Lauren Boebert spectacularly ousted from Congress after years of scandals tank re-election bid

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MAGA firebrand Lauren Boebert has been ousted from Congress after losing her re-election bid in a tight race after years of scandals plagued her time in office.

Published: 19:58 GMT, 13 November 2026 | Updated: 04:36 GMT, 14 November 2026

MAGA firebrand Lauren Boebert has been ousted from Congress after losing her re-election bid to Democrat Eileen Laubacher in a tight race after years of scandals plagued her time in office.

The Associated Press called her race over a week after the midterm elections, during which a 'bluenami' took over the nation.

She trailed narrowly behind Laubacher, losing by just over 3,000 votes - 47.9 percent to Laubacher's 49.8 percent - with 99 percent of the votes counted.

The 39-year-old went down swinging, with her campaign insisting that it was investigating 'unusual voter patterns,' vowing to fight for every ballot.

Boebert, who has been a close Trump ally but isn't afraid to speak out against his policies, placed blame on his war on Iran for a wave of GOP losses.

In a local interview last week, Boebert said that her takeaway on overwhelming GOP losses is: 'You don't start endless wars.'

'That’s a big one. I mean, I’ve been frustrated about the Iran war. There was nothing i could do individually to stop what was happening there,' she went on.

Her defeat is particularly notable given that she had won the district by 11.6 percentage points in 2024.

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