The feverish future of the Republican Party

Published Oct 29 2020 at 9:55 AM GMT

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I spent my middle and high school years in a small town on Colorado's Western Slope " the sparsely-populated, rugged section of the state across the Continental Divide from Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins.
It's a spectacularly beautiful piece of country, full of ski hamlets, deep river canyons, little farm towns, and vast mountain ranges.
It's also likely to be represented in Congress next year by a complete maniac.
Lauren Boebert, a far right-wing restaurateur who has never held elected office, successfully primaried the incumbent Republican Scott Tipton, who has represented the 3rd District since 2010, back in July.
Now, in the general election, she faces Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush, who lost to Tipton in 2018 by eight points.