AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Lauren Boebert, a MAGA Favorite, Loses Her Re-election Bid in ColoradoMs.

Boebert’s loss to Eileen Laubacher in a conservative House district represents a significant victory for Democrats.Representative Lauren Boebert, a Republican from Colorado, was seen as increasingly vulnerable as her alliance with President Trump became a liability. Credit...Kenny Holston/The New York TimesNov.

13, 2026, 2:54 p.m. ETRepresentative Lauren Boebert, a hard-line Republican, on Friday narrowly lost her bid for re-election in a conservative Colorado district, according to The Associated Press, an outcome that showed just how deeply Democrats encroached into Republican territory this year.Ms.

Boebert, a fiery favorite of the MAGA movement, switched congressional districts a few years ago after her old seat in Colorado grew more competitive. But the change was not enough to keep her from being ousted by Eileen Laubacher, a Democrat and a retired rear admiral in the Navy.Ms.

Laubacher declared victory on Monday, and was leading by more than 3,000 votes when the race was called on Friday. Ms.

Boebert, who amplified President Trump’s false claims of a stolen election in 2020, has not yet conceded. Her lawyer suggested last week that Ms.

Boebert would request a recount.Democrats flooded the airwaves in the district with more than $7 million worth of ads, outspending Republicans by more than 23 to 1, according to the media tracking firm AdImpact. Many of the ads fixed on Ms.

Boebert’s polarizing nature and past scandals, with one calling her “uniquely unfit.” Another ad contrasted Ms. Laubacher’s profile as a Navy veteran and mother of five with headlines about Ms.

Boebert.“Lauren Boebert flips out over ‘Beetlejuice’ groping footage,’” the chyron read in one clip, referring to Ms. Boebert’s ejection from a Denver theater in 2023.

Another showed Ms. Boebert cursing at the person filming.“Like so many of us, Eileen is done with the extremists in both parties,” a narrator said in the ad, which was run by Ms.

Laubacher’s campaign. “Maybe the best way to break through the noise is a little less talking and more listening.”Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?

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