Rep.Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., clinched the GOP nomination against a right-wing challenger Tuesday, as the freshman lawmaker seeks to hold a competitive House district Democrats are seeking to flip in November’s midterm elections. Hurd defeated former state Rep.
Ron Hanks, R-Colo., in the Republican primary for a sprawling House district covering nearly all of western and southern Colorado, according to The Associated Press.Hurd ran with President Donald Trump's endorsement after the president initially revoked his support, following Hurd joining Democrats in support of a largely symbolic measure terminating Trump’s Canada tariffs in February.TRUMP PULLS ENDORSEMENT FROM GOP LAWMAKER OVER ALLEGED LACK OF SUPPORT FOR ADMINISTRATION'S TARIFF AGENDATrump later re-issued his endorsement in March and asked Navy veteran Hope Scheppelman, who was challenging Hurd from the right, to suspend her campaign and join his administration.Scheppelman, a former vice chair of the state's Republican Party and acute care nurse, now serves as a senior advisor on substance abuse in the Department of Health and Human Services.Rep.
Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.( (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images))"I will be fully supporting Jeff’s Re-Election to the House of Representatives, giving him my Complete and Total Endorsement!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.
"Every true MAGA supporter and Republican, if they truly care about saving our Country, will do everything in their power to unify together, and defeat the Crazed Radical Left Democrats this November." Following Scheppelman's exit, Hanks entered the Republican primary to challenge Hurd.He previously ran against Hurd in the 2024 GOP primary, where the now-incumbent lawmaker won with just over 40% of the vote. Hanks, an Air Force veteran, has alleged, without evidence, that former President Joe Biden was "fraudulently elected." He w...