Republican Lauren Boebert, a colorful conservative, loses reelection bid in Colorado

Her ⁠race was one of a handful of House of Representatives races that remained ​undecided more than a week after the November 3 election, in which Democrats won control ​of both chambers of Congress. Democrats will control at least 256 House seats and at least 55 Senate seats for the final two years of Trump's presidency.

Boebert owned a gun-themed restaurant called Shooter's Grill ​before she was elected in 2020. In one of her first acts in Congress, ​she joined 146 other Republicans on January 6, 2021, in an unsuccessful effort to overturn Trump's loss ‌to ⁠Democrat Joe Biden.

The vote came shortly after a mob of Trump supporters attacked the Capitol. Boebert was removed from a performance of the musical "Beetlejuice" in Denver in 2023 after complaints that she and a guest were vaping and causing a disturbance.

Boebert had also ​been accused in an ​ethics complaint of having ⁠a sexual relationship with three staffers, including two women. She denied the allegations. She launched her campaign last year with an email to ​donors that vowed to seek the truth about unidentified flying objects.

Trump ​called Boebert "dumb" ⁠earlier this year for campaigning with outgoing Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a Republican who led the effort to force the Trump administration to release files related to the late sex ⁠offender ​Jeffrey Epstein. Boebert moved to a less competitive Colorado district for ​the 2024 election and ran uncontested in this year's Republican primary.

She was far outraised by Laubacher in the November ​election, $13.7 million to $1.2 million.