Democrat Eileen Laubacher leads Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert by 3,525 votes in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, according to districtwide returns published by Douglas County. Boebert said in a video she posted Friday that she had called Laubacher to congratulate her. Colorado has yet to certify the results.
Laubacher declared victory Monday, when her lead stood at 3,352 votes. Boebert had said she would wait for the count to finish. She won the district in 2024 after moving from Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.
Laubacher is a retired Navy rear admiral. Her Navy biography lists service as the U.S. defense attaché in India and as the National Security Council’s senior director for South Asia. The 4th District covers much of Colorado’s Eastern Plains and parts of several Front Range counties. In Douglas County, Laubacher took 53.90% and Boebert took 43.05%.
The latest count and what happens next
Friday’s districtwide totals showed Laubacher at 187,745 votes, or 48.80%, and Boebert at 184,220, or 47.89%. Libertarian Douglas Mangeris had 12,742 votes, or 3.31%.
Colorado’s election calendar gives county canvass boards until Nov. 25 to review the returns and submit official vote totals to the secretary of state. The calendar sets Nov. 24 for county audit boards to submit their results. Nov. 25 is also the deadline for an interested party to request a recount at their own expense.
The automatic recount threshold is half of 1% of the leading candidate’s vote total. Friday’s count puts that threshold at about 939 votes. Laubacher’s lead was 3,525 votes, and the certified count will determine the final threshold. Colorado posts county returns on its state election results portal.
