Critics of Republican Representative Lauren Boebert took to social media to celebrate as one early projection showed the polarizing conservative lawmaker losing her bid for a fourth term in Congress.
The projection from CNN -- no other outlet has made the call -- indicates that Democrat Eileen Laubacher, a retired Navy Rear Admiral who served over three decades in military service, will flip Colorado’s 4th Congressional District.
With an estimated 98 percent of the vote counted, CNN reported Laubacher holding 48.8 percent, or 185,923 votes, to Boebert’s 47.9 percent, or 182,686 votes. Libertarian candidate Douglas Mangeris drew 3.3 percent, or 12,605 votes.
Following the projection, opponents of the MAGA firebrand congresswoman quickly weighed in online.…