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A cattle auction is held at the Livestock Exchange in Brush, Colo., on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert recently announced she would enter the crowded Republican primary in the eastern side of the state, which encompasses Brush, leaving the more competitive 3rd District seat she barely won in 2022. The move is a shift from Colorado's western Rocky Mountain peaks and high desert mesas to its eastern expanse of prairie grass, farms and ranching enclaves. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)