Rep. Lauren Boebert blamed her close race on an increased enthusiasm among Democrats for the incumbent governor and senator on the Colorado ticket.
Mrs. Boebert, who led Democratic challenger Adam Frisch by over 1,100 votes as late as Friday morning, said she was confident in winning amid a vote shift for Gov. Jared Polis and Sen. Michael Bennet.
“Polis and Bennet definitely carried the ticket for the Democratic Party,” Mrs. Boebert told reporters Thursday. “I don’t know if there wasn’t enough enthusiasm for our top ticket candidates for governor and Senate or what happened there, but there was a lot of shifting of the vote there.