Manny Rutinel
CO-08
Attacked tax breaks and handouts for Big Tech and data centers
I don't think that the largest AI companies in the world or the largest companies in the world who are laying off thousands of employees should be getting tax breaks.Debate, October 8, 2026
Supported stronger oversight of data-center development
I think we need to make sure that we have good safeguards in place, so that we are not destroying our public safety or our environment in the process of developing data centers, and that means making sure that we protect our public lands, our waters, and that the development of data centers doesn’t increase prices for ratepayersNews story, May 28, 2026
That means making sure that we protect our public lands, our water, and that the development of data centers doesn't increase energy prices for ratepayers.News story, October 19, 2026
Developer responsibility for infrastructure and utility costs
That means making sure that we protect our public lands, our water, and that the development of data centers doesn't increase energy prices for ratepayers.News story, October 19, 2026
Enforceable water, energy, and community protections
I think we need to make sure that we have good safeguards in place, so that we are not destroying our public safety or our environment in the process of developing data centers, and that means making sure that we protect our public lands, our waters, and that the development of data centers doesn’t increase prices for ratepayersNews story, May 28, 2026
Supported reining in or regulating Big Tech and AI companies
That's why I support policies that ensure AI companies are not above the law. That includes requiring large AI firms to report critical safety incidents in a timely manner, requiring independent safety reviews before major model releases, implementing protections for whistleblowers, holding AI firms that lie to the government about safety practices or infringe on privacy rights accountable, and requiring notice before AI-driven layoffs at large employers.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
I think before a major update, there should be rigorous testing to make sure that the technology will be safe for allNews story, October 21, 2026
Called for big structural changes that expand public coverage or Medicare benefits: Medicare for All, a public option, a Medicare buy-in, lowering the Medicare age such as Medicare at 55, or dental, vision, and/or hearing in Medicare
I want to make sure that we have a public option so that a public entity is able to compete alongside private insurersNews story, October 21, 2026
Families here went from about $500 a month in premiums to $2,000 after Gabe Evans let ACA credits expire, and he voted to gut Medicaid right after promising he wouldn’t. I’ll fight to restore both, build a public healthcare option, and lower prescription drug costs. I’ll fight the corrupt Trump-Evans tariffs and bring an end to their forever wars driving up the prices of groceries, fertilizer, and gas. I’ll stand up to corruption by refusing corporate PAC money, fighting to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, and supporting term limits.News story, October 2, 2026
We need to make sure that there's a public option in place so that folks who have private insurance, if they like, they can keep, and folks who are able to opt into that public option are able to do so, but Gabe Evans will never do that because he's only responsive to his corporate health care donors and the billionaire buddies that fuel his campaign.News story, October 7, 2026
I think that we need to be pushing for a public option and we also need to be restoring the cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act that Donald Trump has inflicted on the people of this district.Debate, June 9, 2026
Beyond that, I want to make sure that we have a public option so that a public entity is able to compete alongside private insurersNews story, October 21, 2026
I think we also need to make sure that we push forward for a public option that allows for a public entity to compete alongside private insurance companies.Debate, June 9, 2026
We need to make sure that there's a public option in place so that folks who have private insurance that they like they can keep and folks who are able to opt into that public option are able to do so.Debate, October 8, 2026
And I think we should explore other options, like the public option, to be able to make sure that we have the lowest cost possible and affordable healthcare for everyone across the country.News story, May 28, 2026
Called to reverse the cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, or ACA coverage
I will reverse Trump and Evans’s cuts to Medicaid.News story, October 4, 2026
Families here went from about $500 a month in premiums to $2,000 after Gabe Evans let ACA credits expire, and he voted to gut Medicaid right after promising he wouldn’t. I’ll fight to restore both, build a public healthcare option, and lower prescription drug costs. I’ll fight the corrupt Trump-Evans tariffs and bring an end to their forever wars driving up the prices of groceries, fertilizer, and gas. I’ll stand up to corruption by refusing corporate PAC money, fighting to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, and supporting term limits.News story, October 2, 2026
I think that we need to be pushing for a public option and we also need to be restoring the cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act that Donald Trump has inflicted on the people of this district.Debate, June 9, 2026
I think we need to bring back Medicaid, we need to bring back the Affordable Care Act credits so that folks have the option to be able to get great insurance at an affordable priceNews story, May 28, 2026
In Congress, I will restore funding for Medicaid and the Affordable Care ActNews story, June 30, 2026
I will support reversing Trump and Evans’s cuts to MedicaidNews story, October 4, 2026
I believe we should bring back the tax credits eliminated by the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and end the war in Iran. Those are two concrete actions to lower the cost of energy and fuel. Beyond that, inflation is a product of how much people pay. Trump and Evans destroyed Medicaid and Obamacare. So I am going to support restoring those programs. And I also want to end the corrupt tariff policies, which act as a tax on the American people that raises the price of food and supplies across our economy.News story, October 4, 2026
When I get to Congress, I'm going to reverse those [health care] cuts to bring back the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid on day one.News story, October 7, 2026
Like many Coloradans, Manny Rutinel grew up in a family that relied on Medicaid and knows how vital these programs are for working families in Colorado. When elected, Manny will fight from day one to reverse these devastating cuts and ensure that every Coloradan can afford the health care they need.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
When I get to Congress, I'm going to reverse those cuts to bring back the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid on day one.Debate, October 8, 2026
When I get to Congress, I'm going to reverse the cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act so that folks can have affordable health insurance here in Colorado.Debate, October 8, 2026
We need to make sure that we completely bring back the Medicaid cuts that Donald Trump and Gabe Evans uh have inflicted on the working people of this district.Debate, June 9, 2026
Uh, but the first few things that I'll mention is we need to reverse the cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.Interview, October 9, 2026
Tonight, Rutinel will focus on his plans to lower costs – including by ending Trump’s reckless tariffs that are hurting families and small businesses, restoring Medicaid and Affordable Care Act funding, and ending Trump’s war in Iran that’s raising prices here at home – while holding Evans accountable for failing Colorado families.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Called for lowering prescription-drug prices
Families here went from about $500 a month in premiums to $2,000 after Gabe Evans let ACA credits expire, and he voted to gut Medicaid right after promising he wouldn’t. I’ll fight to restore both, build a public healthcare option, and lower prescription drug costs. I’ll fight the corrupt Trump-Evans tariffs and bring an end to their forever wars driving up the prices of groceries, fertilizer, and gas. I’ll stand up to corruption by refusing corporate PAC money, fighting to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, and supporting term limits.News story, October 2, 2026
I think also we should leverage Medicare's power to be able to negotiate prices on drugs, which will mean that not only do folks pay less in drug prices, but that'll save taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars every year that is otherwise going to profits for big pharma.Debate, June 8, 2026
