Lauren Boebert, the Republican representative from Colorado who rose to national fame as one of Donald Trump’s biggest cheerleaders, has lost her seat in Congress.

The race was too close to call on election night last week, but after every vote was counted the Democrat Eileen Laubacher has been declared the winner by the AP news agency.

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    14 hours ago

    … declared the winner by the AP news agency.

    Does the US not have an official electoral operator so they have to rely on news agencies to report election results?

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      14 hours ago

      There will be an official certification of the ballots once all of them have been counted, yes.

      But the AP makes projections when it is statistically unlikely/impossible for the candidate that is trailing to catch up.

      In this race Bimbort is currently trailing by 3525 votes with 99% of the votes counted. Meaning there are only about 3800 votes left to count. So while it is possible that every single remaining vote is for her, it is statistically unlikely.

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    1 day ago

    Do I have to buy seats to the theater, or can I just bring $20 to the back alley? She’s pretty hot. I don’t think she’s going to starve…