{"id":2209073,"date":"2024-03-29T11:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T15:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boebert-catches-break-with-gop-selection-of-ken-buck-replacement\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T11:12:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T15:12:36","slug":"boebert-catches-break-with-gop-selection-of-ken-buck-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boebert-catches-break-with-gop-selection-of-ken-buck-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Boebert gets lucky as GOP picks Ken Buck replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboebert-catches-break-with-gop-selection-of-ken-buck-replacement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2209073&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Colorado GOP panel chose Greg Lopez, former Mayor, as Rep. Ken Buck&#8217;s likely replacement, benefitting Rep. Lauren Boebert in her House seat bid. Lopez, running in the June 25 special election, aims to serve until January 2025, supporting Boebert&#8217;s path to candidacy. Boebert faces multiple GOP contenders in the full-term primary, avoiding a\u2063 member-versus-member contest. The Colorado GOP panel selected Greg Lopez, former Mayor,\u2064 as the probable replacement for Rep. Ken \u2063Buck, a move \u2063that could aid Rep. Lauren Boebert in her \u200dHouse seat campaign. \u200bLopez\u200b is\u2062 set to\u2064 run in the June 25 special election until \u2062January 2025, aligning with Boebert&#8217;s candidacy strategy. Boebert will compete \u200bagainst \u2063several GOP rivals\u2063 in the \u200cfull-term primary to steer clear of intermember competition.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A panel of Colorado <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> selected former Mayor Greg Lopez to be their candidate and likely replacement for the remainder of former Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ken-buck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ken Buck<\/a>\u2018s term, a decision that could buoy Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lauren-boebert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Lauren Boebert<\/a> (R-CO) as she eyes his House seat.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday night, the Republican panel in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Colorado<\/a>\u2018s 4th Congressional District selected Lopez, former mayor of Parker, Colorado, to run in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2919653\/ken-buck-retirement-colorado-special-election-boebert-headache\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>June 25 special election<\/a> after Buck departed from Congress early on March 22. His resignation narrowed the GOP majority in the House even further to 218-213. <\/p>\n<p>Given that Colorado\u2019s 4th District is a solid red seat, Lopez will likely win on June 25 and serve out the remainder of Buck\u2019s term through the new year. However, Lopez plans to step down after the general election winner is sworn into office in January 2025, meaning Boebert will not need to face an incumbent as she runs against seven GOP primary candidates this summer.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Greg Lopez speaks in Hugo, Colo., Thursday, March 28, 2024, before a panel of Republicans who selected him to run in a special election to serve out the final months of U.S. Rep. Ken Buck\u2019s term. Buck left the U.S. House early, citing many in his party who refuse to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election and to condemn the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. (AP Photo\/Thomas Peipert)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Buck had announced in November last year that he would not seek reelection in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a>, causing an outpouring of Republican candidates filing to replace him, including Boebert. The congresswoman opted not to run for reelection to her seat in the 3rd District, where she would have faced a competitive Democratic opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Frisch, whom Boebert narrowly defeated in 2022, opted to run against Boebert again in 2024, but numbers from polling and fundraising signaled Frisch was in a better position to defeat her this cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Boebert decided to switch districts and run for Buck\u2019s seat but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2918407\/lauren-boebert-not-run-special-election-ken-buck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>declined to compete<\/a> in the special election for the remainder of his term. If she had decided to run for the 4th District\u2019s special election and won, she would have needed to resign her seat in the 3rd District, which would have created a vacancy and perhaps led to a Democratic pickup. <\/p>\n<p>Boebert and seven other GOP candidates will run in the full-term primary, also on June 25. Running against her are Deborah Flora, Ted Harvey, Richard Holtorf, Mike Lynch, Chris Phelen, Justin Schreiber, Jerry Sonnenberg, and Peter Yu.<\/p>\n<p>If any of them had been selected to run in the special election and won, it would have set up a member versus member fight that would have made it more difficult for Boebert to win. The panel had narrowed down the special election contest to Sonnenberg and Lopez.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>A cowboy hat rests on a ballot box in Hugo, Colo., Thursday, March 28, 2024, before a panel of Republicans selected Greg Lopez to run in a special election to serve out the final months of U.S. Rep. Ken Buck\u2019s term. Buck left the U.S. House early, citing many in his party who refuse to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election and to condemn the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. (AP Photo\/Thomas Peipert)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following Buck\u2019s early retirement, Boebert had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2919535\/boebert-slams-ken-bucks-early-retirement-swampy-backroom-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>slammed the decision<\/a> as a \u201cswampy backroom deal to try to rig an election I\u2019m winning by 25 points.\u201d In a letter to the panel delegates ahead of the meeting, Boebert wrote that they should select a placeholder so as not to \u201cinfluence the regular primary election in a way that would taint the entire process and give this candidate an unfair leg up,\u201d according to the <em>Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Boebert praised Lopez\u2019s selection in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1773575916666622074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>post<\/a> to X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Greg Lopez, who will be a strong Congressman finishing out the remainder of Ken BUCKLE\u2019S term! Greg stepped up with a servant heart and a leadership mindset with accountability being his driving force,\u201d Boebert wrote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will continue to aggressively campaign throughout the District to earn even more support from voters and look forward to winning the primary on June 25th, the general on November 5th, and honorably representing the 4th District in the 119th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a>,\u201d the congresswoman continued.<\/p>\n<p>Harvey, among other primary opponents, was angered by Boebert\u2019s letter and Lopez\u2019s subsequent selection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey didn\u2019t do it to support the candidate Greg Lopez, they did it to support their own candidates who weren\u2019t here tonight. That\u2019s not just putting us at risk, but it\u2019s putting our nation at risk,\u201d Harvey, who received the third most votes, said, per the <em>AP<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lopez, who unsuccessfully ran for governor in Colorado twice, said on Thursday night he will \u201cdo the best job that I can and represent this state to the best of my ability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Kaplan Strategies <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/house\/2024\/colorado\/4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> conducted in February found Boebert with 32% of the vote, followed by Lynch with 7%, and Holtorf, Flora, and Yu with 3%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Republicans chose Greg Lopez, former Mayor, as Ken Buck&#8217;s likely replacement, potentially aiding Rep. 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