Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is in danger of losing her reelection bid to Democrat Adam Frisch.
At the time of publication, Boebert was trailing Frisch by about two points, or 3,475 votes. Ninety percent of the results for the district, Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, are in.
Boebert currently has 145,946 votes to Frisch’s 149,421.
The surprisingly close race is another tough blow for Republicans, who were disappointed by the initial results after a hoped-for red wave has seemingly failed to materialize.
At the same time, Republicans did make inroads.
Several Democrat incumbents, including Reps. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) and Rep. Robert Zimmerman (D-N.Y.), have been declared the losers of their reelection bids.
In Florida, Republicans flipped outgoing Rep. Al Lawson’s (D-Fla.) seat.
Democrat incumbents are also trailing in New York and New Jersey.
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) is doing unexpectedly poorly against Republican Mike Lawler. With 95 percent of the votes tabulated Maloney, the chairman of the electioneering and fundraising Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is trailing Lawler by two points.
Things are also looking nail-biting for Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), who is currently losing to Republican Tom Kean Jr. by around a four-point margin.
At the time of publication, the Associated Press has called victories for 199 Republicans and 172 Democrats, a total of 371 of the 435 seats up for grabs. But many races remain too close to call.
Though Republicans have not yet been named the big winners in the race for the House, observers now consider a GOP victory likely.
“I want to thank the millions of supporters across this country,” McCarthy said on Nov. 9. “It is clear we are going to take the House back.”
However, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), whose political future is uncertain even if her party does hold onto the House, has at the same time refused to concede.
“While many races remain too close to call, it is clear that House Democratic members and candidates are strongly outperforming expectations across the country,” Pelosi said.
Whatever the outcome of the final numbers, the loss of Boebert’s seat would be a blow for Republicans, who didn’t expect such a tight race for the district. Still, the margins remain so close that Boebert could very well recover from lagging behind.
Boebert is often tied to her House ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). The two congresswomen have faced sharp criticism from Democrats for their position that widespread voter fraud marked the 2020 election.
The race for the Senate also remains too close to call.
AP currently puts the Democrats’ caucus at 48 seats in the Senate and the Republicans’ at 47.
This includes Democrat John Fetterman’s projected victory over Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania and Republican J.D. Vance’s victory over Tim Ryan in Ohio.
Crucial races in Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, and Alaska remain uncalled.
