Boebert will likely fill the House seat vacated by congressman who criticized the GOP’s extremes

DENVER (AP) — Former Republican U.S. Rep. Ken Buck resigned from Congress frustrated by a flank of the GOP’s unwavering devotion to former President Donald Trump. Now he will likely be replaced by one of their most boisterous leaders, Rep. Lauren Boebert.

Boebert, who has built a name as a headline-grabbing devotee of Trump, won in Tuesday night’s Republican primary election in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. Boebert joined the district’s race last year, escaping what would have been a tough reelection bid in the seat she currently holds and nearly lost to a Democrat in 2022.

The congresswoman’s political play succeeded. Buck’s hopes for a more tempered Congress apparently did not, at least in his former seat.

While other Republican candidates in Boebert’s vein lost their primaries in Colorado on Tuesday, Boebert has a clear road to victory in a dark red district that threw its weight behind Trump in 2020.

After her win Tuesday, Boebert donned reflective gold shoes sold by Trump and a “Make America Great Again” hat with his signature and defended her unyielding politics. While some may disagree with her style in Washington, she said, “nothing happens without force.”

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