Gabe Evans
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U.S. Representative for Colorado's 8th district since 2025; former Arvada police officer and Army Black Hawk pilot
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U.S. House · Nov 3, 2026
Incumbent: Gabe Evans, running for re-election.
Candidates are listed in the order of the Secretary of State's certified candidate list.
U.S. Representative for Colorado's 8th district since 2025; former Arvada police officer and Army Black Hawk pilot
Attorney and former Colorado state representative
Retired computer programmer from Westminster
What each candidate says they support or would do, on the issues they campaign on. Summaries use the same neutral words for everyone and link to the candidate’s own words.
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RepublicanGabe Evans
Introduced the STOP Medicaid Fraud Act, which would require states to electronically verify that Medicaid-funded medical transportation and applied behavior analysis services were provided before paying for them.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
Supports expanding Medicare's power to negotiate drug prices, capping insulin at $35 a month for everyone, and barring out-of-network charges for care at in-network facilities.
LibertarianDave Wood
Says Medicare should stop spending tax money on people who don't need it and that people with high incomes should pay their own way.
RepublicanGabe Evans
Would lower the cost of living by reining in deficit spending and what he calls tax-and-regulate policies.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
Supports expanding tax credits for working parents, making billionaires pay what they owe in taxes, closing corporate tax loopholes and protecting consumers from junk fees, and opposes Trump's tariffs, which he says raise prices.
LibertarianDave Wood
No published position found.
RepublicanGabe Evans
Says the military should be focused on warfighting and not what he calls politically correct agendas.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
No published position found.
LibertarianDave Wood
Supports reducing the military budget by cutting spending on conventional weapons used abroad and focusing it on defending the U.S. from attack.
RepublicanGabe Evans
No published position found.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
Supports a pathway to citizenship for long-time immigrants and DREAMers, focusing deportations on violent criminals, gang members and traffickers, and requiring ICE agents to go unmasked and wear body cameras.
LibertarianDave Wood
Opposes deporting peaceful, hard-working immigrants and supports adding immigration judges so immigrants get timely due process.
RepublicanGabe Evans
Supports educational freedom so families can choose the education that works best for them.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
No published position found.
LibertarianDave Wood
No published position found.
RepublicanGabe Evans
Says he would defend the Second Amendment, protect freedom of expression and secure the rights of all Americans.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
No published position found.
LibertarianDave Wood
No published position found.
RepublicanGabe Evans
Sponsors the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed the House and would require large data centers to pay for the new energy infrastructure needed to serve them, so costs are not shifted to other ratepayers.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
No published position found.
LibertarianDave Wood
No published position found.
RepublicanGabe Evans
Introduced the More Beef, Lower Prices Act to add bred cattle, replacement heifers and cull cattle to USDA livestock risk protection programs, to help rebuild the U.S. cattle herd.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
No published position found.
LibertarianDave Wood
No published position found.
RepublicanGabe Evans
No published position found.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
Would oppose cutting Social Security or Medicare or raising the retirement age, and says the wealthy should pay their fair share.
LibertarianDave Wood
No published position found.
RepublicanGabe Evans
No published position found.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
Says government should respect people's freedom to make decisions about abortion without interference from politicians.
LibertarianDave Wood
No published position found.
RepublicanGabe Evans
No published position found.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
Supports requiring large AI companies to report safety incidents and undergo independent safety reviews before major releases, whistleblower protections, notice before AI-driven layoffs, and age checks and parental controls on AI chatbots for minors.
LibertarianDave Wood
No published position found.
RepublicanGabe Evans
No published position found.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
Says he does not take corporate PAC money; supports banning stock trading by members of Congress, closing lobbyist loopholes and reversing Citizens United.
LibertarianDave Wood
No published position found.
RepublicanGabe Evans
No published position found.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
No published position found.
LibertarianDave Wood
Supports bringing U.S. troops home from bases overseas and ending military interventions in foreign countries.
RepublicanGabe Evans
No published position found.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
No published position found.
LibertarianDave Wood
Supports free trade and ending tariffs, which he says raise costs for consumers.
RepublicanGabe Evans
No published position found.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
No published position found.
LibertarianDave Wood
Supports a balanced budget amendment that would bar borrowing to finance federal spending except during a congressionally declared war.
RepublicanGabe Evans
No published position found.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
No published position found.
LibertarianDave Wood
Says housing has become less affordable because of costly regulations.
RepublicanGabe Evans
No published position found.
DemocraticManny Rutinel
No published position found.
LibertarianDave Wood
Supports congressional action to close loopholes that allow presidential executive overreach and to limit a president's actions to those in the Constitution.