Colorado’s 8th Congressional District (CD8) is one of the most competitive races in the nation. Rep. Gabe Evans, a Republican, won the seat by just 2,449 votes in 2024, and in 2022, the Democratic candidate won by an even slimmer margin. This year, organizers are hoping to give Evans the boot with a canvassing strategy that might sound obvious: sitting down with voters and asking them what matters most.
Last year, Colorado Newsline reported that, contrary to U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans’ claims that his grandfather immigrated “the legal way,” Evans’ grandfather actually was an undocumented Mexican immigrant with a criminal record (attempted burglary) when he got his American citizenship in 1946, after a law was passed allowing immigrants with criminal records to do so.
In the six days since federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shot and killed a second Minneapolis resident, VA nurse Alex Pretti, Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO) has made 12 Facebook posts, 15 posts to Instagram and X, and published a newsletter with 10 news blurbs. None of these mentions the shooting death of Americans by federal law enforcement officers.
Soon after he voted against extending funds for an Obamacare program that helped lower health insurance premiums for over 200,000 Coloradans, U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) announced, “Extending that for three more years isn’t reform. It’s rewarding failure.”
House Republicans in vulnerable districts find themselves in a difficult position when it comes to their stance on healthcare access. President Donald Trump has an approval rating of 36%, the lowest of his second term, according to Gallup, and election watchers expect a referendum on the party in power in the midterms. Healthcare access relates to a central issue in the midterms — affordability — that political experts say Republicans can’t afford to neglect. But if Republicans stray too far from the president, they risk losing his support and alienating their base during the primaries.
Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO) has doubled down on the claim that every person currently detained by ICE in Colorado deserves to be behind bars. He made his most recent statement Monday in an interview with Nexstar reporter Vinay Simlot, repeating an assertion he first made over the summer.
U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO), who owns three cows, has decided to continue ranching his land, which means his land in Weld County will continue to be designated as agricultural, saving him about $1,000 in taxes each year.
A congressional district north of Denver is expected to be a battleground for a race that will help determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives after this year’s midterm elections. It’s represented by Republican Gabe Evans, who defeated Democrat Yadira Caraveo in 2024 by fewer than 2,500 votes. He was sworn into office in January, and the Colorado Times Recorder has been covering the congressman and developments in his district ever since. Here is a sample of our reporting.
The Colorado Times Recorder‘s correspondents in Washington D.C. published stories throughout 2025. Here’s a sample of our articles from the Beltway.
Adam DeRito, who announced this month that he is challenging Evans for the Republican nomination in 2026, said he would have voted ‘yes’ on the bill.
