Adam Frisch: 5 things to know about the Democrat looking to upset Lauren Boebert

After one term in Congress, Lauren Boebert is in a tight race for Colorado's third congressional district against Democrat Adam Frisch. The race was too close to call on Election Day and thousands of ballots are still being counted in Pueblo County as of Thursday morning.

Boebert won her seat in Congress in 2020 after defeating five-term incumbent Scott Tipton in the Republican primary, which was dubbed an upset at the time. But the same can be said of Frisch's win as a Democrat should he win. His party hasn't won the seat since three-term representative John Salazar last won the district's election in 2008.

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Here's what you need to know about Boebert's opponent:

Like Lauren Boebert, Adam Frisch wasn't born in Colorado

Frisch was born on an Indian Reservation in Montana, later moving with his family to Minnesota. He then came to Colorado as a young adult in the mid-1980s when he began to attend the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Boebert, who is almost twenty years younger than Frisch, was born in Florida and moved with her family to suburbs in Denver before heading further west to Rifle.

Adam Frisch was an Aspen City Council member for years

After working in New York for several years, largely as a currency trader, Frisch moved to Aspen in 2003 and was elected to a pair of terms on Aspen City Council from 2011 to 2019.

He worked on addressing affordable housing in the city and was a key swing vote on a development that sent a $4.36 million public contribution option to voters, according to the Aspen Times. Frisch said his support for the funding may have been why he had an unsuccessful bid for mayor of the city, too.

In announcing his campaign for mayor in 2017, Frisch pointed to a "common sense" platform, and said he would loosen city rules to limited city bureaucracy that can impact small businesses and local residents.

Adam Frisch was almost bested by another Democrat in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District's primary election

The Democratic primary was crowed this June, but in the end, only a handful of votes separated who would continue onto the general election and who would not.

Frisch won the the primary with 42.4% of the vote and right behind him, Sol Sandoval won 41.9% of the vote. In terms of actual votes, less than 300 votes separated the two candidates, according to Ballotpedia.

But Sandoval, a Pueblo community organizer, later endorsed Frisch and worked for his campaign.

'I'm not Nancy Pelosi'

During a debate in September, Boebert addressed Frisch's time on Aspen's city council by attacking his record and claimed that he previously registered as a Democrat and voted in support of a carbon tax.

She also brought up Nancy Pelosi, to which Frisch replied who the incumbent's opponent was.

"I'm Adam Frisch, I'm not Nancy Pelosi," he said.

Frisch added that he would not vote for Pelosi to be Speaker of the House if elected in light of Boebert's references to the Congresswoman from California.

How Adam Frisch has campaigned in hopes of winning Colorado's 3rd Congressional district

From the beginning of his campaign, Frisch's goal has been clear: to unseat Lauren Boebert in a huge, rural district.

“I believe that one-third of the people who voted for her are sick and tired of her shenanigans and her betrayal of the district,” he told the Vail Daily, “and will support a moderate, mainstream candidate who can work on rural issues.”

As he began his campaign, Frisch said he'd run a campaign focused on the economy, gas prices, rural broadband, mental health and water rights for farmers and ranchers. During town halls in the district drumming up support, he touted these views, labeling them as “moderate” and “pragmatic” views that make him pro-business and pro-energy, but didn't shy away from calling out his opponent either.

“It’s impossible for me to out-Boebert Boebert,” Frisch said. “I think it’s fair to say that I and many people believe that she has betrayed this country and betrayed the Constitution, and she’s more focused on tweeting.”

He's avoided directly discussing Boebert’s impassioned rhetoric concerning so-called "culture wars," instead pointing to a desire to seek bipartisan solutions — “we need to find a way” — but avoided grandiose promises.

“I’m not running to be the voice of any party,” Frisch told the Associated Press. “We are making a pure competency pitch.”

This article originally appeared on The Pueblo Chieftain: Adam Frisch: What to know about Democrat running vs. Lauren Boebert