Boebert, Lauren, 1986-

BOEBERT, Lauren, a Representative from Colorado; born in Altamonte Springs, Seminole County, Fla., December 15, 1986; attended Rifle High School, Rifle, Colo., 2004; earned G.E.D., 2020; restaurateur; business owner; professional advocate; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress (January 3, 2021-present).

<p>Lauren Opal Boebert (/ˈboʊbərt/ BOH-bərt; née Roberts, December 15, 1986) is an American politician, businesswoman, and gun-rights activist, serving as the U.S. Representative for Colorado's 3rd congressional district since 2021.</p>

<p>Boebert owns Shooters Grill, a restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, where staff members are encouraged to openly carry firearms. She ran as a Republican for Colorado's 3rd congressional district in 2020; Boebert defeated incumbent U.S. Representative Scott Tipton in the primary election and the Democratic nominee, former state Representative Diane Mitsch Bush, in the general election. She has close connections to militia groups such as the Oath Keepers and Three Percenters.</p>

<p>Boebert was born in Altamonte Springs, Florida, on December 15, 1986. When she was 12, she and her family moved to the Montbello neighborhood of Denver and later to Aurora, Colorado, before settling in Rifle, Colorado, in 2003.</p>

<p>U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is serving her first term as the Representative for Colorado’s Third Congressional District. A citizen legislator, Congresswoman Boebert had never held public office prior to her 2020 Congressional victory.</p>

<p>She is the Co-Chair of the Congressional Second Amendment Caucus and is an adamant defender of our Constitutional rights. Congresswoman Boebert is Vice-Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, a 100-person bicameral organization comprised of Members of Congress mostly focused on energy, agriculture, and traditional rural values. Congresswoman Boebert is an active member of the House Freedom Caucus and was appointed to the House Freedom Task Force.</p>

<p>Congresswoman Boebert is 35 years old and is from Rifle, Colorado. She is the first woman, first mother, and youngest ever to represent Colorado's Third District. She is the owner and operator of Shooters Grill, a Western-themed restaurant where staff open-carry. Representative Boebert was raised in a Democrat household on welfare. Her senior year of high school, she earned an opportunity to serve as an assistant manager at her local McDonald’s. She made the difficult decision to drop out of school to help put food on her family's table, realizing she could provide better for herself than the government ever could.</p>