Colorado U.S. House, district 8 · 2026

Ballot list from the state's own certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election; not yet checked against the state’s own list.

The field

Republican Incumbent

Gabe Evans

Raised: $6,904,664
From individuals: $3,056,859
From PACs and other committees: $1,720,727
From the candidate (gifts + loans): $0
Cash on hand: $2,741,409
Debts: $97,884

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $1,965,835 to support and $6,330,034 to oppose.

HMPagainst $4.3M
MAINSTREAM COLORADO FUNDagainst $652K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONfor $545K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L Eagainst $330K
PROTECT AND SERVE PACfor $312K
AMERICA FIRST AGRICULTURE ACTION INC.for $300K

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 14, 2026.

PAC and committee money

437 committees reported giving $1,551,461 in all.

CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION$10,000
ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION PAC$10,000
AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
PHILLIPS 66 PAC$10,000
WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC$10,000
REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE GROUP/TUESDAY GROUP PAC$10,000
HISPANIC LEADERSHIP TRUST$10,000
COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL$10,000

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Tracked networks

Oil, gas and private prisonsPAC checks $20K
Tech, AI and cryptoPAC checks $17K
Companies controlled from outside the U.S.PAC checks $12K

Which committees belong to each network is Network groupings matched to FEC committee IDs. Amounts are from FEC files. Bundled (earmarked) money is not counted here.

Democrat

Manny Rutinel

Raised: $4,336,988
From individuals: $4,220,418
From PACs and other committees: $92,650
From the candidate (gifts + loans): $0
Cash on hand: $601,232
Debts: $0

FEC, campaign committee totals through June 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $4,920,607 to support and $2,953,670 to oppose.

NO GOING BACK PAC INC.against $1.4M
LATINO VICTORY FUNDfor $1M
YOU CAN PUSH BACKfor $977K
SOMOS PACfor $824K
LATINO VICTORY PROJECTfor $737K
WOMEN VOTEagainst $654K

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 15, 2026.

PAC and committee money

54 committees reported giving $174,120 in all.

SWING LEFT$10,520
CHC BOLD PAC$10,000
DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)$6,000
314 ACTION FUND$5,000
BLUE MOMENTUM PAC$5,000
CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)$5,000
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE$5,000
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)$5,000

Libertarian

Dave Wood

No FEC registration on file. Candidates who raise or spend under $5,000 are not required to register.

Outside spending

No independent spending for or against this candidate in FEC filings.

PAC and committee money

No contributions from PACs or other committees in FEC committee filings.

Money in this race (FEC)

Gabe Evans	Republican	$6,904,664	$2,741,409	$1,965,835	$6,330,034
Manny Rutinel	Democrat	$4,336,988	$601,232	$4,920,607	$2,953,670

Raised and cash on hand are the campaign’s own totals; outside spending is by groups the campaign does not control. They are separate measures and are not added together.

Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2026 cycle: candidate summaries (weball26), committee-to-candidate contributions (pas226) and independent expenditures, downloaded Oct. 16, 2026.

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