COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — A conservative restaurant owner from the Western Slope is challenging Scott Tipton for the Republican nomination in 3rd Congressional District. Lauren Boebert owns the Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado where the waitstaff open-carry handguns in hip-holsters.

Republican Lauren Boebert will challenge Republican incumbent Scott Tipton.

Rifle restaurant owner Lauren Boebert announces she will challenge Tipton in Republican Primary.