Elections · U.S. House, District 8 · Colorado
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Raised for this seat
$4.3M
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$601K
Through June 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Rutinel faces Gabe Evans and Dave Wood for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The general-election ballot as recorded September 21, 2026, not a prediction. Certified list: Colorado Secretary of State. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 47%$2.1M
- Large donors
- 50%$2.2M
- PACs
- 2%$93K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- <1%$24K
Separately, $7.4M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.
Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Colorado
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 8 days before by mail or online, or same-day through Election Day in person.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 740K
- Median household income
- $95K
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
- Living below the poverty line
- 9.5%
- Without health insurance
- 9.7%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.
- Gabe Evans$5.4M
- Shannon Bird$2.3M
- Evan Munsing$623K
- Manny Rutinelthis page$4.3M
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Also on the ballot with no FEC filing, so no row: Dave Wood.
Spending to support them
$4.6M- Latino Victory Fund$1.0M
- You Can Push Back$977K
- Somos PAC$824K
- Latino Victory Project$737K
- LCV Victory Fund$341K
The top 5 committees of the $4.6M filed in this direction.
Spending to oppose them
$2.8M- No Going Back PAC$1.4M
- Women Vote$654K
- Americans for Prosperity Action$292KKoch network, free-market conservativeKoch network, free-market conservative
- Protect and Serve PAC$233K
- Pro-Choice Majority 2026$117K
The top 5 committees of the $2.8M filed in this direction.
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through October 9, 2026. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.
In their own words
What Rutinel's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Rutinel's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Honest Leadership That Gets Results”
- “Lower Costs for Working Families”
- “Protect and Strengthen Social Security and Medicare”
- “Lower Healthcare Costs and Expand Access”
- “Make Housing Affordable for Working Families”
- “Support Veterans and Military Families”
- “Create Good Jobs and Economic Opportunity”
- “Stopping Corruption”
- “Stopping Trump’s Immigration Cruelty”
- “Legislative Accomplishments”
Quoted from mannyforcolorado.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.
Record in office
Rutinel does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Official portrait via Open States. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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