In the Colorado House, I took on drug companies to cap insulin prices, cracked down on grocery price gouging, and built more affordable housing.Video ad, September 1, 2026
That way we can lower prescription costs for seniors, while also lowering our deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars that would otherwise be going into profits for Big Pharma.News story, October 20, 2026
We need to expand Medicare’s power to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs just like the VA does for our veterans.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
I want to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for every American who needs it and provide similar benefits for other essential medicines.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
One is, you know, we can allow Medicare to be able to negotiate prescription drug prices, which will not just lower the costs for the Medicare recipients, but also save hundreds of billions of dollars in in taxpayer funds.Debate, June 9, 2026
I will bring down the costs of prescription drugs, health care premiums, and energy bills to give people real breathing room.Ballotpedia candidate survey, March 2, 2026
I will reduce the burden on working- and middle-class families by bringing down the costs of everyday things – prescription drugs, health care premiums, and energy bills.Campaign website (undated)
Rutinel describes growing up on Medicaid and being raised by a hardworking single mom and his time as an economist in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He then emphasizes his frustration with political corruption and walks voters through his work to lower insulin prices, crack down on grocery price gouging, and building more affordable housing in the Colorado State HouseCampaign website, September 1, 2026
He then emphasizes his frustration with political corruption and walks voters through his work to lower insulin prices, crack down on grocery price gouging, and building more affordable housing in the Colorado State House.Campaign website, September 1, 2026
He then emphasizes his frustration with political corruption and walks voters through his work to lower insulin prices, crack down on grocery price gouging, and building more affordable housing in the Colorado State House.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
It’s saving taxpayers money by cutting the federal deficit by hundreds of billions because Medicare will no longer have to pay exorbitant prices to Big Pharma.Campaign website (undated)
He then emphasizes his frustration with political corruption and walks voters through his work to lower insulin prices, crack down on grocery price gouging, and building more affordable housing in the Colorado State House.Campaign website, September 15, 2026
We need to expand Medicare’s power to negotiate lower drug prices just like the VA does for our veterans and crack down on surprise hospital billing.News story, October 3, 2026
No family should have to choose between life-saving medical drugs or paying for rent or putting food on the table. That is the bare minimum in the richest nation in the worldNews story, May 28, 2026
Prescription-drug price limits
I want to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for every American who needs it and provide similar benefits for other essential medicines.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
Called for restoring ACA subsidies
Families here went from about $500 a month in premiums to $2,000 after Gabe Evans let ACA credits expire, and he voted to gut Medicaid right after promising he wouldn’t. I’ll fight to restore both, build a public healthcare option, and lower prescription drug costs. I’ll fight the corrupt Trump-Evans tariffs and bring an end to their forever wars driving up the prices of groceries, fertilizer, and gas. I’ll stand up to corruption by refusing corporate PAC money, fighting to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, and supporting term limits.News story, October 2, 2026
we need to bring back the Affordable Care Act credits so that folks have the option to be able to get great insurance at an affordable priceNews story, May 28, 2026
I think we need to bring back Medicaid, we need to bring back the Affordable Care Act credits so that folks have the option to be able to get great insurance at an affordable priceNews story, May 28, 2026
When I get to Congress, I'm going to reverse those [health care] cuts to bring back the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid on day one.News story, October 7, 2026
Government price negotiation
I think also we should leverage Medicare's power to be able to negotiate prices on drugs, which will mean that not only do folks pay less in drug prices, but that'll save taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars every year that is otherwise going to profits for big pharma.Debate, June 8, 2026
We need to expand Medicare’s power to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs just like the VA does for our veterans.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
One is, you know, we can allow Medicare to be able to negotiate prescription drug prices, which will not just lower the costs for the Medicare recipients, but also save hundreds of billions of dollars in in taxpayer funds.Debate, June 9, 2026
We need to expand Medicare’s power to negotiate lower drug prices just like the VA does for our veterans and crack down on surprise hospital billing.News story, October 3, 2026
Creating a public option
I want to make sure that we have a public option so that a public entity is able to compete alongside private insurersNews story, October 21, 2026
Families here went from about $500 a month in premiums to $2,000 after Gabe Evans let ACA credits expire, and he voted to gut Medicaid right after promising he wouldn’t. I’ll fight to restore both, build a public healthcare option, and lower prescription drug costs. I’ll fight the corrupt Trump-Evans tariffs and bring an end to their forever wars driving up the prices of groceries, fertilizer, and gas. I’ll stand up to corruption by refusing corporate PAC money, fighting to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, and supporting term limits.News story, October 2, 2026
We need to make sure that there's a public option in place so that folks who have private insurance, if they like, they can keep, and folks who are able to opt into that public option are able to do so, but Gabe Evans will never do that because he's only responsive to his corporate health care donors and the billionaire buddies that fuel his campaign.News story, October 7, 2026
I think that we need to be pushing for a public option and we also need to be restoring the cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act that Donald Trump has inflicted on the people of this district.Debate, June 9, 2026
Beyond that, I want to make sure that we have a public option so that a public entity is able to compete alongside private insurersNews story, October 21, 2026
I think we also need to make sure that we push forward for a public option that allows for a public entity to compete alongside private insurance companies.Debate, June 9, 2026
We need to make sure that there's a public option in place so that folks who have private insurance that they like they can keep and folks who are able to opt into that public option are able to do so.Debate, October 8, 2026
And I think we should explore other options, like the public option, to be able to make sure that we have the lowest cost possible and affordable healthcare for everyone across the country.News story, May 28, 2026
Called for higher taxes on billionaires and the wealthy
I think that we need to make sure that folks under certain income thresholds uh are able to afford uh child care and I think we do that by funding it by taxing the wealthiest people on this planet and our large corporations.Debate, June 8, 2026
What we need to do is we make a tax system that makes it so that the wealthy pay their fair share, so that we can have important programs like Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act and fully funded schools, and that’s what I will be focusing on when I’m in Congress.News story, May 28, 2026
I’ll expand tax credits for millions of working parents, make billionaires pay what they owe in taxes, and close corporate tax loopholes.News story, October 3, 2026
If there are any tax cuts related to folks making under $500,000 a year, I’m going to make sure that they don’t pay any more in taxes. But for the folks that are making millions, billions of dollars every single year, I want to make sure that they’re paying their fair share.News story, October 20, 2026
That includes just providing an influx of resources by making sure that we are taxing the wealthy appropriately, so that working families have the ability to pay for childcare and do the things that they need to do to be able to provide for their family in other ways.News story, May 28, 2026
I’ll expand tax credits for millions of working parents, make billionaires pay what they owe in taxes, and close tax loopholes for corporations.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
