Lauren Boebert says special election triggered by Ken Buck's resignation is 'swampy' and could 'confuse voters'

• Rep. Ken Buck is retiring, teeing up a special election in Colorado's 4th district on June 25.

• It could shake up the GOP primary where Lauren Boebert is running, and she's raising concerns.

• "This has a lot of potential to confuse voters, which is problematic," said Boebert.

Rep. Lauren Boebert is raising alarms about the special election that's now set to take place in the district where she recently moved.

Republican Rep. Ken Buck, who represents the state's 4th congressional district, announced on Tuesday that he would resign from the House in just two weeks.

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis announced that he would schedule a special election to fill Buck's seat on June 25 — the same day as the competitive GOP primary that Boebert jumped into at the end of last year.

"This has a lot of potential to confuse voters, which is problematic," Boebert said of the primary on an X Space with fellow Republicans, including Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida and the recently expelled Rep. George Santos of New York.

Boebert is currently in the midst of a hotly-contested primary against several GOP candidates in the district, which covers the eastern swath of the state. She's faced accusations of carpetbagging after abandoning the more competitive 3rd district, which covers the opposite side of the state.

While the primary will be decided by GOP primary voters, it will be up to a group of local party officials to decide each party's nominee for the special election.

"That is some crazy banana republic shit you've got — you're doing in Colorado," said Gaetz.