E&E News - 37 House Races To Watch Tied To Energy & Environment Issues
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Colorado 3rd District
A stunning loss by incumbent Republican Rep. Scott Tipton in the primary is drawing attention to this race to represent a mostly rural Western Slope district. Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush, a former state legislator who lost to Tipton in 2018, is running again as a "pragmatic progressive." She supports some, but not all, of the ideas in the Green New Deal and argues it does not make sense to relocate the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Grand Junction, which is in the district.
Her opponent is Lauren Boebert, a telegenic, conservative, gun rights activist who owns a restaurant, Shooters Grill, where servers openly carry guns. Nearly 40 years younger than Bush, Boebert, 33, adamantly opposes the Green New Deal and has expressed support for debunked, far-right QAnon conspiracy theories (E&E Daily, July 1).
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Conservative freshman Rep. Chip Roy, an ally of former Energy Secretary Rick Perry, is also being targeted in the rapidly growing and increasingly diverse northern suburbs of San Antonio and parts of Austin. Roy's opponent is former state lawmaker Wendy Davis, who lost a spirited 2014 gubernatorial race to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott by 20 points. Democrats believe her views are more in line with a district that's increasingly seen as younger, higher educated and less conservative than before.
Roy, a strong supporter of Trump's deregulatory push to promote energy independence, is eager to tie Davis with national party leaders, who favor the Green New Deal and fracking bans. He said Democratic policies would devastate the state's energy economy and increase prices for consumers. Davis, however, has not signed on to the Green New Deal or a fracking ban. She does support returning the United States to the Paris climate accord. Davis is increasingly seen as having the edge, in large part because of her fundraising, which has seen her take in close to $8 million, nearly double the incumbent. Roy will need help from outside conservative groups to make up that gap.
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