I want to close the loopholes that allow the very wealthy to avoid paying their taxes. Instead of cutting the number of audits of wealthy taxpayers, I’ll support laws that reduce the deficit by hundreds of billions by cracking down on wealthy tax cheats.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
billionaires should be paying their fair share in taxesNews story, October 21, 2026
Called for corporations to pay more in taxes
I think that we need to make sure that folks under certain income thresholds uh are able to afford uh child care and I think we do that by funding it by taxing the wealthiest people on this planet and our large corporations.Debate, June 8, 2026
I’ll expand tax credits for millions of working parents, make billionaires pay what they owe in taxes, and close corporate tax loopholes.News story, October 3, 2026
I’ll expand tax credits for millions of working parents, make billionaires pay what they owe in taxes, and close tax loopholes for corporations.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
I want to close the loopholes that allow the very wealthy to avoid paying their taxes. Instead of cutting the number of audits of wealthy taxpayers, I’ll support laws that reduce the deficit by hundreds of billions by cracking down on wealthy tax cheats.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
I will lower costs for hardworking families by expanding tax credits for millions of working parents, making billionaires pay what they owe, and closing tax loopholes for corporationsBallotpedia candidate survey, March 2, 2026
A: Lowering costs for working families: I will lower costs for hardworking families by expanding tax credits for millions of working parents, making billionaires pay what they owe, and closing tax loopholes for corporations.Ballotpedia candidate survey, March 2, 2026
I will lower costs for middle-class families. I’ll expand tax credits for millions of working parents, make billionaires pay what they owe in taxes, and close tax loopholes for corporationsCampaign website (undated)
Called for campaign-finance reform to reduce big money's influence
I will fight every single day to ban stock trading by members of Congress and close lobbyist loopholes. And I will fight to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of our politicsSeptember 25, 2026 Colorado Public Radio voter guide
We need to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of politics because special interests and dark money groups try to buy our elections. We need to give that power back to the people.News story, June 9, 2026
I will fight to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of our politicsNews story, September 25, 2026
And I will fight to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of our politicsNews story, September 25, 2026
Congress must protect every American’s right to vote and ensure that our elections are free, fair, and secure. These issues are not new to me. In the state House, I’ve sponsored and passed bills to expand voting rights and fight back against Trump’s attacks on our democracy. Congress should pass legislation that protects voters from suppression, ensures adequate funding for election security infrastructure, and prevents political interference in how votes are counted and certified. We need to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of politics because special interests and dark money groups try to buy our elections. We need to give that power back to the people.News story, June 9, 2026
I’ll fight to ban corporate donations to politicians, ban Congressional stock trading, and pass term limits.News story, October 3, 2026
I will fight to ban stock trading by members of Congress and close lobbyist loopholes. I will fight to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of politics.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
Uh and I think we need to ban corporate donations to politicians and reverse Citizens United.Interview, October 9, 2026
I want to make sure that we pass term limits and I want to make sure that we stop corporate donations to politicians.News story, October 27, 2026
Corporate PAC donations are flowing to Gabe Evans, the same corporations raising the price of your gas, healthcare, and groceries, and we need to put a stop to it.Campaign website, August 24, 2026
I'm going to prevent corporate donations to politicians and I'm going to pass term limits when I get to Congress.Debate, October 8, 2026
We need to stop corporate donations to politicians.Debate, October 8, 2026
And when I get to Congress, I'm going to do all three of those things.Debate, October 8, 2026
I will fight to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of politics.Campaign website (undated)
I'll fight to ban corporate donations to politicians, ban stock trading by Congress and finally pass term limitsCampaign website, September 16, 2025
And in Congress, I'll fight to ban corporate donations to politicians, ban stock trading by Congress and finally pass term limits.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Corporate PAC donations are flowing to Gabe Evans, the same corporations raising the price of your gas, healthcare, and groceries, and we need to put a stop to it.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Called to overturn Citizens United
I will fight every single day to ban stock trading by members of Congress and close lobbyist loopholes. And I will fight to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of our politicsSeptember 25, 2026 Colorado Public Radio voter guide
We need to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of politics because special interests and dark money groups try to buy our elections. We need to give that power back to the people.News story, June 9, 2026
I will fight to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of our politicsNews story, September 25, 2026
And I will fight to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of our politicsNews story, September 25, 2026
Congress must protect every American’s right to vote and ensure that our elections are free, fair, and secure. These issues are not new to me. In the state House, I’ve sponsored and passed bills to expand voting rights and fight back against Trump’s attacks on our democracy. Congress should pass legislation that protects voters from suppression, ensures adequate funding for election security infrastructure, and prevents political interference in how votes are counted and certified. We need to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of politics because special interests and dark money groups try to buy our elections. We need to give that power back to the people.News story, June 9, 2026
I will fight to ban stock trading by members of Congress and close lobbyist loopholes. I will fight to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of politics.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
Uh and I think we need to ban corporate donations to politicians and reverse Citizens United.Interview, October 9, 2026
I will fight to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of politics.Campaign website (undated)
Refused corporate PAC money
I’ll stand up to corruption by refusing corporate PAC money, fighting to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, and supporting term limits.News story, October 2, 2026
Our campaign, I've never accepted a single penny from corporate PACs.News story, October 27, 2026
Families here went from about $500 a month in premiums to $2,000 after Gabe Evans let ACA credits expire, and he voted to gut Medicaid right after promising he wouldn’t. I’ll fight to restore both, build a public healthcare option, and lower prescription drug costs. I’ll fight the corrupt Trump-Evans tariffs and bring an end to their forever wars driving up the prices of groceries, fertilizer, and gas. I’ll stand up to corruption by refusing corporate PAC money, fighting to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, and supporting term limits.News story, October 2, 2026
I’m not taking money from corporate PACs, so I have nowhere else to turnFacebook or Instagram ad, December 2, 2025
I’m not taking money from corporate PACsFacebook or Instagram ad, December 2, 2025
I've never taken a penny from corporate PACs and I never will.Interview, June 23, 2026
We’re real grassroots campaign, and we have never accepted a single penny from corporate PacsNews story, August 20, 2026
My campaign does not take corporate PAC money because I believe elected officials should answer to the people, not corporate special interests.News story, October 3, 2026
Rutinel is the only legislator in the race who’s never taken corporate PAC moneyCampaign website, September 16, 2025
individual donors who have donated an average of $27 into our campaign without a single penny from corporate packs.Debate, June 8, 2026
I’m not taking money from corporate PACs, so I have nowhere else to turn: Please, will you make a donation to my campaign right now – whatever you can affordFacebook/Instagram ad, December 2, 2025
