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In eastern Colorado, a primary and a vacancy election

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Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert bows her head in prayer during the invocation at the 2024 Republican 4th Congressional District Assembly. She topped the ballot to be the party’s candidate in that district’s upcoming primary. April 5, 2024, at the Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo.

What to make of the nine major party candidates -- including Rep. Lauren Boebert -- all running in Colorado's fourth congressional district? And how does the vacancy race to fill out Ken Buck's term factor into it all?

This episode of Purplish was produced by Shane Rumsey and edited and produced by Luis Antonio Perez and Megan Verlee.