By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
When the dust settles in less than 24 hours on the Republican Party’s primary election, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert intends to be the party’s 4th District general election nominee.
“We have definitely put in the work,” she said during a Monday evening call with grassroots supporters. “I’m ready for a victory.”
While she brought the panache to the call, her campaign manager, Drew Sexton, noted his desire to tamper expectations until after election returns.
“We’re hopeful to bring it home tomorrow,” he said.
She is able to have high expectations, Boebert said, because of the effort put into the campaign, effort some didn’t recognize, such as two opponents who criticized that she expected the campaign to be a “coronation”. A Kaplan Strategies poll, from late May, found 40 percent of registered voters plan to vote for Boebert, with none of her opponents drawing more than 5 percent support in the poll – that’s a 35 percent margin.
Boebert told supporters on Monday’s call they both had the opportunity to “grow and get to know each other” during the campaign. She recalled lengthy discussions with supporters.
“I’m honored to have your support,” Boebert said, recalling “six months of forums, debates and Lincoln dinners.”
She attended 16 of those while also serving during the week as the 3rd District congresswoman in Washington, D.C.
“We have proven my voting record is what 4th District voters are looking for and what they deserve,” Boebert said. “I am 100% conservative.”
In addition to her prediction of a victory Tuesday, Boebert indicated she would hope to bring Republican Greg Lopez to the nation’s capitol following a victory in Tuesday’s special election to replace ex-U.S. Rep. Ken Buck.
“I do need Greg in Washington, D.C.,” Boebert said.
The time commitment of her role in Congress and in running a 4th District campaign was significant, Sexton said, again noting the 16 events.
“That is almost three a month, and that doesn’t include all the work the congresswoman is doing in Washington, D.C.,” he said.
She fielded any questions grassroots supporters wanted to ask during the call, and the first was about the upcoming debate between Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
“This is where President Trump shines,” she said. “This is where he can show all the policies he was able to execute and just the amazing things he was able to do.”
She joked with supporters that they could play a drinking game with how many times Biden blinks during the debate, “but that might get boring.”
Others quizzed Boebert on the final 24 hours of getting out the vote. She shared, among other tactics, some 4th District residents may get a call from the congresswoman.
“We need to remind people this is the last chance they have to turn in their ballot,” Boebert said. “There are people with the best of intentions and the ballot is still on their countertop.”
The campaign now anticipates about 125,000 voters turning out in the 4th District, less than it had originally projected.
“Hopefully, that means the uniparty is staying at home and people are energized for Congresswoman Boebert,” Sexton said.
Boebert reminded supporters of 2020 when places of worship were shut down and her fight against such draconian measures.
“There is some assembly required,” she said. “We’re not going away. We are a mighty force and we want our country. We want our children to have the freedoms we have had, and hopefully more.”
Later, she ended the call with a supporter-led prayer and closed with a statement: “Onward to victory.”