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  CO District 08 - D Primary
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Colorado > CO - District 08
OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline April 12, 2026 - 06:00pm Central
Polls Open June 30, 2026 - 08:00am Central
Polls Close June 30, 2026 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2027 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2029 - 12:00pm
ContributorBrentinCO
Last ModifiedPragmaticPopulist September 12, 2025 01:23pm
Data Sources
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/2024
NameGabe Evans Votes163,320 (48.95%)
Term01/03/2025 - 01/03/2027 Margin2,449 (+0.73%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceCO District 08 11/03/2026
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
02/01/2025 09/21/2025
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Manny Rutinel 4 1 ----
Shannon Bird 1 ------
Leaning Call: Manny Rutinel (85.71%)
Weighted Call: Manny Rutinel (68.76%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

05/19/2025 05/20/2025

CANDIDATES
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Name Treasurer Dave Young St. Rep. Manny Rutinel St. Rep. Shannon Bird Amie Baca-Oehlert Denis Abrate Evan Munsing John Szemler
Note: Candidates that appear in italics are speculative and have not officially announced
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
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Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $0.00
Donate
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 3/31 $0.00
Website [Campaign Site] [Campaign Site] [Campaign Site] [Campaign Site] [Campaign Site] [Campaign Site]
Entry Date 06/04/2025 01/27/2025 05/20/2025 06/05/2025 Speculative 07/17/2025 04/08/2025
MATCHUP POLLS (1 from 1 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg8.00%-- 8.00%-- 5.00%-- 4.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Public Policy Polling 
05/19/25-05/20/25
8.00% -- 8.00% -- 5.00% -- 4.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Cty Brd. Steve O'Dorisio President Pro Tempore Dafna Michaelson Jenet  
Note: Candidates that appear in italics are speculative and have not officially announced
PartyDemocratic Democratic  
Campaign Logo  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $--  
Website  
Entry Date Speculative Speculative  
MATCHUP POLLS (1 from 1 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 0.00%--  
Public Policy Polling 
05/19/25-05/20/25
0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
 

DROPPED OUT - NO VOTES
Yadira Caraveo (D)
Apr 15, 2025 - Sep 12, 2025
Kyle A. Mullica (D)
Jun 11, 2025
Emma Pinter (D)
Jun 05, 2025
Joseph A. Salazar (D)
Jun 05, 2025
Julie Duran Mullica (D)
May 20, 2025

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
May 20, 2025 12:00pm News State lawmaker Shannon Bird joins Democratic primary to take on Gabe Evans in Colorado's 8th CD  Article BrentinCO 
Apr 16, 2025 09:00am Perspective The Triumph And The Trouble With Yadira Caraveo[CO-08]  Article BrentinCO 
Jan 27, 2025 08:00am News Manny Rutinel, Democratic state representative, is running Colorado’s 8th Congressional District  Article BrentinCO 
Nov 18, 2024 10:00am News Which Democrats may challenge Republican Gabe Evans in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District come 2026?  Article BrentinCO 

DISCUSSION
 
Joker:9757BrentinCO ( 9685.2871 points)
Tue, May 20, 2025 06:04:35 PM UTC0:00
Bird in. Treasurer Young seriously considering a run.

 
Joker:9757BrentinCO ( 9685.2871 points)
Thu, May 29, 2025 10:14:04 PM UTC0:00
Word on the street is that Dave Young will be jumping into the race next week.

 
S:11714Zackatron ( 1177.1191 points)
Thu, June 12, 2025 03:31:15 AM UTC0:00
Some folks are endorsing both Rutinel and Bird, interesting.....

But holy that's a lot of endorsements I just had to add.....

 
Joker:9757BrentinCO ( 9685.2871 points)
Thu, June 12, 2025 03:07:32 PM UTC0:00
Nice Job Big Zuck

Hmmmr. That Johnson endorsement of Rutinel is interesting. Wondering what the connection is.

Just looking at the endorsements outside the obvious geographic endorsements, Bird seems to be getting most of the mainstream Dems with Rutinel taking some of the more progressive pols. The Salazar endorsement of Baca-Oehlert is probably a pretty big endorsement on the left.

 
Joker:9757BrentinCO ( 9685.2871 points)
Wed, August 6, 2025 03:49:01 AM UTC0:00
Latest $$$ from 6/30 Reports

Candidate | Raised | COH

Rutinel | 1.6M | 810K
Bird | 446k | 373K
Caraveo | 214K | 92K
Young | 74.9K | 71.9K
Baca-Oehlert | 57.6K | 29.5K