Gabe Evans

Republican Gabe Evans and Democrat Manny Rutinel, who both want to represent the 8th Congressional District, had a lively and at times contentious debate in the most competitive Colorado race.

The poll was conducted by a Republican firm on behalf of a conservative political nonprofit that doesn’t reveal its donors and is backing Evans, the district’s Republican incumbent.

Rutinel is challenging Republican incumbent Rep. Gabe Evans in the 8th congressional district race.

In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden won the 8th Congressional District by 5 points. But in 2024, Donald Trump won it by 2 points — a larger margin of victory than Evans’.

Posts analyzed by The Colorado Sun are the latest evidence of Rutinel’s yearslong animal rights activism, which continued up until he was appointed to a seat in the state legislature in 2023. The Democrat is now running in the 8th Congressional District, home to thousands of ranches and farms.

The House is expected to vote on the Stop Insider Trading Act, which limits stock trading.

DCCC’s Red to Blue program adds Manny Rutinel as it focuses on flipping the Colorado seat in hopes of taking over the House of Representatives.

The two Democrats running in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District discussed housing, immigration, and healthcare.

The Republican House Judiciary committee wants answers about how district attorneys and local law enforcement are or are not cooperating with ICE.

U.S. Reps. Lauren Boebert, Jeff Crank, Jeff Hurd and Gabe Evans — along with the NRCC — said in a federal court motion that not including unaffiliated voters “could cause chaos."