Key facts
- The Associated Press declared Eileen Laubacher the winner after every vote was counted.
- Laubacher is a Navy veteran who retired in 2024 as a two-star rear admiral.
- Boebert first won the seat in November 2020 and served three terms in the House.
- Boebert won her 2022 race by 546 votes against Democrat Adam Frisch.
- Trump endorsed Boebert in 2024 but later called her "dumb" and "weak-minded".
Republican Lauren Boebert lost her Colorado congressional seat to Democrat Eileen Laubacher, the Associated Press declared after every vote was counted in a race too close to call on election night. The AP put the margin at less than 1%, ending Boebert's three terms in the House of Representatives.
Boebert, 39, first won the seat in November 2020, unseating a five-term Republican incumbent in the party primary. She won re-election in 2022 by 546 votes against Democrat Adam Frisch, then switched districts and won Colorado's easternmost constituency in 2024 with Trump's endorsement.
During Trump's second term she joined three other House Republicans in pushing for the full release of the Epstein files. Trump vetoed a water bill she had sponsored and, as she sought re-election, called her "dumb" and "weak-minded", though he eventually endorsed her.
Laubacher, a Navy veteran, retired in 2024 as a two-star rear admiral. The BBC reported that she was a former Republican with appeal to middle-ground voters.