Don’t go underestimating Lauren Boebert.

During my time in Alaska as publisher of a few newspapers we were privileged to have access to our federal representatives. Twice a year visits to our newsroom by senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski was the norm. They understood that to reach their constituents the most effective device was the local newspapers. It wasn’t only our newspapers, they would go to great lengths to get to rural Alaska newspapers. Geographically speaking it was a lot of ground to cover. They did, including some very remote areas.

Last Friday CO District 3 Rep. Lauren Boebert paid us a visit at the Montrose Daily Press. Well into her second term it was the first time she afforded us the opportunity to interview her. There have been subtle changes to our representative in the past few months. Her new campaign manager Drew Sexton stated that Boebert will be doing more interviews with local media, pointing out that community newspapers are where the truth is told. 

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