According to the Associated Press, Lauren Boebert, a far-right Trump ally who has come under fire for spreading conspiracy theories, pulled ahead of her opponent by only 433 votes.
Lauren Boebert is a Republican from Colorado.
According to the Associated Press, with 98% of the votes counted, Boebert leads Frisch for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District with 50.1% of the vote.
Boebert, who made national news after rejecting Covid-19 mask mandates and spreading debunked theories, had been clearly favored to win.
4:30 a.m. The Cook Political Report ranks the district solidly Republican and the New York Times had predicted that Boebert would win.
Colorado election law allows candidates to request a recount if the difference in votes between the top two candidates is less than half of the number of votes cast for the top vote-getting candidate.
Frisch attributed the close contest to his calm belief that 40% of the Republican party wants their party back, while Boebert said at a campaign event that they would have this victory.
A Boebert loss would be another blow to the so-called " red wave" that Republicans had hoped to give them control of Congress after key GOP House losses in North Carolina, Ohio and Michigan.
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There are three Senate races that could determine the balance of the chamber. Both candidates failed to get the majority of the vote needed to win the Senate race. The chamber is divided into two parts. In Nevada, Republican Adam Laxalt has a 49.4% to 47.6% lead over Democrat Catherine Mastro.
Lauren Boebert is trying to hold onto her Colorado House seat.
Boebert is in a close race in Colorado. The New York Times is a daily newspaper in the United States.
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