Gabe Evans was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Colorado's 8th Congressional District in 2024 and to Colorado House District 48 in 2022. He served 12 years in the Army, reaching the rank of captain, and flew UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in the Colorado Army National Guard. He was an Arvada police officer from 2011 to 2022, retiring as a lieutenant.
2024
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado's 8th Congressional District
Served 12 years in the Army, reaching the rank of captain; served as a UH-60 Black Hawk pilot and company commander in the Colorado Army National Guard; served in Operation Enduring Freedom and completed a combat deployment to the Middle East; served in the Virginia Army National Guard from 2007 to 2009
The Colorado Union of Taxpayers (CUT) rates how often legislators vote with its positions on taxes, spending, TABOR and other issues, including property rights and parental rights.
CUT rating (2023): 70% CUT rating (2024): 69% Average of listed CUT ratings (2023, 2024): 69.5%
The guide gives each listed year equal weight, omits years without a rating and rounds only the final average to one decimal. This is a guide calculation, not a CUT-published lifetime score.
Manny Rutinel represented House District 32 in the Colorado House of Representatives until he resigned on September 4, 2026. He is an attorney. His campaign website says he worked as an economist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and holds bachelor's degrees in microbiology and economics, a master's in economics from Johns Hopkins University and a law degree from Yale Law School.
To 2026
Colorado House of Representatives, House District 32; resigned September 4, 2026
The Colorado Union of Taxpayers (CUT) rates how often legislators vote with its positions on taxes, spending, TABOR and other issues, including property rights and parental rights.
The guide gives each listed year equal weight, omits years without a rating and rounds only the final average to one decimal. This is a guide calculation, not a CUT-published lifetime score.
Dave Wood's campaign website says he bought a television repair shop in 1976 and retired in 2018 after 28 years at an internet marketing company. It says he refused the draft in 1966 and served 13 months in federal prison, and that President Carter pardoned all draft refusers in 1977. It says he attended the University of Colorado and Berklee College of Music.
1990 to 2018
28 years at an internet marketing company; retired in 2018
Says he refused the draft, challenged it in court and served 13 months of a federal prison sentence that began in 1967; says President Carter pardoned all draft refusers in 1977
