DENVER — Congresswoman Lauren Boebert won Tuesday’s Republican primary in a House race that she jumped into last year, surviving a scandal over a video of her at a Denver theater and accusations of carpetbagging after fleeing what could have been a tough re-election bid in her current district.

Ms. Boebert’s resounding win over four other candidates in the new district across the state from where she lived before showcased her political cachet among Republicans and positions her for a likely easy win in the November general election. 

It was also a victory for the far-right flank of the House GOP, a group that takes no prisoners, makes no concessions, and stays on the attack.

Taking the stage at her election night victory party, Ms. Boebert wore a pair of reflective gold sneakers sold by President Trump and a white “Make America Great Again” hat with his signature across the bill.

“America will rise again, and I am so excited that you all are here to be a part of it with me,” Ms. Boebert said to applause.

Ms. Boebert responded to questions about her switch to the Fourth District by saying, “While the crops may be slightly different here in CD4, the values are not.”

She promised to fight for policies including shutting down the southern border and also signaled that she intends to continue her combative style.

“A lot of folks criticize my approach on things,” Ms. Boebert said, “but I learned very early on in Washington, D.C., that nothing happens without force.”

In two other closely watched Republican contests, Attorney Jeff Hurd won the primary for the Third District seat currently held by Ms. Boebert, and political consultant and talk radio host Jeff Crank defeated Colorado’s GOP chairman, Dave Williams, who was endorsed by Trump, in the Fifth District.

Ms. Boebert built national hard-line conservative stardom that likely made it easier for her to weather the scandals of the last year, which included the video of her vaping and causing a disturbance at a musical production of “Beetlejuice.”

While the theater incident and district jump rattled some Republicans, Gilbert Kendzior shrugged them off, saying, “Who’s perfect?”

Mr. Kendzior said he voted for Ms. Boebert because she shakes things up. “It’s gotten too staid. Same promises, nothing happens,” he said. “We need to get rid of the old farts.”

On Tuesday she beat a group of more traditional, homegrown primary candidates who had far less name recognition and generally less combative political styles: a former state senator, Jerry Sonnenberg; two current state representatives, Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf; and parental rights advocate Deborah Flora.

Mr. Sonnenberg congratulated Ms. Boebert and pledged to support her, saying, “I look forward to helping her win this seat in November and then being a resource to her on rural issues in this district.”

The Fourth District, which sweeps across a wide expanse of ranches, ghost towns, and conservative parts of the Denver metro area that make up much of the plains of eastern Colorado, overwhelmingly went for Trump in the 2020 election.

The seat opened up after its former Republican representative, Ken Buck, resigned, citing the divisiveness of today’s politics and his party’s devotion to Trump. 

In a special election Tuesday to fill the remaining months of Mr. Buck’s term, a former mayor of the city of Parker, Greg Lopez, beat a Democrat and third-party candidates.

In the Fifth District, which is home to the city of Colorado Springs, Mr. Crank bested Mr. Williams after the latter faced condemnation from fellow Republicans over his leadership including the use of party resources to boost his own campaign.

Mr. Crank said Tuesday night that he looks forward to being his district’s conservative voice in Congress and urged Republicans to unite behind Trump, posting on the social platform X: “We have a country to save from Joe Biden’s Open Border Crisis and the failure of the Democrats’ economic policy.”

Mr. Williams, a former state representative, has tried to realign the state GOP with the far-right flank of the national party. In recent GOP communications, he called people celebrating Gay Pride Month “godless groomers” and urged people to burn pride flags.

Associated Press