congressional District is currently held by Rep. Ken Buck, a Republican who is retiring at the end of his current term. The districtleans more Republicanthan the seat Boebert currently holds.
In a Facebook video, Boebert cast the move as a "fresh start."
"I cannot put into words how grateful I am for everyone who has steadfastly stood alongside me over the past year and beyond. I am going to do everything in my power to represent the 3rd District well for the remainder of this term as I work to earn the trust of grassroots conservative voters in the 4th District to represent them in 2025," Boebert wrote in caption accompanying the video.
Still, the Colorado Republican nodded to the headwinds she could face if she were to run for reelection in her current district and the implications for House Republicans' narrow majority if she were to lose.
"I will not allow dark money that is directed at destroying me personally to steal this seat. It’s not fair to the 3rd District and the conservatives there who have fought so hard for our victories," she said.
Boebert was already facing a credible primary challenger in the 3rd Congressional District in attorney Jeff Hurd, who had started racking up endorsements from prominent Republicans like former Gov. Bill Owens.
The move comes after she won reelection by about 500 votes against Adam Frisch, a Democrat who is running again in 2024 and has more than tripled her in fundraising so far this cycle.
Frisch, responding to Boebert's announcement in a statement, said she was "running scared" from the 3rd Congressional District "because she knows she can’t match our campaign’s ability to connect with voters and the hard work we have put in to provide them with a common sense voice in Congress."
"From Day 1 of this race, I have been squarely focused on defending rural Colorado’s way of life, and offering common sense solutions to the problems facing the families of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District," he said. "My focus will remain the same, and I look forward to bringing these issues with me to Congress in 2024."
Boebert's self-styled reputation as a Christian conservative took a hit earlier this year after she was caught on video groping a date at a performance of the musical "Beetlejuice" in Denver. She has since apologized for the incident.
Her move will place her in Colorado's most Republican district, which Buck won with over 60% of the vote in 2022. However, there is already a crowded field of Republicans running to replace Buck, and Boebert currently lives hundreds of miles from the 4th Congressional District, though she said she plans on moving.
Legally, she can run in any district in Colorado as long as she lives in the state.
