The only sure bets about the Republican primary to replace Buck in Congress are that it will be crowded and it will be wild.
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Congressman Ken Buck won’t run for reelection in 2024, citing GOP’s embrace of election conspiracies
Buck, who was first elected to the House in 2014, cited Republicans’ embrace of election conspiracies as part of his reason for leaving Congress
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Outraised and embattled, Lauren Boebert changes her 2024 campaign strategy
Boebert’s removal from a “Beetlejuice” performance in Denver threw a wrench into an already tough reelection bid
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Littwin: You may not know much about Speaker Mike Johnson, but you can guess his position on gun violence
Columnist Mike Littwin points out that guns are just one more issue where new House Speaker Mike Johnson lines up with Gaetz, Boebert and other hard-right conservatives.
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Littwin: House Republicans finally dump Jim Jordan, but this isn’t exactly the era of GOP enlightenment
It’s so bad that Ken Buck, who voted against Jordan all three times, says his landlord kicked him out of his Colorado office.
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Ken Buck is being evicted from his main Colorado office. The landlord is a major GOP donor.
Buck, a GOP congressman from Colorado, said the eviction is because he refuses to support Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid to become House speaker
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Littwin: Trump has endorsed Jim Jordan. So has Boebert. Gaetz calls him a “mentor.” Anyone else see chaos coming?
Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are the frontrunners to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker. That’s if anyone can get enough votes.
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Littwin: The House crazies kicked Kevin McCarthy to the curb, without — shockingly — Lauren Boebert’s help
If you were wondering how something could be both utterly shocking and entirely unsurprising at the same time, I give you the U.S. House of Chaos, formerly known as the U.S. House of Representatives, where pandemonium reigns and, for all I know, dogs and cats live together. As you have probably heard, Kevin McCarthy lost […]
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Opinion: Protect access to wilderness climbing opportunities
It will encourage a new generation of wilderness advocates who will work to protect these places
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Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding bill before midnight
The package drops aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP lawmakers, but increases federal disaster assistance by $16 billion