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  GOP could learn much from Boebert's CD3 stunner
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Last EditedBrentinCO  Jul 01, 2020 11:31pm
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AuthorGeorge Athanasopoulos
News DateThursday, July 2, 2020 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionBy the time you read this, Republican Lauren Boebert will have shocked Colorado’s political establishment by defeating five-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. Reverberations of this race will be felt around the country, with political prognosticators on all sides attempting to rewrite their own erroneous pronouncements while simultaneously trying to digest the consequences of an incumbent’s defeat. To be clear, Tipton's defeat at the hands of a political newcomer says a lot more about Boebert then it does about him. We’ll get into that in a moment.

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It is beyond question that Lauren is a better candidate then Scott ever was. She’s smart, engaging, passionate, and leverages her exceptional emotional intelligence to connect with voters at a level most Republicans don’t even know exists. However, many good, and even great, candidates have come and gone before her without much success. What separates Lauren from them is that not only is she an amazing candidate, but she also she ran a great campaign that centered on a ground game.

Lauren and an army of wonderful volunteers did the hard work of campaigning event-by-event and door-to-door. They didn’t rely on expensive television commercials and ineffective mailers. Her campaign also did what other Republicans throughout our state have steadfastly refused to do; harvest ballots. They did so in a way that was not deceitful, fraudulent, or illegal, as so many Democrats are wont to do. They simply volunteered to carry a signed and sealed ballot to a designated drop-off location. In doing just a few simple things well and with authentic purpose, Lauren has become the change Colorado Republicans have long sought.
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