How GOP Rep. Ken Buck Just Screwed Beetleboob

March 13, 2024 Infighting Is Funny, Republicans

The Colorado Sun reports:

Rep. Ken Buck will leave Congress on March 22, the Windsor Republican announced Tuesday in a surprise decision that’s scrambling the already highly contentious and competitive race to replace him that includes U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. Gov. Jared Polis, who is responsible for setting the date of the special election, on Tuesday said he planned to hold it June 25, the same day as Colorado’s primary, to minimize the cost to taxpayers.

Buck’s decision will complicate Boebert’s bid in the 4th District, which includes Douglas County and Loveland and spans across the Eastern Plains. She would likely have to resign her seat to run and win the special election to replace Buck. There doesn’t appear to be a historical precedent for a member of Congress representing two districts at once. Colorado law prohibits a candidate from running for more than one office at a time.

The Insider reports:



“This has a lot of potential to confuse voters, which is problematic,” Boebert said of the primary on an X Space with fellow Republicans, including Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida and the recently expelled Rep. George Santos of New York.

“That is some crazy banana republic shit you’ve got — you’re doing in Colorado,” said Gaetz. “It’s kind of swampy,” said Boebert, alluding to Buck’s decision to resign from Congress early rather than serve out the remainder of his term — which would have prevented the current situation.

The congresswoman, while stressing that she’s “not making any official statement of what I’m doing” in the special election, indicated that she would prefer that the local party nominate a candidate who is not currently running in the primary.

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