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

Shannon Bird

Democrat Not on the November ballot

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Raised for this seat

$2.3M

Through June 30, 2026

Cash on hand

$230K

Through June 30, 2026

Not on the November ballot

Bird is not on the November ballot for this seat. Gabe Evans and Manny Rutinel are.

Gabe EvansRepublican · $5.4MManny RutinelDemocrat · $4.3M

A primary result is a filed fact about a contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Bird's campaign finance and record below are still their own record, and their committee may still be filing.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

8%from small donors
Small donors
8%$187K
Large donors
85%$2.0M
PACs
7%$165K
Party
--
Self-funding
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Other
<1%$180

Separately, $2.9M 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; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable. Showing 7 of 8 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$927K
  • Women Vote$654K
  • Elect Democratic Women$98K
  • Pro-Choice Majority Action$93K
  • Welcomepac$58K
  • Pro-Choice Majority 2026$23K

Spending to oppose them

$1.9M
  • Latino Victory Fund$1.0M
  • Somos PAC$341K
  • Nuestro PAC$315K
  • Latino Victory Project$275K
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 Bird's campaign says it would work on.

The priorities Bird's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.

  • “Lowering Costs”
  • “Holding ICE Accountable”
  • “Protecting Our Health Care & Reproductive Rights”
  • “Creating Good-Paying Jobs”
  • “Supporting Our Seniors”
  • “Strengthening Our Education System”
  • “Reforming Our Broken Immigration System”
  • “Protecting Our Democracy & Ending Government Corruption”

Quoted from shannonbird.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

Bird 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. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.