Laubacher leads Boebert in uncalled Colorado House race

Eileen Laubacher held a narrow lead over Republican incumbent Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District on Wednesday morning, with the race still uncalled and ballots remaining to be counted. The reported tally gave Laubacher 49.2% of the vote and Boebert 47.7%. At 11:45 a.m., the margin was fewer than 5,000 votes, and the lead had narrowed slightly, according to election results reported that morning. No winner had been projected. The contest is for a seat Boebert won in 2024, when she defeated her opponent by about 10 percentage points, according to one account. Other reports described her margin as nearly 12 points. The district is considered strongly Republican, and its voters last elected a Democrat to Congress in 2008. Laubacher was carrying Douglas and Arapahoe counties, which include more urban and populous parts of the district, while Boebert led in most rural counties, including Weld, according to the county-level results. The district includes Colorado’s Eastern Plains and parts of the Denver metropolitan area. Boebert previously represented Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. After narrowly winning reelection there in 2022, by 546 votes, she moved...