Lauren Boebert facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lauren Boebert
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2025
Preceded by	Greg Lopez
Constituency	4th district
In office January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2025
Preceded by	Scott Tipton
Succeeded by	Jeff Hurd
Constituency	3rd district
Personal details
Born	Lauren Opal Roberts (1986-12-19) December 19, 1986 (age 38) Altamonte Springs, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Democratic (2006–2008) Republican (2008–present)
Spouse	Jayson Boebert ​ ​ (m. 2007; div. 2023)​
Children	4
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Lauren Opal Boebert was born on December 19, 1986. She is an American politician and businesswoman. She serves as a U.S. representative for Colorado. From 2021 to 2024, she represented Colorado's 3rd district. Starting in 2025, she will represent Colorado's 4th district.

Before becoming a politician, she owned a restaurant called Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado. At her restaurant, employees were allowed to carry firearms openly. She is a member of the Republican Party and is well-known for supporting gun rights.

In 2020, she won an election against the person who held the seat before her, Scott Tipton. She then won the main election against Diane Mitsch Bush. In Congress, she joined groups like the Republican Study Committee and the Freedom Caucus. She also joined the Second Amendment Caucus, which supports gun rights. She won her election again in 2022 by a very small number of votes. In 2023, she decided to run for a different district in Colorado, the 4th district, which is often more favorable for Republicans. She was reelected for her third term in 2024.

Lauren Boebert is a supporter of former President Donald Trump. She has said that she believes the 2020 election results were not fair. She is a Christian and believes that churches should have more influence in government decisions.

Early Life & Education

Lauren Boebert was born in Altamonte Springs, Florida, on December 19, 1986. When she was 12, her family moved to Denver, then to Aurora, Colorado, and finally settled in Rifle, Colorado, in 2003. She left high school in 2004 during her senior year after having a baby. She later earned her GED certificate in 2020, just before her first election.

Boebert has shared that her family received government help when she was young. She also said she grew up in a household that supported the Democratic Party. Records show her mother was registered as a Republican for many years. Lauren Boebert herself first registered to vote as a Democrat in 2006. In 2008, she changed her political party to Republican.

She became a Christian in 2009. She has said she volunteered at a local jail for seven years. However, records show she volunteered nine times between 2014 and 2016.

Early Career & Business

After high school, Lauren Boebert worked as an assistant manager at a McDonald's restaurant. She has said this job changed her ideas about government assistance. After she got married in 2007, she worked for a natural gas pipeline company. She was part of a team that built and took care of pipelines.

Owning Restaurants

Boebert at Shooters Grill

In 2013, Boebert and her husband opened Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado. In 2015, she opened another restaurant called Putters. She sold Putters in 2016. Shooters Grill closed in July 2022 because the new owner of the building did not renew the lease.

Serving in the U.S. House of Representatives

Lauren Boebert has served as a U.S. Representative for Colorado. This means she is one of the people elected to speak for her district in the United States Congress.

Elections for Congress

2020 Election

In September 2019, Boebert became well-known when she spoke out against Beto O'Rourke. He was a candidate for president and suggested a plan to buy back certain types of rifles. Later that month, she spoke against a rule that would ban guns in city buildings in Aspen, Colorado.

Boebert helped organize a rally in December 2019 to oppose Colorado's "red flag law." This law allows guns to be taken from people who are seen as a threat. During her campaign, she said she was "with the militia."

In December 2019, Boebert started her campaign to represent Colorado's 3rd district. She challenged Scott Tipton, who had been in office for five terms. She said Tipton did not support Donald Trump enough. She also said he supported a bill that would help undocumented immigrants.

On June 30, 2020, Boebert won the Republican nomination. This was a big surprise to many people. She was the first person in Colorado in 48 years to defeat a sitting U.S. Representative in a primary election.

General Election Details

Boebert then ran against Diane Mitsch Bush from the Democratic Party. Boebert said Mitsch Bush's ideas would lead to "more government control." Boebert focused on her support for Donald Trump and his policies. She also talked about reducing government rules for businesses and expanding gun rights.

Boebert won the election with about 51% of the votes. She received strong support in conservative areas of Colorado.

2022 Election

Lauren Boebert ran for a second term in 2022. Her main challenger in the Republican primary was Don Coram, a state senator. Boebert had much more money for her campaign than Coram. Donald Trump also supported Boebert.

During a debate, Boebert talked about the bills she had introduced in Congress. She also repeated claims about election fraud. She won the primary election with almost 66% of the vote.

Close Race in General Election

In the general election, Boebert debated with Democratic candidate Adam Frisch. She talked about increasing oil and gas development. She also criticized the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi. Boebert won against Frisch by a very small number of votes. The difference was only 546 votes out of 327,000. This close result led to an automatic recount of the votes. The recount confirmed that Boebert had won.

