Morning Digest: Boebert won't run in special, kvetching about 'rigged' election

_{The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.}

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● CO-04: Rep. Lauren Boebert announced Wednesday that she would not run in the June 25 special election to replace her soon-to-be-former colleague, fellow Colorado Republican Ken Buck, but would continue to compete for a full two-year term in the primary taking place that same day.

Boebert, who is leaving behind the 3rd District in Western Colorado to campaign for the more conservative 4th at the other end of the state, characteristically used her declaration to accuse Buck and "the uni-party" of announcing his resignation the previous day as part of "a swampy backroom deal to try to rig an election." When NOTUS asked Buck on Tuesday whether he'd thought about how his departure might impact Boebert, he replied, "No, I didn’t consider that."