Lauren Boebert campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives seat in Colorado's 3rd congressional district in October 2020. AFP via Getty Images
T he campaign of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) submitted a report with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday night that lists her as a candidate for Congress in Utah.
“Thanks for reaching out,” said Boebert’s spokesperson, Jake Settle, when Forbes inquired about the revision. “I flagged this for our team!”
Boebert’s home state was listed as Colorado in her campaign’s original report for the third quarter of 2021, which was filed on Oct. 15. The campaign amended that filing last night and, among other revisions, changed Boebert’s state and district on the first page from Colorado 03 to Utah 03. Update: October 29, 3:45 p.m. ET: Early Friday afternoon Boebert’s campaign amended its report a second time, and the state is now listed as Colorado.
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“I’ve never seen a candidate misidentify the state they are seeking to represent on an FEC report,” said Brett Kappel, an attorney specializing in campaign finance at Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg.
Most of the other modifications in the amended 839-page report result from the campaign revising its contributions for the quarter from $806,000 to $770,000.
DarrenEdwards on October 30th, 2021 at 15:12 UTC »
Probably because an intern copied and pasted from someone else's paperwork. She has no idea what her job is and the power she's been handed.
DotAccomplished5484 on October 30th, 2021 at 12:41 UTC »
Mistakes are common among those officials who consider themselves publicity machines rather than legislators.
Madison Cawthorn, another rep in that category, has six public relations agents and zero political experts on his staff.
I have a faint memory of reading that Matt Gaetz also only has public relations agents on his staff (??).
GastonsChin on October 30th, 2021 at 12:39 UTC »
Let's be honest, remembering what State you serve is a lot to ask from her. Let's just hope she spelled Utah correctly.