I'm also uh someone who's never taken a single penny from corporate PACs.Interview, June 23, 2026
We're getting the support of over 80,000 folks that gone to mannyforcolorado.com and chipped in an average of 27 bucks cuz we are not taking a single penny of corporate PAC donations, unlike uh Gabe Evans, who is just rolling in corporate PAC money and just enabling the corruption of the Trump administration.Interview, August 21, 2026
All that support, by the way, was done with zero dollars coming from corporate packs.Interview, March 13, 2026
We're getting the support of over 80,000 folks that gone to mannyforcolorado.com and chipped in an average of 27 bucks cuz we are not taking a single penny of corporateInterview, August 21, 2026
I’m the only candidate in this race who’s never accepted Corporate PAC money.Post on X, June 9, 2026
No Corporate PAC Money Pledge: My campaign does not take corporate PAC money because I believe elected officials should answer to the people, not corporate special interests.Campaign website (undated)
- Has never taken corporate PAC money.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
I'm Manny Rutinel. I don't take their money.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
I am the only person on this stage that has never accepted a penny from corporate packs.Debate, June 8, 2026
My campaign does not take corporate PAC money because I believe elected officials should answer to the people, not corporate special interests.News story, June 9, 2026
Called for banning stock trading by members of Congress
I will fight every single day to ban stock trading by members of Congress and close lobbyist loopholes. And I will fight to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of our politicsSeptember 25, 2026 Colorado Public Radio voter guide
I’ll stand up to corruption by refusing corporate PAC money, fighting to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, and supporting term limits.News story, October 2, 2026
I want to make sure that we stop members of Congress from being able to trade stocks.News story, October 27, 2026
Families here went from about $500 a month in premiums to $2,000 after Gabe Evans let ACA credits expire, and he voted to gut Medicaid right after promising he wouldn’t. I’ll fight to restore both, build a public healthcare option, and lower prescription drug costs. I’ll fight the corrupt Trump-Evans tariffs and bring an end to their forever wars driving up the prices of groceries, fertilizer, and gas. I’ll stand up to corruption by refusing corporate PAC money, fighting to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, and supporting term limits.News story, October 2, 2026
I’ll fight to ban corporate donations to politicians, ban Congressional stock trading, and pass term limits.News story, October 3, 2026
I will fight to ban stock trading by members of Congress and close lobbyist loopholes. I will fight to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of politics.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
I will fight every single day to ban stock trading by members of Congress and close lobbyist loopholes.News story, September 25, 2026
End Corruption in Congress: I will fight to ban stock trading by members of Congress and close lobbyist loopholes.Campaign website (undated)
We need to end congressional stock trading and we need to put some term limits in place so that we can bring the power back to the people.Debate, October 8, 2026
So when I get to Congress, I'm going to ban congressional stock trading.Debate, October 8, 2026
And when I get to Congress, I'm going to do all three of those things.Debate, October 8, 2026
I think that we need to prevent congressional stock trading.Interview, October 9, 2026
I'll fight to ban corporate donations to politicians, ban stock trading by Congress and finally pass term limitsCampaign website, September 16, 2025
And in Congress, I'll fight to ban corporate donations to politicians, ban stock trading by Congress and finally pass term limits.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Supported stronger conflict-of-interest and ethics rules
End Corruption in Congress: I will fight to ban stock trading by members of Congress and close lobbyist loopholes.Campaign website (undated)
Called out Trump's corruption, self-dealing, or profiting from office
Uh, we need to stop these corrupt, chaotic tariff policies, and we need to stop the war in Iran. And if we do all those things, we're going to lower health care prices. We're going to lower grocery prices, and we're also going to lower gas and diesel costs.Interview, October 9, 2026
I will put an end to these corrupt tariff policies that Donald Trump is using to be able to enrich himself and his family in raising prices across the board.News article, June 23, 2026
And Donald Trump and Gabe Evans time and time again have been pushing these corrupt, chaotic tariff policies that are raising the price of our groceries and our housing.Debate, October 8, 2026
Gabe Evans said that he was going to lower grocery prices and instead he started these corrupt chaotic tariff policies that are making lives impossible for small businesses and raising the cost of our groceries and housing.Debate, October 8, 2026
And then I became a legislator where I co-sponsored over 400 laws to lower costs, including in housing and healthcare, and stop Donald Trump's corrupt practices, his invasion into our schools and hospitals with his massed ICE agents.Debate, June 8, 2026
the board go up, as well as the chaotic and corrupt policies of of the tariffs that Donald Trump is using to enrich himself and his family members.Debate, June 9, 2026
He said that he was going to lower grocery prices, and instead he's allowed Donald Trump to engage in the most corrupt, chaotic tariff policies in American history.Debate, October 8, 2026
We're getting the support of over 80,000 folks that gone to mannyforcolorado.com and chipped in an average of 27 bucks cuz we are not taking a single penny of corporate PAC donations, unlike uh Gabe Evans, who is just rolling in corporate PAC money and just enabling the corruption of the Trump administration.Interview, August 21, 2026
Uh, we need to stop these corrupt, chaotic tariff policies, and we need to stop the war in Iran.Interview, October 9, 2026
I will put an end to these corrupt tariff policies that Donald Trump is using to be able to enrich himselfInterview, September 18, 2026
They said they were going to cut healthcare costs and instead they have destroyed Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. They said they were going to lower grocery prices and instead they've started these tariff wars that are corrupt and chaotic and raising grocery and housing prices along the wayInterview, September 9, 2026
Uh Donald Trump and Gabe Evans said that they were going to go after grocery costs, and instead they started a tariff chaotic and corrupt in all its ways, aInterview, July 27, 2026
Uh, and then the third decision is that he has time and time again voted for these corrupt, chaotic tariff policies that are making our groceries and our housing more expensive.Interview, October 9, 2026
own constituents and because he continuously votes with Donald Trump to raise the price of our groceries through these corrupt tariff policies, to raise the price of our gas withInterview, August 21, 2026
concerned about the sort of transactionalism and corruption that's happening right now between Donald Trump and some AI companies.Interview, August 21, 2026
They said they were going to lower grocery prices and instead they've started these tariff wars that are corrupt and chaotic and raising grocery and housing prices along the way.Interview, September 9, 2026
And Donald Trump and Gabe Evans time and time again have been pushing these corrupt, chaotic tariff policies that are raising the price of our groceries and our housing.News article, October 7, 2026
I will fight to keep our federal government focused on lowering costs and stop Trump’s corruption and abuse of power.Campaign website (undated)
The Board also applauded Rutinel for calling for an end to Donald Trump’s reckless war in Iran that Gabe Evans continues to back and the corrupt, chaotic tariffs raising costs on all everyday items that Evans 100% supports.Campaign website, October 29, 2026
Grocery prices are going through the roof because of the corrupt, chaotic tariff policies that you are pushing, and healthcare insurance premiums are going through the roof because you’ve gutted the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
I now serve in the Colorado State House, fighting for working families and defending the rights and freedoms of every Coloradan from the cruelty and corruption of the Trump AdministrationBallotpedia candidate survey, March 2, 2026
I’ll deliver results that make life better and stop Trump’s cruelty and corruption.News story, June 9, 2026
Reforming the Supreme Court
Yes, I believe in term limits across the board: senators, members of Congress, Supreme Court justicesNews story, October 21, 2026
Signed the October 26, 2026 joint letter calling for a Supreme Court ethics code.
