Lauren Boebert may have given GOP a gift by switching districts: report

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) may not win her election after switching Colorado congressional districts, but her move should help Republicans hold onto the seat she's vacating.

The controversial congresswoman barely won re-election last year, and her Democratic opponent Adam Frisch has far outraised her this year for their rematch — but now he will instead face a GOP opponent who does not have the same baggage that Boebert will carry with her to the 4th congressional district, reported Politico.

Frisch, the top-raising challenger in the country, will remain in the race and most likely face Republican attorney Jeff Hurd, who had the backing of the Colorado GOP establishment against Boebert in the primary.

Boebert dramatically declared Wednesday she would pull out of the district she currently represents and fight in a different Colorado region — likely because the GOP considered the odds were stacked against her.

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Keeping control of the seat she vacates could be crucial for Republicans to maintain their majority, which sits at five seats for now but could drop to four if they lost the seat vacated by expelled former congressman George Santos.

Boebert won re-election by just 546 votes in the 3rd district that Donald Trump carried by 8 percentage points in 2020, but the 4th district, which she's moved to, is even more conservative – backing the former president by 19 points in that race.

She'll face a GOP primary challenge in her bid to replace the retiring Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), but voters there may be less familiar with her than her local constituents – who had grown increasingly perturbed by her antics on and off the job.