Lauren Boebert - live: Colorado race down to wire with Democrat Adam Frisch leading Republican by 64 votes - The Independent

The endorsements that helped and hindered during the midterms

However, alternatively than being a aureate ticket, it seems that Mr Trump’s endorsement is much of a coin flip; according to polling information from midterm contests that person been called, the erstwhile president’s preferred candidates were lone palmy successful astir fractional the House and politician races, though truthful acold person been doing good successful Senate races.

Graig Graziosi has the afloat story.

Bevan Hurley10 November 2022 13:00

Who is Adam Frisch?

Adam Frisch, 55, is caught successful a adjacent contention with Lauren Boebert for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.

Mr Frisch is simply a erstwhile currency trader who served 8 years connected Aspen City Council.

A joined begetter of two, helium was unaffiliated with immoderate enactment for decades earlier joining the Democratic Party successful 1992.

He told The Independent that helium decided to tally against Ms Boebert due to the fact that helium recovered immoderate of her comments “disgusting and anti-ethical to America” and opposed her marque of “angertainment”.

Calling himself a “numbers person,” Mr Frisch said that the information that Ms Boebert lone won 51 per cent of the ballot erstwhile she was elected successful 2020 besides “caught my eye”.

“I was thinking, you know, if a moderate, pragmatic, pro-business Democrat could get by the Democratic primary, which wouldn’t beryllium casual - and it wasn’t - I thought I could physique a coalition,” helium said.

Rachel Sharp10 November 2022 12:30

Who is Lauren Boebert?

Lauren Boebert, 35, was among the archetypal of a post-2016 breed of MAGA-focused Republicans to triumph a large legislature seat.

Ms Boebert is the girl of a azygous parent and has spoken astatine magnitude astir her upbringing struggling with poorness and a single-parent home.

The congresswoman archetypal made headlines not arsenic a person but arsenic a restauranteur. Her establishment, called Shooters, grabbed the public’s attraction acknowledgment to its hold unit openly carrying firearms during their shifts. She besides refused to halt offering in-door eating during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ms Boebert made nationalist headlines again aft she disrupted a run lawsuit held by then-Presidential campaigner Beto O’Rourke, who had tally connected tightening weapon power measures to curb shooting unit successful the country. She was equipped erstwhile she crashed the lawsuit and defied Mr O’Rourke’s assertion that helium wanted to confiscate battle weapons.

Later that twelvemonth she announced her candidacy for the state’s 3rd Congressional District, challenging then-incumbent Scott Tipton. Ms Boebert ran a run mostly rooted successful MAGA-ideology and loyalty to erstwhile President Donald Trump, and has continued to beforehand nationalist ideals during her clip successful Congress.

During her run and legislature tenure, Ms Boebert has been criticised for saying she “hopes [QAnon] is true,” closeness with the Proud Boys right-wing gang, and claiming she is “with the militias.” She faced further scrutiny aft aligning herself with the Capitol rioters connected January 6 and tweeting “today is 1776” portion Trump loyalists attacked the gathering and Capitol police.

Ms Boebert is joined to her husband, Jayson, and the mates person 4 sons.

Rachel Sharp10 November 2022 12:00

Trump urged to hold 2024 tally announcement

Lauren Boebert isn’t the lone MAGA Republican to conflict successful the midterms.

Several GOP candidates endorsed by Donald Trump mislaid their races, including TV doc Mehmet Oz who was beaten to the US Senate spot successful Pennsylvania by Democrat John Fetterman.

Now, Republican leaders and allies are urging erstwhile president Donald Trump to hold his 2024 statesmanlike announcement to “look astatine realities connected the ground” amid setbacks for the GOP successful midterm elections.

The Independent’s Shweta Sharma has the afloat story:

Rachel Sharp10 November 2022 11:30

Boebert utilized Trump and the Proud Boys to summation powerfulness – past she got idiosyncratic to support her seat

During Lauren Boebert’s predetermination run, she tried to necktie rival Adam Frisch to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and of being an out-of-touch elitist for formerly surviving successful Aspen and serving connected its metropolis council.

She besides alleged helium “succumbed to blackmail” portion serving connected the councils, a assertion Mr Frisch said helium wished not to elaborate connected to debar adding “fuel to the fire”.

The Independent’s Graig Graziosi has the afloat story:

Bevan Hurley10 November 2022 11:00

Race connected a weapon with 64 votes successful it

The contention betwixt Lauren Boebert and Adam Frisch has gone down to the ligament with the Democratic challenger present starring by conscionable 64 votes.

By aboriginal connected Thursday morning, 99 per cent of each votes had been reported for the US House spot successful Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, with the 2 candidates cervix and cervix with 50 per cent of the ballot each.

Mr Frisch inactive holds a constrictive lead, with 156,746 votes to Ms Boebert’s 156,682, though the contention remains excessively adjacent to call.

The Democrat had been enjoyed a comfy pb implicit the far-right Republican but the contention has present narrowed aft votes from much right-leaning counties were reported.

Rachel Sharp10 November 2022 10:28

‘People privation the circus to stop’

Few were picking Lauren Boebert’s Congressional contention to spell down to the wire.

“She is the incumbent; she represents a plus-nine Republican district; she’s outraised Adam Frisch, truthful she has much wealth to walk for her campaign,” Justin Gollob, a governmental subject professor, told The Independent’s Sheila Flynn.

“Her sanction designation is higher than Adam Frisch’s. Probably 1 of his biggest liabilities astatine this constituent is his little sanction recognition.

“All those signs constituent to a reasonably convincing win. So what’s truly a surprise, astatine this point, is that we’re adjacent having this speech astir the competitiveness of this race.”

Read Sheila’s fascinating study connected however Ms Boebert’s “angertainment” alienated voters.

Bevan Hurley10 November 2022 09:01

Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock headed to runoff predetermination successful Georgia

Georgia’s Senate race is headed to a runoff after both Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock failed to garner much than 50 per cent of the vote.

Several networks projected the contention would caput to a 6 December runoff connected Wednesday afternoon.

That could mean that the result of the contention and power of the precocious enclosure of Congress volition erstwhile again travel down to voters successful Georgia.

Bevan Hurley10 November 2022 07:01

Adam Kinzinger mocks ‘loser’ Trump successful withering attack

Illinois congressman Adam Kinzinger mocked Donald Trump supporters connected Wednesday, aft a sponsored station connected Truth Social web claimed the erstwhile president was “prophesied” successful the Bible.

“Interesting,” the Illinois Republican wrote connected Twitter connected Wednesday. “Googles Bible verses with ‘loser’ successful them.”

Josh Marcus has more.

Bevan Hurley10 November 2022 05:01

Biden takes a triumph thigh aft midterms success

In his archetypal remarks since the midterms, Joe Biden praised Democrats’ show successful House races and however the enactment held galore Senate races.

“While the property and the pundits are predicting a ‘giant reddish wave,’ it didn’t happen,” helium told reporters.

“And I cognize you were somewhat miffed by my obssessive optimism but I felt bully during the full process.”

Bevan Hurley10 November 2022 04:00

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