Require an ethical code of conduct for the US Supreme Court.Joint candidate letter (Defend the Vote), October 26, 2026
Setting Supreme Court term limits
Yes, I believe in term limits across the board: senators, members of Congress, Supreme Court justicesNews story, October 21, 2026
Called for a Supreme Court ethics code or enforceable ethics rules
Signed the October 26, 2026 joint letter calling for a Supreme Court ethics code.
Require an ethical code of conduct for the US Supreme Court.Joint candidate letter (Defend the Vote), October 26, 2026
Called for reversing tariffs that raise household costs
We also need folks who are going to lower grocery prices, not raise them. And Donald Trump and Gabe Evans time and time again have been pushing these corrupt, chaotic tariff policies that are raising the price of our groceries and our housing. When I get to Congress, I'm going to put an end to these chaotic corrupt tariff policies on day one.Debate, October 8, 2026
And I also want to end the corrupt tariff policies, which act as a tax on the American people that raises the price of food and supplies across our economy.News story, October 4, 2026
When I get to Congress, I'm going to put an end to these chaotic, corrupt tariff policies on day one.News story, October 7, 2026
Uh, we need to stop these corrupt, chaotic tariff policies, and we need to stop the war in Iran. And if we do all those things, we're going to lower health care prices. We're going to lower grocery prices, and we're also going to lower gas and diesel costs.Interview, October 9, 2026
Trump and Evans destroyed Medicaid and Obamacare. So I am going to support restoring those programs. And I also want to end the corrupt tariff policies, which act as a tax on the American people that raises the price of food and supplies across our economy.News story, October 4, 2026
I will put an end to these corrupt tariff policies that Donald Trump is using to be able to enrich himself and his family in raising prices across the board.News article, June 23, 2026
I believe we should bring back the tax credits eliminated by the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and end the war in Iran. Those are two concrete actions to lower the cost of energy and fuel. Beyond that, inflation is a product of how much people pay. Trump and Evans destroyed Medicaid and Obamacare. So I am going to support restoring those programs. And I also want to end the corrupt tariff policies, which act as a tax on the American people that raises the price of food and supplies across our economy.News story, October 4, 2026
Uh, we need to stop these corrupt, chaotic tariff policies, and we need to stop the war in Iran.Interview, October 9, 2026
I will put an end to these corrupt tariff policies that Donald Trump is using to be able to enrich himselfInterview, September 18, 2026
I will stop his tariffs and health care cuts, protect SNAP for vulnerable households, and fight junk fees so consumers know true costs upfront.Ballotpedia candidate survey, March 2, 2026
The Board also applauded Rutinel for calling for an end to Donald Trump’s reckless war in Iran that Gabe Evans continues to back and the corrupt, chaotic tariffs raising costs on all everyday items that Evans 100% supports.Campaign website, October 29, 2026
Tonight, Rutinel will focus on his plans to lower costs – including by ending Trump’s reckless tariffs that are hurting families and small businesses, restoring Medicaid and Affordable Care Act funding, and ending Trump’s war in Iran that’s raising prices here at home – while holding Evans accountable for failing Colorado families.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Called for stopping price gouging
In the Colorado House, I took on drug companies to cap insulin prices, cracked down on grocery price gouging, and built more affordable housing.Video ad, September 1, 2026
Rutinel describes growing up on Medicaid and being raised by a hardworking single mom and his time as an economist in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He then emphasizes his frustration with political corruption and walks voters through his work to lower insulin prices, crack down on grocery price gouging, and building more affordable housing in the Colorado State HouseCampaign website, September 1, 2026
He then emphasizes his frustration with political corruption and walks voters through his work to lower insulin prices, crack down on grocery price gouging, and building more affordable housing in the Colorado State House.Campaign website, September 1, 2026
He then emphasizes his frustration with political corruption and walks voters through his work to lower insulin prices, crack down on grocery price gouging, and building more affordable housing in the Colorado State House.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
He then emphasizes his frustration with political corruption and walks voters through his work to lower insulin prices, crack down on grocery price gouging, and building more affordable housing in the Colorado State House.Campaign website, September 15, 2026
- Voted to crack down on grocery price gouging when prices are raised more than 10% during a declared disaster emergency.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Called for making child care more affordable
I think that we need to make sure that folks under certain income thresholds uh are able to afford uh child care and I think we do that by funding it by taxing the wealthiest people on this planet and our large corporations.Debate, June 8, 2026
That includes just providing an influx of resources by making sure that we are taxing the wealthy appropriately, so that working families have the ability to pay for childcare and do the things that they need to do to be able to provide for their family in other ways.News story, May 28, 2026
I will work to make sure working parents can afford to raise a family and have access to sick days, paid family and medical leave, and affordable child care that will enable millions more people to go to work.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
Called for lowering household utility bills
I will bring down the costs of prescription drugs, health care premiums, and energy bills to give people real breathing room.Ballotpedia candidate survey, March 2, 2026
I will reduce the burden on working- and middle-class families by bringing down the costs of everyday things – prescription drugs, health care premiums, and energy bills.Campaign website (undated)
In sharp contrast to Gabe Evans, who votes with Trump and his reckless, cost-hiking agenda 100% of the time, Rutinel is running to lower health care, grocery, utility, and housing costs for Coloradans, fight for working families, and end corruption in Washington.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Blamed high gas and fuel prices on the Iran war, tariffs, or oil companies
He voted seven times for Trump’s war in Iran, sending gas prices soaring.Facebook or Instagram ad, October 20, 2026
But Gabe Evans voted for Trump's war, sending gas prices soaring.Video ad, October 13, 2026
Named policies to lower child-care costs: universal child care, public funding or subsidies, or caps on family costs
I think that we need to make sure that folks under certain income thresholds uh are able to afford uh child care and I think we do that by funding it by taxing the wealthiest people on this planet and our large corporations.Debate, June 8, 2026
I think that for families under a certain threshold that it should be free for them, and that wealthier families can afford childcare, typicallyNews story, May 28, 2026
Public funding, subsidies, or child-care tax credits
I think that we need to make sure that folks under certain income thresholds uh are able to afford uh child care and I think we do that by funding it by taxing the wealthiest people on this planet and our large corporations.Debate, June 8, 2026
I think that for families under a certain threshold that it should be free for them, and that wealthier families can afford childcare, typicallyNews story, May 28, 2026
Supported stronger union organizing and collective-bargaining rights
