RIFLE–In a surprise upset in the 3rd Congressional District primary, which covers 29 counties, mostly in western Colorado, Rifle resident Lauren Boebert defeated five-term Congressman Scott Tipton, handily winning the Republican nomination by a roughly 55% to 45% margin, with 107,473 votes cast.

Today, the Democrat-controlled U.S. House showed they believe cities can tell rural America what to do with land in our backyard without our input.

Lauren Boebert issued the following statement regarding today's announcement of a statewide mask order by Colorado's Governor Jared Polis