{"id":24993,"date":"2024-11-06T04:36:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T11:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/hurd-and-frisch-race-neck-and-neck-with-more-than-half-of-votes-tallied\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:06:46","slug":"hurd-and-frisch-race-neck-and-neck-with-more-than-half-of-votes-tallied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/hurd-and-frisch-race-neck-and-neck-with-more-than-half-of-votes-tallied\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurd and Frisch race neck and neck with more than half of votes tallied"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Grand Junction attorney Jeff Hurd (left), a Republican, and former Aspen City Councilman Adam Frisch (right), a Democrat. Frisch is running ads in the Republican primary in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District attacking Hurd in an apparent attempt to help one of his opponents win.<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Republican Jeff Hurd held a 3 percentage point lead over his Democratic opponent Adam Frisch late Tuesday in the election for Colorado\u2019s 3rd Congressional District.<\/p>\n

At 10:46 p.m. with 60% of the votes tallied, Hurd was leading with 50% of the vote compared with Frisch\u2019s 47%. The remaining votes went to third-party candidates.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you all know, we do not have a final result tonight,\u201d Hurd said in a speech in Grand Junction. \u201cAnd while we may wish for a quick answer, it\u2019s important to remember that our democratic process is built on the commitment to ensuring every vote is counted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frisch said the race \u201cremains too close to call\u201d in a news release sent at 10:17 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m assuming it\u2019s going to be a very close race,\u201d Frisch said in an interview earlier in the day with The Durango Herald<\/em>. \u201cAnd I\u2019m not just saying that. I just think that is what we\u2019re hearing all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hurd and Frisch are vying for the seat previously held by Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, who decided to seek election in Colorado\u2019s 4th Congressional District. Frisch came within 546 votes of unseating Boebert in 2022.<\/p>\n

Hurd threw his hat in the ring as an alternative to Boebert before she switched to run in CD-4. Boebert, who is a member of the House Freedom Caucus, the most far-right conservative voting bloc in Congress, said she switched districts because it was \u201cthe right decision for those who support our conservative movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hurd, a self-defined \u201cconstitutional conservative,\u201d faced five other challengers in the primary before winning about 41% of the vote.<\/p>\n

Campaign funding<\/div>\n

In the last fundraising period, Frisch raised about $2.2 million while Hurd raised just over $1 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I need to do in my campaign is address the fact that I am getting vastly outspent by an opponent that has millions of dollars that he\u2019s able to dump on my head,\u201d Hurd said.<\/p>\n

Throughout the campaign, Frisch attacked Hurd for taking corporate political action committee money, meaning money that comes from PACs that are registered as corporations. Hurd argued Frisch still takes money from corporations that donate to other democratic PACs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe No. 1 thing we hear about from people is how supportive they are that we\u2019re not taking corporate PAC money,\u201d Frisch said.<\/p>\n

In the Republican primary, the Colorado Republican Party endorsed fervent Donald Trump supporter Ron Hanks. The Hurd campaign has not received financial support from the state Republicans since Hurd won the primary. The Arizona GOP paid for mailers supporting Hurd.<\/p>\n

The Colorado Democratic Party recently paid for mailers<\/a> promoting third-party candidate James Wiley as the \u201cstrongest Trump supporter in the race who will close the border.\u201d The mailer touted Hurd as a \u201ccorporate lawyer who won\u2019t take a position on immigration or Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hurd said he voted for Trump in the past two elections, but he declined to say who he planned to vote for in the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n

Points of attack<\/div>\n

Hurd criticized Frisch for meddling in the Republican primary by paying for TV ads that attacked Hurd. Frisch did so in an effort to help Hurd\u2019s Republican rivals, believing Hurd\u2019s rivals would be \u201ceasier to beat in November.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frisch attacked Hurd for not sharing how he will vote on certain ballot initiatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou do know you\u2019re applying for a job where you actually vote in public, and so the people understand what you\u2019re voting for?\u201d Frisch said during a debate. \u201cYou do realize when you go to Congress, you don\u2019t get to say, \u2018I\u2019m not going to tell people how I\u2019m going to vote?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Maria Tedesco is an intern for The Durango Herald and The Journal in Cortez and a student at American University in Washington, D.C. She can be reached at mtedesco@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

An earlier version of this story gave an incorrect vote total difference separating Adam Frisch and Lauren Boebert in 2022. The error was made in editing<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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