BOEBERT CONCEDES: ‘THIS IS NOT THE LAST YOU’LL HEAR FROM ME’
Lauren Boebert called her opponent, conceded the race for Colorado’s Fourth District, and delivered a message that refused to sound like a funeral. She waited until every vote was counted, then told the people who sent her to Washington that the job was never meant to be a permanent career and that she is going home with her head high.
“I just called Eileen Laubacher to congratulate her,” Boebert said, “and while I was on the phone with her, I stressed to her a very important issue for me, that the people of our district are more important than party politics.” She made clear that open cases, veterans’ claims, Social Security problems, and every constituent file will be documented and transferred in an orderly way. She noted that House rules allow an outgoing member to withhold that information and that it was done to her when she first arrived. She refused to do the same. “This was done to me when I first took office, and I swore that I would never do that to the people I was elected to serve, because they are the ones who are hurt by it.”
Looking back on six years, Boebert said she and her team gave a voice to the people coastal elites prefer to ignore: small-business owners, farmers, ranchers, energy workers, parents, and rural communities spread across 21 counties. “We forced single subject bills so massive unrelated packages couldn’t hide the waste, fraud, and abuse. We fought for reforms that put power back with the people instead of swampy leadership deals.” She listed the fights that defined her tenure: defending the Second Amendment, standing up for parents and girls by saying “boys do not belong in girls’ locker rooms, bathrooms, or sports,” pushing for the release of the Epstein files so Americans can see the truth, cutting taxes, and bringing federal dollars home for rural hospitals, water projects, and roads.
She did not pretend the election outcome was anything other than a loss. “We didn’t win every battle, and I did not win this election for you.” At the same time she rejected the idea that the principles themselves lost. “Colorado’s Fourth District is independent and full of people who work hard and love this country.” She credited the voters for letting her keep “the same fire and focus” through scrutiny, attacks, and legislative fights.
Public service, she said, was never supposed to be a lifetime job. “Our founders expected representatives to serve and go back home. So I’m home, I am happy, I have peace, and this is not the last you’ll be hearing from me. So stay tuned and stay blessed.” She closed by thanking her family, staff, volunteers, and the Coloradans who trusted her, and by praying for the woman who will now hold the seat. “God bless you, God bless Colorado, and I pray for Eileen Laubacher and her leadership in Colorado’s Fourth Congressional District. Carry on.”
The concession lands in a midterm where Democrats flipped enough Republican seats to take the House. Boebert’s district was one of them. Her response was not to rewrite the count or to claim the fight is over. It was to hand the office over cleanly, list what she believes still matters, and make clear she is not finished.