AP Calls Colorado's 4th District for Laubacher, Defeating Incumbent Boebert by 3,523 Votes
The Associated Press called Colorado's 4th Congressional District for Democrat Eileen Laubacher at 12:53 p.m. local time on Friday, November 13, declaring her the winner over Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert in the race for a seat in the 120th Congress. The district covers Colorado's Eastern Plains and Douglas County across all or part of 21 counties, and is the state's most Republican-leaning House seat; Republicans carried it by more than 18 percentage points in 2024.
Final unofficial results released by the Colorado Secretary of State at 2:49 p.m. on November 13 show counting complete: Laubacher received 187,688 votes, or 48.8 percent; Boebert received 184,165 votes, or 47.9 percent; and Libertarian Douglas Mangeris received 12,739 votes, or 3.3 percent. A total of 384,592 votes were counted in the district, and Laubacher won by 3,523 votes.
The seat was decided ten days after Election Day. November 12 was the deadline for military and overseas ballots to arrive and for voters to cure signature problems, and counties added their last ballots on November 13, giving Laubacher 1,470 additional votes and Boebert 1,309, leaving the margin essentially unchanged. Laubacher had declared victory on November 9. Boebert declined to concede, saying ballots were still being counted, and her campaign had earlier told supporters it was preparing for a recount; she also said she would not run again in 2028 if she lost.
Under Colorado law, an automatic recount is triggered only when the margin is no more than half of one percent of the leading candidate's total, which in this race is 938 votes; the 3,523-vote margin is well outside that threshold, so no automatic recount will occur. Counties must complete their official canvass by November 25, after which the results will be certified by the state; the losing candidate may still request a recount at her own expense by November 25.
Laubacher is a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral who served more than three decades in the Navy and lives in Highlands Ranch, in Douglas County. Boebert was first elected in Colorado's 3rd District in 2020, moved to the 4th District and won it by about 11 percentage points in 2024, and was seeking her fourth term in Congress. With this call, 424 of the House's 435 seats have been decided, with Democrats at 255 seats and Republicans at 169. Laubacher will take office when the 120th Congress convenes in January 2027.
Reference: Associated Press
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(Source: Colorado Secretary of State)
Source: Colorado Secretary of State
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