Republican Jeff Hurd continued to lead Democrat Adam Frisch on Wednesday in a tight race to be the successor of outgoing Colorado 3rd Congressional District Rep. Lauren Boebert. As of about noon on Wednesday, Hurd had received about 50.04% of over 365,000 votes counted while Frisch received about 47.39%.

Republican Jeff Hurd took the lead over Democrat Adam Frisch in preliminary, unofficial returns in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, the GOP-leaning seat that U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert left after

Early election results show Republican Jeff Hurd ahead of Democrat Adam Frisch despite Frisch’s more than a $10 million fundraising advantage in the race to take Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s seat representing Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.

As both candidates seek support in this competitive race, we will closely monitor the results and provide updates as they unfold

GRAND JUNCTION — The race between Democrat Adam Frisch and Republican Jeff Hurd in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District was too close to call Tuesday night, leaving open the possibility that the district could be represented in Washington by a Democrat for the first time in more than a decade.

Republican candidate Jeff Hurd is beating Adam Frisch by 11,665 votes in the race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. Hurd ran on the campaign of having serious leadership for rural Colorado. On his website he said he would be committed to serving his community.

The area tends to vote red, but Frisch put up a fight in 2022 against Boebert, losing only by about 500 votes. Since then, Boebert has left the 3rd District to focus on succeeding U.S. Rep. Ken Buck in the Eastern Plains’ conservative 4th District.

Democrat Adam Frisch and Republican Jeff Hurd are running to succeed Lauren Boebert in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District.

In 2022, it took more than a week for the 3rd Congressional District race between Frisch and Rep. Lauren Boebert to be sorted out, triggering an automatic recount because of the narrowness of the margin.