Abortion Rights Supporter Squeaks Through Colorado Congressional Primary to Face Pro-Life Boebert

Champagne corks flew skyward on the night of June 28 in Aspen, Colorado, as friends and supporters surrounded former city councilman Adam Frisch and cheered.

The Colorado Secretary of State website showed him ahead by only about 1,000 votes. But mathematically talented friends crunched numbers, and confidently predicted him the irrefutable winner of the Democrat primary for the state’s 3rd Congressional District.

By early morning on June 29, state election results unofficially confirmed his 1,609-vote margin of victory.

Though Colorado elections are never officially settled immediately, it seemed certain Frisch’s immediate future was sealed.

On Nov. 8, he’ll be the Democrat squaring off against incumbent, first-termer, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), who defeated her challenger in the June 28 primary. The two also will come up against an Independent, and a Republican write-in candidate.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) speaks during a hearing at the Heritage Foundation in Wash., on June 21, 2022. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Until then, the former Aspen city councilman will resume his serpentine path across mountains and valleys of the district’s 49,000 square miles, about half of the state. Once again, the homebuilder and substitute teacher will tow his family’s 19-foot camper-turned-mobile office to communities throughout the district.

As Frisch planned the next stops on his Beat Boebert Buggy Tour on June 28, political analysts sharpened their pencils.

Colorado voters had handed them much to ponder.

In question is what Coloradans most-recent voting behavior might signal about voting nationally throughout the rest of the midterm election cycle.

Playing into analysts’ calculations will be ongoing reactions to the previous week’s Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, which sends decisions on abortion restrictions back to states.

During the campaign, Frisch has said he believes abortions should be “safe, legal, and rare.” His top opponent in the primary, Pueblo

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