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Bill Marlatt of Ridgeway, Colorado listens as Lauren Boebert, the Republican candidate for the US House of Representatives seat in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, holds a campaign rally in Colona, Colorado on October 10, 2020. Boebert's meteoric rise into politics began in September 2019 when she confronted US Democratic presidential candidate Beto ORourke at a campaign rally and stated “Hell no, youre not!” to his proposed mandatory buyback of both AR-15 and AK-47 semi-automatic weapons. With her “Pro-Freedom, Pro-Guns, Pro-Constitution, Pro-Energy, Pro-Life, Pro-Colorado, Pro-America” platform, Boebert defeated 5-term incumbent US Rep. Scott Tipton in Colorado's GOP primary, and is now challenged by former Colorado state lawmaker Democratic candidate Diane Mitsch Bush. A win by Boebert in the November election, would keep Colorado's 3rd Congressional District in the GOP hands. Colorado's 3rd Congressional District which encompasses 29 counties and represents 47 percent of Colorado's geographic territory is the 15th-largest district in the US. (Photo by Jason Connolly/AFP Photo)
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