Former Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) introduced on Tuesday that she’s working for her outdated Home seat in Colorado’s eighth Congressional District, which she narrowly misplaced final cycle to Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Colo.).
“The 8th District deserves a representative who’s looking out for them but Gabe Evans has already shown that he will always put Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and his MAGA backers in Washington first,” she mentioned in a put up on Fb.
“I can’t stand by while Gabe Evans tries to rip away health care from tens of thousands of Coloradans, including the very families I served as a pediatrician, and make life harder for working families,” she continued. “Now more than ever, Coloradans need a leader who will stand up for them and do the right thing – I’m ready to continue doing just that.”
Caraveo was first elected to the Colorado seat, which is located between Fort Collins and Denver and consists of Greeley, in 2022, after the state added one other district following the decennial Census.
However the pediatrician-turned-lawmaker misplaced her seat to Evans in November by roughly three-fourths of a proportion level.
Caraveo, nonetheless, isn’t the one Democrat who’s already introduced a bid – state Rep. Manny Rutinel has thrown his hat into the ring in addition to John Szemler, a course of enchancment guide. Others may be a part of the sector, too.
Zach Bannon, a regional press secretary with the Nationwide Republican Congressional Committee, mentioned Caraveo “is jumping in a competitive primary that is certain to be a fight to the far left to stay relevant.”
“Whoever emerges from the Democrats’ radical rat race will be just another out-of-touch liberal ready to be rejected by Coloradans,” he added in a put up on X.
The seat is rated by the nonpartisan election handicapper Cook dinner Political Report as a “toss up.”
