Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., has clinched the GOP nomination against a conservative challenger Tuesday, as the freshman lawmaker seeks to hold a competitive House district Democrats are seeking to flip in November’s midterm elections.
Primary Challenge
Hurd defeated former state Rep. Ron Hanks, R-Colo., in the Republican primary for a sprawling House district covering nearly all of western and southern Colorado. Hurd ran with President Donald Trump’s endorsement after the president initially revoked his support, following Hurd joining Democrats in support of a largely symbolic measure terminating Trump’s Canada tariffs in February.
Trump later re-issued his endorsement in March and asked Navy veteran Hope Scheppelman, who was challenging Hurd from the right, to suspend her campaign and join his administration. Scheppelman, a former vice chair of the state’s Republican Party and acute care nurse, now serves as a senior advisor on substance abuse in the Department of Health and Human Services.
Hanks, an Air Force veteran, has alleged, without evidence, that former President Joe Biden was “fraudulently elected.” He was also present during the January 6 protests, though he said he did not enter the U.S. Capitol complex and was not criminally charged.
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