The lead that Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) Democratic challenger held over her as counts first poured in was one of the biggest surprises of Election Night. More than a week later, the freshman congresswoman is still hanging on for dear life.
Any recount that doesn’t result in the avocational prostitute winning will result is another re-count, and another, and another…
As long as there are mouth-breathers and bar-flies willing to fork over cash she will continue her avocation…
?? What did I miss?
I’m thinking that the outcome is ultimately inconsequential compared to the damage done to her and her kind. We now know the House will be majority Republican, so this won’t decide that. If she does manage to squeak it out, the optics are still terrible. The symbolic defeat would be useful but for not much more than a news cycle or so.
But it does mean we would still have to listen to her big mouth for another few years.
The lead that Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) Democratic challenger held over her as counts first poured in was one of the biggest surprises of Election Night. More than a week later, the freshman congresswoman is still hanging on for dear life.
Hasn’t it been over two weeks? Or am I misunderstanding?
I wonder how often mandatory recounts actually end up switching initial results.
Means you do not even remotely understand how many people reside in a congressional district, much less how many vote.
Where are the remaining votes coming from?
Arizona state law doesn’t include paid recounts by request. Only the one-time mandatory recount when the margin is close enough.
The history of recounts with this kind of margin is that the result seldom changes, so I’m going to assume she wins and move on. There are more important stories out there.
ETA: got the state wrong, this is CO not AZ
Sorry, I was off by a zero. I take it all back. I suspect Boebart has won this one.
I prefer to keep hoping that she lost for just a little longer.
She’s certain to win if it’s just recounting the same ballots as before. Frisch has to hope that there are one or more batches from D-leaning precincts that were previously overlooked or somehow excluded. But even then, 551 is a lot to overcome.
Still, this is great proof of concept. Boobert’s constituents really do not like her schtick. With better funding in 2024, a couple more years of the district trending blue, and presidential-level turnout, she could end up at two terms and out.
It’s Colorado.
Whoops, got 'em mixed up.
Is this a good time to hope for a stack of missed ballots to be discovered?
We just had a recount for our State Rep. Our Dem guy was down five at the beginning and ened up up two, and declared the winner. In the process we were informed that at least here in NH, more than 90% of recounts are won by the initial winner. As much as I’d love to see Boebert go down, 500 plus votes is almost always a winning margin.
If she wins, the election was secure, if she loses it was stolen. Just like death and taxes, this is the GOP mantra these days.
