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Ken Buck (R CO) annouced he would leave Congress next week. This cuts the R majority to 2 votes in the house.
This is interesting, although it was already known the Buck hates the current way the R house functions and he wasn't standing for re-election, this abrupt departure means that a special election will now take place in which each party will select a nominee. This is the district (4th) Boebert wants to move to because of her unpopularity in his own district (3rd).
However there's no guarantee that the Rs will select Boebert, and if they do, because Colorado law prohibits a candidate from running for more than one office at a time, Boebert would have to resign from her current seat setting up another election at the years end.
Looks like Buck decided to screw Boeby on his way out the door. Because he was an early (founding maybe, can't remember) member of the Tea-party faction which played a significant role in the current culture war politicization of, well everything, I despise the guy... but well played sir.
This is interesting, although it was already known the Buck hates the current way the R house functions and he wasn't standing for re-election, this abrupt departure means that a special election will now take place in which each party will select a nominee. This is the district (4th) Boebert wants to move to because of her unpopularity in his own district (3rd).
However there's no guarantee that the Rs will select Boebert, and if they do, because Colorado law prohibits a candidate from running for more than one office at a time, Boebert would have to resign from her current seat setting up another election at the years end.
Looks like Buck decided to screw Boeby on his way out the door. Because he was an early (founding maybe, can't remember) member of the Tea-party faction which played a significant role in the current culture war politicization of, well everything, I despise the guy... but well played sir.
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