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Elections · U.S. House, District 8 · Colorado

Manny Rutinel

Democrat On the November ballot

mannyforcolorado.com

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The Rutinel cardThe race card

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 for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Gabe EvansRepublican · $5.4MManny Rutinelthis pageDemocrat · $4.3M

The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

48%from small donors
Small donors
48%$2.1M
Large donors
50%$2.2M
PACs
2%$93K
Party
--
Self-funding
--
Other
1%$24K

Separately, $4.3M 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, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 8 days before by mail or online, or same-day through Election Day in person.

All dates and rules

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, in ballot order, not money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Showing 7 of 8 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$3.5M
  • Latino Victory Fund$1.0M
  • You Can Push Back$977K
  • Somos PAC$824K
  • Latino Victory Project$737K
  • Working Families Party PAC$4K

Spending to oppose them

$777K
  • Women Vote$654K
  • Pro-Choice Majority 2026$117K
  • The Conservative Caucus$6K
How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. 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 has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Official portrait via Open States, official portrait. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.