Boebert Refuses to Concede as Democrat Laubacher Claims Victory in Colorado’s Reddest District

DENVER, Nov. 11 (TodayViralUSA) — Rep. Lauren Boebert is refusing to concede Colorado’s 4th Congressional District even as her Democratic challenger, retired Navy Rear Adm. Eileen Laubacher, has declared victory and begun orientation for new members of Congress in Washington.

CNN projected Laubacher the winner on Monday. The Associated Press had not called the race as of Monday evening, with an estimated 98% of ballots counted.

A narrow but decisive-looking margin

Unofficial results showed Laubacher with 48.8% of the vote to Boebert’s 47.9%, a lead of roughly 3,200 to 3,400 votes out of more than 380,000 cast, according to The Denver Post, The Denver Gazette and The Colorado Sun. Libertarian Douglas Mangeris took 3.3%, Colorado Newsline reported.

That margin is well outside Colorado’s automatic recount threshold of 0.5% of the leading candidate’s total, or about 931 votes as of Monday. Either candidate may still request a recount, but would have to pay for it.

Laubacher carried the more populous suburban areas of the district, including Douglas and Arapahoe counties, while Boebert led in most rural counties, including Weld.

Boebert: ‘This race is NOT over’

“Declaring victory now is like icing a cake before it comes out of the oven,” Boebert said in a social media video. In a fundraising email, she said her campaign was urging Republican voters to “cure” problems with their ballots before Thursday’s deadline and that her legal team expects a recount “one way or another.”

Campaign attorney Scott Gessler has said the team is “investigating some very unusual voting patterns,” without offering specifics.

Laubacher, who served on the National Security Council under President Joe Biden, said she intended to keep “going everywhere, talking a little bit and listening a lot.” Election officials are not expected to finish counting until the end of the week.

Part of a Colorado ‘blue tsunami’

A Laubacher win would give the 4th District, the state’s most conservative, its first Democratic representative since 2008. Democrats also flipped the 8th and 5th districts last week, and a Boebert loss would leave Colorado’s House delegation at 7–1 in Democrats’ favor.