I think oil and gas workers deserve the right to be able to unionize.Debate, June 8, 2026
I support workers taking collective action for fair wages and believe that families deserve economic stability.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
Supported raising the minimum wage
We should absolutely raise the federal minimum wageNews story, May 28, 2026
A strong middle class is essential for a healthy economy, and I’ll work to create good-paying jobs, raise the federal minimum wage, and ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to succeed.Campaign website (undated)
Supported expanding paid leave or paid time off
I will work to make sure working parents can afford to raise a family and have access to sick days, paid family and medical leave, and affordable child care that will enable millions more people to go to work.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
Supported stronger workplace protections
In stressing how he will support carpenters and other union members in Colorado, Rutinel highlighted his past work in the state legislature, “when Donald Trump and Gabe Evans started destroying OSHA, we here in Colorado brought a bill called the Colorado Worker Safety Act, so that labor unions, when they are put at risk by their corporate employers, they're able to fight back.”Campaign website, September 16, 2025
In stressing how he will support carpenters and other union members in Colorado, Rutinel highlighted his past work in the state legislature, “when Donald Trump and Gabe Evans started destroying OSHA, we here in Colorado brought a bill called the Colorado Worker Safety Act, so that labor unions, when they are put at risk by their corporate employers, they're able to fight back.”Campaign website, October 5, 2026
Rutinel also stood with UFCW 7 members on strike against JBS in Greeley calling for higher wages and better conditionsCampaign website, September 16, 2025
when Donald Trump and Gabe Evans started destroying OSHA, we here in Colorado brought a bill called the Colorado Worker Safety Act, so that labor unions, when they are put at risk by their corporate employers, they're able to fight back.Campaign press release, October 5, 2026
Workplace safety and labor-law enforcement
In stressing how he will support carpenters and other union members in Colorado, Rutinel highlighted his past work in the state legislature, “when Donald Trump and Gabe Evans started destroying OSHA, we here in Colorado brought a bill called the Colorado Worker Safety Act, so that labor unions, when they are put at risk by their corporate employers, they're able to fight back.”Campaign website, September 16, 2025
In stressing how he will support carpenters and other union members in Colorado, Rutinel highlighted his past work in the state legislature, “when Donald Trump and Gabe Evans started destroying OSHA, we here in Colorado brought a bill called the Colorado Worker Safety Act, so that labor unions, when they are put at risk by their corporate employers, they're able to fight back.”Campaign website, October 5, 2026
when Donald Trump and Gabe Evans started destroying OSHA, we here in Colorado brought a bill called the Colorado Worker Safety Act, so that labor unions, when they are put at risk by their corporate employers, they're able to fight back.Campaign press release, October 5, 2026
Supported protecting workers from AI-related harms
That's why I support policies that ensure AI companies are not above the law. That includes requiring large AI firms to report critical safety incidents in a timely manner, requiring independent safety reviews before major model releases, implementing protections for whistleblowers, holding AI firms that lie to the government about safety practices or infringe on privacy rights accountable, and requiring notice before AI-driven layoffs at large employers.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
Displacement protections
That's why I support policies that ensure AI companies are not above the law. That includes requiring large AI firms to report critical safety incidents in a timely manner, requiring independent safety reviews before major model releases, implementing protections for whistleblowers, holding AI firms that lie to the government about safety practices or infringe on privacy rights accountable, and requiring notice before AI-driven layoffs at large employers.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
Called for making housing more affordable
In the Colorado House, I took on drug companies to cap insulin prices, cracked down on grocery price gouging, and built more affordable housing.Video ad, September 1, 2026
I believe we can advance the creation of a fund at the national level to build housing for low-income individuals, just as we have done in Colorado.News story, October 4, 2026
And then I became a legislator where I co-sponsored over 400 laws to lower costs, including in housing and healthcare, and stop Donald Trump's corrupt practices, his invasion into our schools and hospitals with his massed ICE agents.Debate, June 8, 2026
I’m running for Congress to lower costs.Post on X, June 24, 2026
In sharp contrast to Gabe Evans, who votes with Trump and his reckless, cost-hiking agenda 100% of the time, Rutinel is running to lower health care, grocery, utility, and housing costs for Coloradans, fight for working families, and end corruption in Washington.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
That’s why I’m running for Congress—to fight for families like mine and make sure the hardworking members of our community don’t have to struggle to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads.Campaign website, January 27, 2025
Rutinel describes growing up on Medicaid and being raised by a hardworking single mom and his time as an economist in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He then emphasizes his frustration with political corruption and walks voters through his work to lower insulin prices, crack down on grocery price gouging, and building more affordable housing in the Colorado State HouseCampaign website, September 1, 2026
We must fight to lower the cost of housing, gas, groceries, and healthcare and stand up to stop the corruption in Washington.Campaign website (undated)
I’m running for Congress to fight for working families like mine: to lower prices on everything from health care to housing to gas to groceries, strengthen and protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, stop corruption, and make the American Dream real again for all.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
focused on Rutinel’s bio, lowering costs of healthcare, groceries, and housing, and stopping corruptionCampaign website, September 15, 2026
He then emphasizes his frustration with political corruption and walks voters through his work to lower insulin prices, crack down on grocery price gouging, and building more affordable housing in the Colorado State House.Campaign website, September 1, 2026
He then emphasizes his frustration with political corruption and walks voters through his work to lower insulin prices, crack down on grocery price gouging, and building more affordable housing in the Colorado State House.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
He then emphasizes his frustration with political corruption and walks voters through his work to lower insulin prices, crack down on grocery price gouging, and building more affordable housing in the Colorado State House.Campaign website, September 15, 2026
to lower prices on everything from healthcare to housing, gas, to groceries, to strengthen and protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, to stop corruption and make the American dream real again.News story, July 21, 2026
We can’t allow localities to put in red tape for these affordable housing units,News story, May 29, 2026
Manny has spent his time in office getting results for families, and he is going to take the same approach in Congress to bring down the costs of health care, groceries, and rent and take on corruption.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Affordable housing should not be treated as just a commodity but rather as a common good that every Coloradan should be able to afford, whether someone works at McDonald's, Walmart, or anywhere else.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
