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Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert will soon find out if she political gamblingColorado's abrupt switching of congressional districts in the middle of the election will cost the GOP or strengthen its position in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Boebert, a far-right standard-bearer whose following extends far beyond Colorado, won by a narrow majority 546 votes in 2022. He faces a rematch in 2024 against the same well-financed Democrat and he is suffering a scandal where she was caught on tape smoking vape and causing a disturbance on a date at a Denver theater, Boebert dropped out of the race.

An outspoken supporter of presidential candidate Donald Trump, Boebert said Democrats have her in their sights. Her exodus, she said, would better help Republicans keep their seats.

Boebert then entered the race for Colorado's 4th Congressional District, a more conservative area of ​​the Great Plains, arguing that her voice was still needed in Congress.

The crowded and dramatic Republican primary was the biggest hurdle. Boebert maneuvered around a major political threatresisted accusations of carpetbagging and nursed the bruise of being kicked out of the Denver theater. With a near-familiar name and the support of Trump, she prevailed in the Republican field.

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