DENVER — Trisha Calvarese may not be a household name, but she hopes to send Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert packing.
“Getting rid of Lauren Boebert, I think, is absolutely urgent,” said Calvarese. “We’re both millennials, we’re both the same age. I just take a much different approach.”
Calvarese, the Democratic nominee, and Boebert, the Republican nominee, are facing off in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. The pair have only debated once, at a private golf club.
While Calvarese accepted our Denver news partner’s debate invitation, Boebert declined. However, both agreed to sit-down interviews.
The 4 th Congressional District, which includes Douglas County and the Eastern Plains, is new to Boebert but not to Calvarese.
“I’m a daughter of this district,” said Calvarese. “[My] earliest days were in Sterling, was baptized at St. Anthony’s, grew up in Highlands Ranch. I’m a proud Douglas County graduate.”
Calvarese’s career took her to Washington, D.C., where she most recently worked for the AFL-CIO labor union. But life took an unexpected turn.