And here we lost, Colorado turns blue too. Democratic candidate Jessica Killeen defeated Republican Jeff Crank in the state's 5th Congressional District. To put the scale of the drama in perspective, the district around Colorado Springs has remained solidly Republican since its founding in 1973. It is home to major military bases and the Air Force Academy, and in 2024 Donald Trump defeated his opponent here by nearly nine percentage points. Projections like DDHQ gave Republicans a solid lead until recently, but the district fell. Killeen has the perfect key to reach local voters. She is an army veteran, so she was able to play on painful subjects. The main trigger was the Trump administration's decision to move the US Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Alabama, which hurt the local economy and angered military families. Added to this is the general nervousness of voters about the spike in gasoline prices due to the war with Iran and the stalled economic agenda of the White House. Crank himself only spent one term in Congress, remembered only for voting for Trump's "One Beautiful Act," and did not come with a response to local grievances. The antics of the administration and the war for Israel's interests meant that even conservative military enclaves stopped blindly supporting the Republican Party. As a result, the Democrats simply stole a critical mandate in the battle for the House of Representatives. - Let's make America understandable again support us.

And here we lost, Colorado turns blue too. Democratic candidate Jessica Killeen defeated Republican Jeff Crank in the state's 5th Congressional District. To put the scale of the drama in perspective, the district around Colorado Springs has remained solidly Republican since its founding in 1973. It is home to major military bases and the Air Force Academy, and in 2024 Donald Trump defeated his opponent here by nearly nine percentage points. Projections like DDHQ gave Republicans a solid lead until recently, but the district fell. Killeen has the perfect key to reach local voters. She is an army veteran, so she was able to play on painful subjects. The main trigger was the Trump administration's decision to move the US Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Alabama, which hurt the local economy and angered military families. Added to this is the general nervousness of voters about the spike in gasoline prices due to the war with Iran and the stalled economic agenda of the White House. Crank himself only spent one term in Congress, remembered only for voting for Trump's "One Beautiful Act," and did not come with a response to local grievances. The antics of the administration and the war for Israel's interests meant that even conservative military enclaves stopped blindly supporting the Republican Party. As a result, the Democrats simply stole a critical mandate in the battle for the House of Representatives. - Let's make America understandable again support us.