Republican Jeff Hurd has won the U.S. House seat in Colorado that Rep. Lauren Boebert left. Hurd’s victory fulfills the congresswoman’s hope that her mid-election departure from the race would make it easier for a different Republican to retain the seat after she nearly lost it in 2022.

Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert won a House seat Tuesday in a Colorado district where she moved midway through her term to avoid what would have been a tough reelection bid in her old district. Boebert,

Incumbent Rep. Stephanie Luck, a Republican, handily won reelection in Colorado House District 60 Tuesday, defeating Kathryn Green, a Democrat, for the second time in back-to-back elections.