Called out Wall Street, big banks, or private equity
Too many politicians – Republicans and Democrats – have cozied up to the billionaires and Wall Street, taken millions in corporate PAC money, and sold their votes for campaign cash.Facebook or Instagram ad, December 2, 2025
Supported stronger protections against abusive financial practices
I will work to save consumers billions of dollars on unfair hidden fees for airfares, tickets, hotels, and banking, and allow consumers to know the real cost of everything upfront.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
Supported protecting or expanding abortion access
Support Bodily Autonomy: When it comes to abortion, the government needs to respect Americans’ freedom to make our own decisions about our own families without interference from politicians or anyone else. Politicians have no place in a private medical decision.Campaign website (undated)
SB25-129, to shield Colorado abortion providers from out-of-state prosecution under the Trump administration.Campaign website (undated)
When it comes to abortion, the government needs to respect Americans’ freedom to make our own decisions about our own families without interference from politicians or anyone else. Politicians have no place in a private medical decisionCampaign press release, August 27, 2026
When it comes to abortion, the government needs to respect Americans’ freedom to make our own decisions about our own families without interference from politicians or anyone else.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Strengthening pollution protections
We need to make sure that we hold corporate polluters accountable when they continuously harm our communities. Our communities shouldn't have to experience asthma attacks and nosebleeds. They should feel safe in their own homes.Debate, June 9, 2026
We need to make sure that we hold corporate polluters accountable when they continuously harm our communities.Debate, June 9, 2026
We need to make sure that we hold corporate polluters accountable when they continuously harm our communities. Our communities shouldn't have to experience asthma attacks and nosebleeds.Debate, June 9, 2026
we need to make sure that we're holding corporate polluters accountableDebate, June 8, 2026
I think we can have an all of the above energy system that does not require new oil and gas leases on public land in this district and that holds bad actors accountable and polluters accountable when they contaminate our air and water.News story, October 3, 2026
HB24-1388, to crack down on polluters breaking the law and require impact analyses and real-time pollution monitoring.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
Supported stronger rights and safeguards in immigration enforcement
We need immediate, quick action to curb the brutality of Trump’s ICE, and we need to put in place common sense measures like requiring judicial warrants, requiring ICE officials to wear identificationNews story, May 28, 2026
I think they should be using judicial warrants. I think they shouldn’t be in unmarked cars.News story, May 29, 2026
I think they should not be wearing masksNews story, May 29, 2026
I think they should be using judicial warrants. I think they shouldn’t be in unmarked cars. I think they should be going to essentially enforce immigration laws against violent criminals.News story, May 29, 2026
Clearly, these are secretive facilities that ICE doesn’t want the public to know about, operating outside of ICE’s own guidelines, so we're going to do our part to put the pressure on our Congressional members to investigate and to subpoena where necessary to find out why these facilities are here.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Trump's ICE agents should not be wearing masks, taking people in unmarked cars, or stopping people based on their skin color, and they should be wearing body cameras, required to use judicial orders, and held accountable when they break the law.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
That means that ICE agents shouldn't be wearing masks.Debate, June 8, 2026
And then I became a legislator where I co-sponsored over 400 laws to lower costs, including in housing and healthcare, and stop Donald Trump's corrupt practices, his invasion into our schools and hospitals with his massed ICE agents.Debate, June 8, 2026
These ICE agents are terrorizing our communities. They're doing so by targeting people because of their skin tone, because of their accents, targeting people like my momDebate, June 8, 2026
And I also want to do that against any single leader in that administration that is raiding our schools and hospitals and engaging in unconstitutional behavior because we need real leadership in Congress on this issue.Debate, June 8, 2026
That means that they should be using judicial orders and following our constitution, just like any otherDebate, June 8, 2026
>> This this is a bill that would prevent these mass federal agents from going into our schools, hospitals, and churches.Interview, March 13, 2026
They’re using masked ICE agents without judicial warrants.News article, October 7, 2026
I cosponsored that bill to stop ICE.Post on X, June 5, 2026
I am the only candidate in this race who has voted to protect Colorado immigrants from ICE brutality as a cosponsor of Colorado SB25-276, which keeps Colorado law enforcement focused on keeping us safe rather than supporting ICE’s cruelty.Campaign website (undated)
Clearly, these are secretive facilities that ICE doesn’t want the public to know about, operating outside of ICE’s own guidelines, so we're going to do our part to put the pressure on our Congressional members to investigate and to subpoena where necessary to find out why these facilities are here.Campaign website, March 6, 2026
Rutinel’s office, cosigned by 31 legislative colleagues and reshared by over 1000 grassroots supporters, which also called for transparency and oversight into these secret ICE detention facilities.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Rutinel’s office, cosigned by 31 legislative colleagues and reshared by over 1000 grassroots supporters, which also called for transparency and oversight into these secret ICE detention facilities.Campaign website, March 6, 2026
of undisclosed detention sites, ‘hidden in plain sight’ between strip malls and office parks, is unacceptable.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
They’re using masked ICE agents without judicial warrants.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
we're going to do our part to put the pressure on our Congressional members to investigate and to subpoena where necessary to find out why these facilities are here.Campaign press release, March 6, 2026
Due-process protections
We need immediate, quick action to curb the brutality of Trump’s ICE, and we need to put in place common sense measures like requiring judicial warrants, requiring ICE officials to wear identificationNews story, May 28, 2026
Trump's ICE agents should not be wearing masks, taking people in unmarked cars, or stopping people based on their skin color, and they should be wearing body cameras, required to use judicial orders, and held accountable when they break the law.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
That means that they should be using judicial orders and following our constitution, just like any otherDebate, June 8, 2026
They’re using masked ICE agents without judicial warrants.News article, October 7, 2026
They’re using masked ICE agents without judicial warrants.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Stronger enforcement accountability
We need immediate, quick action to curb the brutality of Trump’s ICE, and we need to put in place common sense measures like requiring judicial warrants, requiring ICE officials to wear identificationNews story, May 28, 2026
I think they should not be wearing masksNews story, May 29, 2026
