Unlike most Republicans who ignore the well-documented drop in crime after it increased during the pandemic, state Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Fort Lupton), who’s running in one of the most competitive congressional seats in the country, has not only publicly acknowledged the lower crime rate, but credits “the left” for the drop.
State Rep. Gabe Evans has been running for Colorado’s newest congressional seat since September, but despite being the most prominent Republican in the race, he’s mostly avoided bringing up the name of his party’s standard bearer, former President Donald Trump.
Under questioning from a hard-line abortion opponent this morning, a Colorado congressional candidate said he’d support a national abortion ban, performing a perfect flip-flop from his answer to the exact same question in January.
A GOP candidate in Colorado’s most competitive congressional race dropped out Tuesday, and one of the remaining candidates left open the possibility of joining forces with Colorado’s Libertarian Party.
GOP candidates vying for the chance to oust U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-CO) tried to win the votes of fellow Republicans in Windsor, about an hour north of Denver, on Sunday by highlighting conservative elements of their biographies.
At least eight Republican congressional candidates in Colorado support the 2022 overturn of Roe v. Wade but are saying they would oppose legislation in Congress to establish a national abortion ban.
The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, has had the unintended consequence of potentially turning federal elections into referenda on abortion. Without the federal protections of Roe, a future Republican majority could pass a national abortion ban.
At a debate last night in Weld County, three Republicans vying to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo said they oppose Roe v. Wade and would vote for Donald Trump in Colorado’s upcoming presidential primary, with one of the three candidates saying the 2020 election was stolen from Trump and another hinting that it might have been.
Both GOP Candidates for CO's Newest Congressional Seat Support the Overturn of Roe, But It's Not Known if They'd Vote for a National Abortion Ban
