A year into her first term, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Silt, has emerged as a conservative firebrand in Congress even as she’s struggled with the challenge of being a member of the minority party in the House of Representatives.

But she’s confident things will change in a year and Republicans will be in charge of the House, and says that the work she’s doing in Congress is in anticipation of that happening.

“Right now I’m laying the groundwork for what we can introduce (legislatively) in the majority,” Boebert said this week in an exclusive interview with The Daily Sentinel in which she reflected on her first year on the job as a congresswoman and what her future may hold.

For Boebert to look ahead to serving in what she hopes will be a GOP-controlled House assumes that she will be running next year for re-election. She intends to do just that. She is planning an official announcement of her candidacy today in a news conference in Grand Junction.

“Yes, I do intend to run for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District again,” she said. “It’s just been a tremendous honor to serve the people of this district. I love all the relationships that have been formed over the past couple of years both on the campaign trail and as their representative and it is something that I would be honored to continue to do.”

Boebert is announcing her plans to seek re-election in the same week that Bombardier Books, which focuses on conservative political nonfiction, announced that on July 12 it will be releasing a book with Boebert called “My American Life.” It’s about Boebert overcoming early challenges in life to become the owner of the Shooters Grill in Rifle, renowned for its staff who open-carry firearms, and then upsetting former Rep. Scott Tipton in last year’s Republican primary and going on to be elected to Congress.

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