2024 Election

After her very close win in 2022, Boebert tried to change her image. She wanted to be seen as a hard-working congresswoman. In December 2023, she announced she would run in Colorado's 4th congressional district instead. This district is usually more favorable for Republicans. She said she switched districts because of "Hollywood elites" donating to her opponent in the 3rd district. Some people criticized her for switching to an easier district. She won her election in the 4th district in 2024.

Time in Office

Lauren Boebert is often described as having very conservative views. She does not agree with this label. As of early 2022, she had introduced 17 bills and seven resolutions. None of these had passed through committees.

In January 2023, she was one of 20 Republican members who voted many times against Kevin McCarthy becoming the House speaker.

In February 2023, Boebert supported a bill to make the AR-15-style rifle the National Gun of the United States.

During a debate about the national debt in 2023, Boebert said she would vote against a bill to raise the debt limit. She missed the vote and later said it was a "no-show protest." However, a video showed her running to the House and being told the vote was already closed.

Committee Work

For the 118th Congress, Lauren Boebert is part of these committees:

• Committee on Natural Resources
  • Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
  • Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
• Committee on Oversight and Accountability
  • Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs
  • Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce

Groups She Belongs To

Boebert is a member of several groups in Congress:

• Congressional Blockchain Caucus
• Freedom Caucus
• Republican Study Committee
• Second Amendment Caucus

Political Views

Some politicians in Colorado have accused Boebert of helping to cause the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. They asked her to resign, but she refused. During the events, she posted updates on Twitter about what was happening inside the Capitol.

In June 2021, Boebert was one of 21 House Republicans who voted against giving a special medal to police officers who protected the U.S. Capitol. She said she did not want to give an award to one officer who died in a different incident. She also does not call the January 6 events an "insurrection."

Boebert is a strong supporter of gun rights. She also supports a bill that would make it harder for foreign workers to get certain high-skill visas in the U.S.

During her 2020 campaign, Boebert promised not to support any federal budget that would add to the national debt. She also said she would support a law to balance the U.S. budget. She is against any tax increases.

Environment & Energy

Boebert supports the energy industry. She believes that the market, not the government, should decide energy choices. She supports getting uranium and using nuclear power, calling it a "clean" energy source. In 2021, she proposed a bill to stop bans on oil and gas drilling on federal lands.

She is against sustainable energy plans. She thinks green energy is not reliable. She believes that reducing fossil fuel extraction would make communities poorer. She is also against the Green New Deal, saying it would be too expensive. Boebert opposes the United States being part of the Paris Agreement, which aims to fight climate change. She calls it "job-killing."

Boebert believes that managing forests can help with climate change. She has introduced a bill to prevent wildfires by removing dead trees and making it harder to stop forest thinning. She also wants the Bureau of Land Management's main office to stay in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Foreign Policy

Boebert voted to end the military force authorization against Iraq from 2002. She also voted against a bill that would help more Afghan allies get special visas to come to the U.S. After the Afghan government fell in 2021, she tweeted a controversial statement about the Taliban. She also does not support intervention in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Boebert supports building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. She is against giving amnesty to undocumented immigrants in the U.S.

She believes that Israel and the United States should have even closer relations. She says both nations were "divinely inspired" and created to "glorify God." In 2023, she voted to remove U.S. troops from Syria.

Health Care

During her campaign, Boebert supported getting rid of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). She was against a single-payer healthcare system, saying it would hurt small businesses. After the election, she said she was unsure about keeping or repealing Obamacare. She hoped for a healthcare system based more on the market. In Congress, she voted against a bill to reauthorize the National Marrow Donor Program. She was concerned about the cost and its effect on the national debt.

Church and Government

Boebert believes that the church should guide the government. In June 2022, she said, "The church is supposed to direct the government. The government is not supposed to direct the church." She added that she was "tired of this separation of church and state junk." She believes this idea is not in the Constitution. Experts say her statement goes against the Constitution's Establishment Clause.

Personal Life

Lauren Boebert lived with her husband, Jayson Boebert, in Silt, Colorado. They have four sons and one grandson. Jayson worked in the oil and gas industry. He continued this work even after they opened their restaurant, Shooters Grill.

Jayson Boebert's company, Boebert Consulting LLC, provided drilling services. In 2021, Lauren Boebert reported that her husband earned a large income from this work in 2019 and 2020.

On May 11, 2023, Lauren Boebert filed for divorce from her husband. The divorce was finalized on October 10, 2023.

On April 3, 2024, Boebert was hospitalized because of severe swelling in her left leg. Doctors found a blood clot, which was removed with surgery. She was also diagnosed with May–Thurner syndrome.

Electoral History

2020 Election Cycle

2022 Election Cycle

2024 Election Cycle

Images for kids

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  Boebert with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in 2021

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  Boebert speaking at Turning Point USA's December 2020 Student Action Summit

See also

In Spanish: Lauren Boebert para niños