Read previewAs Rep. Lauren Boebert campaigns in her new Colorado district, establishment GOP figures who used to represent the area are lining up against her. On Thursday, three former Colorado GOP senators — Cory Gardner, Wayne Allard, and Hank Brown — endorsed Logan County commissioner Jerry Sonnenberg, one of several opponents Boebert faces in the GOP primary. All three ex-senators used to represent the 4th district, which covers the eastern portion of the state, in the House. "Each of them knows the fourth district and understands the kind of principled leadership our community needs in Congress," said Sonnenberg. During one recent debate, Boebert was asked by one of her opponents to define the word "carpetbagger."

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