# Ken Buck (R, Colorado) is retiring next week **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 12, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-buck-r-colorado-is-retiring-next-week/998768 "2024-03-12T19:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-buck-r-colorado-is-retiring-next-week/998768/3 "2024-03-12T22:20:37Z")
Some Ken Buck conversation here too: > [@Please explain Lauren Boebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/333): > > Rep. Ken Buck – who had already announced he’s retiring and whose seat Boebert is running for – announced today he’s going to resign from Congress at the end of next week. That means there will need to be a special election to fill the remainder of his term, as well as the primary and general election for the next term. I don’t know enough about Colorado special elections law to say whether this helps or hurts Boebert, but the great news is this leaves House Republicans down a member for a whi… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-buck-r-colorado-is-retiring-next-week/998768)._