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U.S. House, District 8: who gets your vote?

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Gabe Evans

Gabe Evans

U.S. House · Colorado District 8

NationalRepublican

Candidate
Manny Rutinel

Manny Rutinel

Running for U.S. House · Colorado District 8

NationalDemocrat

Gabe EvansCurrent repManny RutinelChallenger

Job fit

Gabe Evans

Other work

  • Police Lieutenant, City of Arvada Police Department, 2011-2022 1

Manny Rutinel

Other work

  • I then served as an economist for the US Army Corps of Engineers 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Gabe Evans

No stated positions on file yet.

Manny Rutinel

  • Health care costs
    Said Congress should restore Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidy funding cut by Republicans, and explore a public option to secure the lowest-cost, affordable healthcare for everyone. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Said the federal minimum wage should be raised to at least $15 an hour, with localities allowed to go higher to reflect local cost of living. 3
  • Immigration
    Said ICE agents should be barred from wearing masks or using unmarked cars, should be required to use judicial warrants, and should focus enforcement on violent criminals. 4

No public stance found on: Guns, Crime & safety

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How they voted on top issues

We haven't found votes on top issues for either candidate yet.

Who pays them

Gabe Evans

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donorsother politicianscompaniesindustry associationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$785Klarge donors$1.3Motherpoliticians$400Kcompanies$351Kindustryassociations$259KOther kinds ofdonors$278K$3.6M raised
$784,6025Small individual donors
$1,314,3305Large individual donors

Manny Rutinel

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorsother politicianslabor unionspolitical allies (same party)Other kinds of donors
small donors$2.1Mlarge donors$2.2Motherpoliticians$34Klabor unions$23Kpolitical allies(same party)$18KOther kinds ofdonors$5K$4.3M raised
$2,065,6916Small individual donors
$2,154,7276Large individual donors

Checks

Gabe Evans

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Manny Rutinel

No voting record to check yet

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Gabe Evans (R-CO-8) — International Fresh Produce Association (retrieved text extract, 2026-10-19) · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  2. Manny for Colorado | Manny Rutinel for Congress (retrieved text extract, 2026-10-19) · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  3. coloradosun.com used in: Top issues
  4. cpr.org used in: Top issues
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Candidate A

Dave Wood

Libertarian

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: 8th Congressional District third-party candidates (retrieved text extract, 2026-10-19) · checked 2026-10-19

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Gabe Evans
Candidate B

Gabe Evans

RepublicanShown above

🚩 $3.6M raised, 37% from large donors, 40% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $1,422,927.00 (40% of $3,590,514.27 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $1,287,290.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Sources

1 Background: Gabe Evans (R-CO-8) — International Fresh Produce Association (retrieved text extract, 2026-10-19) · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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Manny Rutinel
Candidate C

Manny Rutinel

DemocratShown above

No federal record yet. Campaign money: $4.3M raised, 50% from large donors, 2% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $92,650.00 (2% of $4,313,068.50 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $79,050.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, government spending and worker protections, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here.

Sources

1 Background: Manny for Colorado | Manny Rutinel for Congress (retrieved text extract, 2026-10-19) · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

4 government spending and worker protections: Candidate statement

5 more legal ways in, and protection for people already here: Candidate statement

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