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'''Lauren Opal Boebert''', born December 15, 1986 (age {{age|1986|12|15}}), the mother of four and owner of the Shooters Grill in Rifle, [[Colorado]], won the hard-fought 3rd district congressional race against [[Democrat]] and former state lawmaker Diane Mitsch Bush in a Colorado House district that is as large as [[Pennsylvania]] in the 2020 election.  Then, in 2022, she won reelection in a close race that her [[Dem]] opponent did not concede until ten days after the election.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrat-frisch-concedes-republican-incumbent-boebert-us-house-election-colorado-2022-11-18/ Republican firebrand Boebert wins House re-election after Democrat concedes], ''Reuters'', Nov 18, 2022</ref>

'''Lauren Opal Boebert''', born December 15, 1986 (age {{age|1986|12|15}}), the mother of four and owner of the Shooters Grill in Rifle, [[Colorado]], won the hard-fought 3rd district congressional race against [[Democrat]] and former state lawmaker Diane Mitsch Bush in a Colorado House district that is as large as [[Pennsylvania]] in the 2020 election.  Then, in 2022, she won reelection in a close race that her [[Dem]] opponent did not concede until ten days after the election.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrat-frisch-concedes-republican-incumbent-boebert-us-house-election-colorado-2022-11-18/ Republican firebrand Boebert wins House re-election after Democrat concedes], ''Reuters'', Nov 18, 2022</ref>

"I am proud to announce that I am the first mom to represent Colorado’s Third Congressional District," stated Boebert from her restaurant on election night.<ref>[https://nsjonline.com/article/2020/11/republican-lauren-boebert-wins-bitter-colorado-house-race/ Republican Lauren Boebert wins bitter Colorado House race]</ref>

"I am proud to announce that I am the first mom to represent Colorado’s Third Congressional District," stated Boebert from her restaurant on election night.<ref>[https://nsjonline.com/article/2020/11/republican-lauren-boebert-wins-bitter-colorado-house-race/ Republican Lauren Boebert wins bitter Colorado House race], ''North State Journal '', November 9, 2020</ref>

   

   

Before getting elected to Congress, Boebert was a [[gun rights]] advocate. She challenged [[Beto O'Rourke]] at an Aurora town hall meeting during his 2020 presidential campaign, saying, "I was one of the gun-owning Americans who heard you speak regarding your 'Hell yes I'm going to take your AR-15s and AK-47s. Well, I'm here to say hell no you're not.'"<ref>Montanaro, David. [https://www.foxnews.com/media/woman-confronts-beto-gun-confiscation-hell-no Woman confronts Beto on gun confiscation at town hall: 'I'm here to say, hell no you're not'], FOX News, September 20, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2021.</ref>

Before getting elected to Congress, Boebert was a [[gun rights]] advocate. She challenged [[Beto O'Rourke]] at an Aurora town hall meeting during his 2020 presidential campaign, saying, "I was one of the gun-owning Americans who heard you speak regarding your 'Hell yes I'm going to take your AR-15s and AK-47s. Well, I'm here to say hell no you're not.'"<ref>Montanaro, David. [https://www.foxnews.com/media/woman-confronts-beto-gun-confiscation-hell-no Woman confronts Beto on gun confiscation at town hall: 'I'm here to say, hell no you're not'], FOX News, September 20, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2021.</ref>