Democratic
Manny Rutinel
Major-party general-election nominee.
VotePredictor forecast
Manny Rutinel favored
Toss-up · predicted margin D+4.0
58%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
R+2.02026 national environment
D+6.6District polls
noneForecast spread
±7.8 pointsMargin from the district's presidential lean on its 2026 lines, one fitted intercept and the national environment as a uniform swing; the win probability adds a decaying incumbency premium (Republican incumbent running). No district poll is blended in.
Republican
Gabe Evans
Incumbent representative for CO-8. Voting record, ideology and biography →
Other listed candidates
- Dan Wood · Libertarian
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for CO-8. The forecast above is the model alone: lean, incumbency and the national environment.
Other forecasts
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Past results
Every election in Colorado's 8th district we hold a result for. District numbers are reused across redistricting, so older rows may cover different ground than the seat does today.
Candidate news
Why Do Democrats Keep Posting Videos of Themselves Pumping Iron?
After a historic setback in 2024, the Democratic rebrand appears to be working out. No, seriously—the rebrand is that they’re all filming themselves working out. In late September, Manny Rutinel, a Democrat challenging Rep. Gabe Evans in Colorado, posted a vi…
Mother Jones · October 5, 2026
Trump supercharged ICE. Now battleground candidates in both parties are recalibrating.
Randy Villegas, a Democratic candidate for Congress, addresses a town hall on data centers at the Episcopal Church of the Savior in Hanford, Calif., on Aug. 28. (Gary Kazanjian / For The Times) Since the 2024 election, Democratic congressional candidates hav…
Yahoo Entertainment · September 27, 2026
Congress wants data centers to pay for their power. Whether it'll cut your bill is unclear.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bipartisan bill aimed at shielding Americans from increased electricity costs associated with data centers being built across the country. The Ratepayer Protection Act , which passed with an overwhelming 417-3…
Yahoo Entertainment · September 16, 2026
Social Security Update: Hundreds of Thousands to Benefit Under New Proposal
A new bipartisan proposal in Congress is looking to modernize how families apply for Social Security survivor benefits. Representatives Sharice Davids, a Kansas Democrat, and Gabe Evans, a Colorado Republican, introduced the Survivor Benefits Application Mode…
Biztoc.com · September 16, 2026
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