{"id":12375,"date":"2026-03-21T13:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T19:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rep-jeff-hurd-regains-trump-endorsement-despite-recent-disagreements\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:30:43","slug":"rep-jeff-hurd-regains-trump-endorsement-despite-recent-disagreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rep-jeff-hurd-regains-trump-endorsement-despite-recent-disagreements\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Jeff Hurd regains Trump endorsement despite recent disagreements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd speaks about tribal sovereignty, water, economic development and his working relationship with former Ute Mountain Ute Chairman Manuel Heart during a recognition Monday. \u201cI've heard it said that sovereignty, tribal sovereignty, is economic development,\u201d the congressman said.<\/span>Aaron Lewis\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he would re-endorse U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd, reversing his decision last month to support MAGA loyalist Hope Scheppelman in the upcoming CD-3 election.<\/p>\n

In a Truth Social post, Trump spoke about his decision while also announcing that Hope, along with her husband Steven Scheppelman, would be joining his administration \u201cin a capacity to be determined.\u201d The decision to drop out and put the strength of the GOP behind Hurd appeared to be a mutual choice between Trump and the Scheppelmans.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTogether with them, we decided that Congressman Jeff Hurd, of Colorado\u2019s 3rd Congressional District, should in no way, shape, or form, be impeded from winning the District in that the Democrat alternative is a DISASTER for our Country,\u201d Trump said in a Truth Social post.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s initial dispute with Hurd came over his opposition to the Trump\u2019s use of tariffs and led to the switch in support to Scheppelman. Trump announced his support for Scheppelman and opposition to Hurd in a post late last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongressman Hurd is one of a small number of Legislators who have let me and our Country down,\u201d Trump wrote in a post Feb. 21. \u201cHope Scheppelman has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Representative from Colorado\u2019s 3rd Congressional District.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Scheppelman<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

In a post now pinned on his X account, the freshman house member pushed back, \u201cI represent Colorado\u2019s Third District, and I will always put our communities first.\u201d Now, with his relationship with the Trump seemingly patched up and his main GOP opponent sidelined, Hurd looks set to win the June 30 CD-3 Republican primary.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m grateful for President Trump\u2019s support and appreciate his efforts to unify Republicans in Colorado\u2019s Third District,\u201d Hurd said in a post on X shortly after the Trump\u2019s announcement. \u201cThe President and I share the same goals: securing the border, American energy dominance, and helping working families.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the other side of the ticket, Democrats Dwayne Romero and Alex Kelloff entered the CD-3 primary race looking to challenge Hurd in the November election.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter the Republican nominee in November, Dwayne will remain focused on affordability, accountability, and service-driven leadership,\u201d Romero\u2019s campaign said in a news release Friday.<\/p>\n

Democrats appear hopeful about flipping the seat, despite the westernmost district going to Trump by about 10 points in 2024, according to The Downballot. In recent years, they have been within reach, coming closest in 2022 when Democrat Adam Frisch lost to GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert by only about 500 votes.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump is worried we\u2019re going to win this seat, a testament to all the work our campaign has been doing the last 11 months,\u201d Kelloff\u2019s campaign said in a statement to the Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Whatever the outcome of the Democratic primary, it appears that Trump has successfully eliminated a potential primary predicament in an election cycle where the GOP cannot afford to lose any extra seats.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will continue to focus on representing Colorado\u2019s Third District, delivering results for rural Colorado, and running a serious campaign to earn the support of voters across the district,\u201d Hurd wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Jake Mittleman, a junior at American University in Washington, D.C., is an intern for The Durango Herald. He can be reached at jmittleman@durangoherald.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scheppelman drops out of CD-3 race, clearing the path for Hurd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[981,1820,28,315,1304,1125],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-12375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-colorado-3rd-congressional-district","tag-dh-trueanthem","tag-headlines","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-republican-party","tag-u-s-house-rep-jeff-hurd"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12375"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18573,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12375\/revisions\/18573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12375"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=12375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}