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- Lauren Boebert was nearly unseated by Democrat Adam Frisch in 2022, and he's running again in 2024.
- He's raised more money than all but two members of Congress, and the most of any non-incumbent.
- Boebert's primary challenger, Jeff Hurd, is also pulling in money and endorsements from GOP leaders.
Lauren Boebert is facing a brutal and very expensive reelection fight in 2024.
The lightning-rod Republican congresswoman from Colorado's 3rd district's main Democratic challenger, Adam Frisch, has been raking in jaw-dropping amounts of campaign cash.
According to Federal Election Commission data, Frisch's campaign has raised over $7.7 million so far, making him one of the top fundraisers in the 2024 House races. As spotted by Time reporter Mimi Racker, that's enough to put him behind House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries in total funds raised.
Frisch already came close to unseating Boebert before, falling short by just 546 votes in his attempt to defeat her during the 2022 midterms in what was considered a safe Republican district. And that electoral performance was before the litany of Boebert controversies that have made her a tabloid favorite, including an embarrassing scandal this summer when she was booted from a Denver theater after vaping and groping her date during a performance of Beetlejuice.
Boebert has raised just $2.4 million for her campaign this cycle, and the money gap becomes even starker when you compare totals just for the third quarter, from July 1 to September 30, the last reporting period available from the FEC. Frish pulled in $3.4 million, while Boebert managed just $854,000.
Then, there's a chance Frisch's fundraising may not even be used against Boebert. She is facing a substantial primary challenge from Republican attorney Jeff Hurd, who has raised over $412,000 per the FEC in the third quarter, despite his campaign launching in August.
Hurd has also racked up endorsements from Colorado GOP powerbrokers — including former governor Bill Owens — with some saying Hurd gives the the GOP a better chance to hold on to a House seat in a congressional district that went for Trump won by six points in 2020.
Boebert has spent the fall and early winter attempting to mend fences in Colorado, apologizing to her constituents and even offering an olive branch to local media outlets she previously lit up.
She also passed her first bill in Congress since joining in 2020, the Pueblo Jones Act, which she touted as bringing 1,000 jobs to Colorado.
But with Colorado back in the national spotlight thanks to its Supreme Court's decision to bar Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot, Boebert will likely reenter the fray as a staunch MAGA loyalist. And her opponent will have millions of dollars to capitalize on any mistakes she makes along the way.