Jeff Hurd wins GOP primary for 3rd District seat being vacated by Rep. Lauren Boebert

Attorney Jeff Hurd, a candidate in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, speaks to the audience at a Republican event at the Grizzly Rose in Denver on June 1, 2024. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)

Grand Junction attorney Jeff Hurd won the Republican nomination in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, according to The Associated Press .

Hurd led the race with just over 42% of the vote with 73,435 ballots counted as of Tuesday at 8:20 p.m.

Hurd will face Democrat Adam Frisch, who far-right Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert beat by just 546 votes in 2022, in the November election. Hurd defeated his five primary opponents running to succeed Boebert, who announced late last year that she would switch to the more conservative 4th District.

Frisch is by far Colorado’s best-funded congressional candidate . He broke records while campaigning against Boebert and has continued to lead candidates across the state in quarterly fundraising totals even after her district switch. As of June 5, he reported total spending of over $10 million in the 2024 election cycle and $3.7 million in cash on hand.

Hurd works as a commercial and regulatory attorney at the Grand Junction office of Ireland Stapleton Pryor and Pascoe and is the former board chairman of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce. He grew up in Grand Junction and went to school at the University of Notre Dame, University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Columbia University School of Law. This is his first campaign for elective office.

Republicans hold a moderate advantage in the 3rd District, which encompasses much of the Western Slope and Pueblo.

Candidates Hurd defeated include former state Rep. Ron Hanks, Stephen Varela, Lew Webb, Russ Andrews and Curtis McCrackin.

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