Congresswoman is running to represent a different district.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) will appear at the top of the ballot in the upcoming Republican primary for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District.
Ms. Boebert, 37, received the most votes from the Republican nominating assembly during a session in Pueblo, local news outlets reported.
Republican hopefuls have three ways to make it onto the primary ballot. They could ignore petition signatures and receive at least 30 percent of the votes cast by the assembly, gather enough petition signatures supporting their candidacy and skip the assembly, or gather signatures and receive at least 10 percent of the vote in the assembly.
Ms. Boebert had already met the signature requirements but still chose to participate in the assembly.
About 40 percent of the 527 delegates voting, or 215, voted for Ms. Boebert, Colorado Public Radio reported. Under state law, that means she’ll be the first name to appear on the primary ballot on June 25.
“I’m so honored today to have these numbers showing that the efforts are working,” Ms. Boebert told voters after the total was recorded. “I don’t have to argue my record. I have that track record of doing exactly what I say. You know where I stand on the issues. And it’s not a wonder to you what I will do as your representative in Colorado’s 4th district.”
Former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg and state Rep. Richard Holtorf, who also gathered petition signatures, received 18 percent and 15 percent of the vote, respectively. Provided their signatures are approved by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, they will appear on the primary ballot.
Former state Sen. Ted Harvey, who declined to gather signatures, received under 30 percent of the vote. He will not be a choice for primary voters.
Four other candidates, including state Rep. Mike Lynch, did not participate in the assembly and are waiting to hear whether they met the signature threshold. For races for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, the threshold is 1,500 or 10 percent of votes cast in the previous primary election, whichever is less. Some 121,684 people voted in the 2022 GOP primary for the 4th Congressional District seat.
