Despite Rep. Ken Buck’s decision to leave office early, the congresswoman said she wouldn’t leave her constituents to fight for his seat before the regular primary.
Though he announced months ago that he would not run for re-election in November, Buck said on Tuesday that he would leave Congress at the end of next week, a surprise move that he attributed to wanting to spend more time with family. The decision triggers a special election in his 4th Congressional District, which Gov. Jared Polis announced would be held on June 25.
In a statement issued through her campaign, she blasted Buck’s decision as “a gift to the Uniparty” and “a swampy backroom deal to try to rig an election I’m winning by 25 points,” a reference to a February poll that found her vastly outpacing her primary opponents in the 4th District. After Buck’s departure, Republicans will hold 218 seats in the House out of 435. Had Boebert decided to step down to run in the special election, she would have triggered yet another special election, and the balance in the chamber would have been threatened with an upset.
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