Even without Lauren Boebert as a foil, Adam Frisch leads in fundraising in Colorado congressional contests

Lew Webb, a former car dealership owner who lives in Durango, lent his campaign $150,000 and collected $2,500 in contributions during the first quarter. Former state Rep. Ron Hanks, who ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2022 and lost, raised just over $9,000 in the quarter.

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In her new district, Boebert — despite raising less than she has in a year — still led what’s been a crowded Republican primary field. She wasn’t substantially off her pace from the last three months of 2023, when she took in $540,000.

All told, she has tallied more than $3.4 million in contributions this election cycle.

Boebert this month picked up the top ballot line by winning the most support at the GOP assembly. She also received the endorsement of the Colorado Republican Party to win the seat held by Ken Buck until last month, when the five-term congressman stepped down nine months before the end of his term.

Aside from Boebert, the top GOP candidates for what is Colorado’s most reliable Republican congressional district include former conservative radio host Deborah Flora, who landed nearly $180,000 in the first three months of 2024 and has more than $167,000 cash on hand. Logan County Commissioner Jerry Sonnenberg, a former state lawmaker, raised $158,000 and has more than $224,000 in his account.

The rest of the GOP field — among them state Reps. Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf, businessman Peter Yu, retired oil and gas businessman Floyd Trujillo, and Chris Phelen, former chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn — brought in anywhere from $30,000 to $104,000 for the quarter.

On the Democratic side, addiction recovery advocate John Padora collected nearly $200,000 in the first quarter, followed by Trisha Calvarese with more than $40,000 and Ian McCorkle, who has challenged Buck in years past, took in $4,850.

On the same day as the primary, the 4th District also will have a special election — featuring Calvarese and Republican Greg Lopez — to fill the rest of Buck’s term this year.

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