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Republican Jeff Hurd wins race to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District

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Republican Jeff Hurd wins race to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District

Republican Jeff Hurd wins race to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District
Adam Frisch of Aspen, right, makes the rounds at his election watch party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at Belly Up Aspen. Frisch ran against Jeff Hurd in Colorado House District 3.
Austin Colbert/The Aspen Times

Grand Junction Republican Jeff Hurd will become the next representative of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, defeating Aspen Democrat Adam Frisch.

Frisch conceded the race to Hurd in a statement released by his campaign Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

“I called a few minutes ago to congratulate Jeff Hurd on becoming the next Representative of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District,” Frisch said in a statement. “While we did not win, I believe this campaign was part of an important movement that seeks to lower the political temperature and begin to focus on the real issues facing communities like those in CD3.”

Hurd, a Grand Junction attorney, had 50% of the vote as of 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, compared with 46.7% of the vote for Frisch, a former Aspen City Council member, according to unofficial vote tallies by the Secretary of State’s Office.

Jeff Hurd, Republican candidate for the 3rd Congressional District, greets supporters before the election results came in at a private election watch party he and 1st District Republican candidate Cody Davis held at a warehouse 2565 November 5, 2024.
Larry Robinson/Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

The Third Congressional District covers a wide swath of the state, from Aspen and Grand Junction, all the way to the northwestern and southwestern parts of the state and to Pueblo on the Front Range.

The district, previously considered ruby ​​red, was closely watched after Frisch narrowly defeated U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in the 2022 election. Tuesday’s results show Boebert was a likely factor in the upcoming 2022 elections, rather than a shift in the county’s overall favorability toward Republicans.

Hurd became the Republican nominee after Boebert announced in December 2023 that she would leave the district and instead run in the much safer 4th Congressional District on the opposite side of the state.

Frisch has faced an uphill battle since Boebert, who had been a lightning rod for the controversy, left the district.

He has raised more money than almost every other House candidate in the country, receiving $16.5 million in donations and spending $15.4 million, according to the Federal Election Commission.

Heard received $2.4 million and spent $2 million.

Andrea Terez-Martinez of the Aspen Times contributed to this report.