Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is switching congressional districts ahead of the 2024 election, a surprise move that means she will avoid a likely rematch against the Democrat she narrowly beat last year.
The decision gives Republicans a stronger chance at holding on to Colorado’s 3rd District as they fight to keep their House majority next year and lets the hard-right firebrand run in a more conservative area, the 4th District on the opposite side of the state.
Congressional candidates aren’t required to live in the districts they represent, but Boebert, who was first elected to Congress in 2020, said she would move to the 4th next year and “proudly represent” it. She is from Silt, in Colorado’s mountainous northwest, hundreds of miles from the 4th’s boundaries.
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