Clearly, these are secretive facilities that ICE doesn’t want the public to know about, operating outside of ICE’s own guidelines, so we're going to do our part to put the pressure on our Congressional members to investigate and to subpoena where necessary to find out why these facilities are here.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Trump's ICE agents should not be wearing masks, taking people in unmarked cars, or stopping people based on their skin color, and they should be wearing body cameras, required to use judicial orders, and held accountable when they break the law.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
That means that ICE agents shouldn't be wearing masks.Debate, June 8, 2026
And I also want to do that against any single leader in that administration that is raiding our schools and hospitals and engaging in unconstitutional behavior because we need real leadership in Congress on this issue.Debate, June 8, 2026
They’re using masked ICE agents without judicial warrants.News article, October 7, 2026
Clearly, these are secretive facilities that ICE doesn’t want the public to know about, operating outside of ICE’s own guidelines, so we're going to do our part to put the pressure on our Congressional members to investigate and to subpoena where necessary to find out why these facilities are here.Campaign website, March 6, 2026
Rutinel’s office, cosigned by 31 legislative colleagues and reshared by over 1000 grassroots supporters, which also called for transparency and oversight into these secret ICE detention facilities.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Rutinel’s office, cosigned by 31 legislative colleagues and reshared by over 1000 grassroots supporters, which also called for transparency and oversight into these secret ICE detention facilities.Campaign website, March 6, 2026
of undisclosed detention sites, ‘hidden in plain sight’ between strip malls and office parks, is unacceptable.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
They’re using masked ICE agents without judicial warrants.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
we're going to do our part to put the pressure on our Congressional members to investigate and to subpoena where necessary to find out why these facilities are here.Campaign press release, March 6, 2026
Supporting a path to citizenship
We need comprehensive immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship for dreamers and those who have been there the longest,News story, October 7, 2026
I believe that for Dreamers and for people who have been here the longest, there must be a pathway to citizenship.News story, October 4, 2026
And we should provide a pathway to citizenship for groups like DREAMers while protecting workers from exploitation.News story, October 3, 2026
But we also need comprehensive immigration reform that allows Dreamers and immigrants that have been here the longest to have that pathway to citizenship.News story, October 7, 2026
And we should provide a pathway to citizenship for the immigrants who have been here the longest and groups like DREAMers, while making sure we protect undocumented workers from exploitation.Campaign website, October 31, 2026
Supported stronger checks on executive power
In Congress, I will fight to ensure that federal funding is based on need, not on politics and corruption. I will push for transparency and accountability so no president can weaponize federal dollars against states that disagree with him.News story, June 9, 2026
The current Republican majority has chosen to serve as rubber stamps for Trump’s cruelty and corruption instead of serving the people who elected them. Gabe Evans and his colleagues were elected to lower costs, not to hand their authority to a president who uses it to make life more expensive and worse for working families and seniors. In Congress, I will hold Trump and his administration accountable for their actions and fight to stop his abuses of power. That means using hearings and subpoenas to hold the Trump Administration accountable, and using the power of the purse to reassert Congress’s role.News story, June 9, 2026
Rutinel said that on day one of his time in Congress, he will push for “a war powers resolution to bring an end to this war in Iran, so that we can bring our troops home and also lower gas and diesel prices.”Campaign website, October 21, 2026
Clearly, these are secretive facilities that ICE doesn’t want the public to know about, operating outside of ICE’s own guidelines, so we're going to do our part to put the pressure on our Congressional members to investigate and to subpoena where necessary to find out why these facilities are here.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
And I also want to do that against any single leader in that administration that is raiding our schools and hospitals and engaging in unconstitutional behavior because we need real leadership in Congress on this issue.Debate, June 8, 2026
When I get to Congress, I'm going to bring a war powers resolution to bring an end to that war.Debate, October 8, 2026
In Congress, I will vote for a war powers resolution to hold Trump accountable and bring down costs.Post on X, September 17, 2026
Clearly, these are secretive facilities that ICE doesn’t want the public to know about, operating outside of ICE’s own guidelines, so we're going to do our part to put the pressure on our Congressional members to investigate and to subpoena where necessary to find out why these facilities are here.Campaign website, March 6, 2026
Banning partisan gerrymandering
Ending partisan gerrymanderingJoint candidate letter (Defend the Vote), October 26, 2026
Supported strengthening voting rights
Congress must protect every American’s right to vote and ensure that our elections are free, fair, and secure. These issues are not new to me. In the state House, I’ve sponsored and passed bills to expand voting rights and fight back against Trump’s attacks on our democracy. Congress should pass legislation that protects voters from suppression, ensures adequate funding for election security infrastructure, and prevents political interference in how votes are counted and certified. We need to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of politics because special interests and dark money groups try to buy our elections. We need to give that power back to the people.News story, June 9, 2026
Congress should pass legislation that protects voters from suppression, ensures adequate funding for election security infrastructure, and prevents political interference in how votes are counted and certified.News story, June 9, 2026
Opposed war with Iran or called for ending it
I’ll stand up to the Trump-Evans tariffs driving up costs for groceries and housing, and I’ll work to end the Trump-Evans Iran war raising our gas prices.News story, October 3, 2026
Uh, we need to stop these corrupt, chaotic tariff policies, and we need to stop the war in Iran. And if we do all those things, we're going to lower health care prices. We're going to lower grocery prices, and we're also going to lower gas and diesel costs.Interview, October 9, 2026
I believe we should bring back the tax credits eliminated by the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and end the war in Iran. Those are two concrete actions to lower the cost of energy and fuel. Beyond that, inflation is a product of how much people pay. Trump and Evans destroyed Medicaid and Obamacare. So I am going to support restoring those programs. And I also want to end the corrupt tariff policies, which act as a tax on the American people that raises the price of food and supplies across our economy.News story, October 4, 2026
a war powers resolution to bring an end to this war in Iran, so that we can bring our troops home and also lower gas and diesel prices.Campaign press release, October 21, 2026
Rutinel said that on day one of his time in Congress, he will push for “a war powers resolution to bring an end to this war in Iran, so that we can bring our troops home and also lower gas and diesel prices.”Campaign website, October 21, 2026
We should end the war in Iran and bring our troops home.Debate, October 8, 2026
When I get to Congress, I'm going to bring a war powers resolution to bring an end to that war.Debate, October 8, 2026
And of course, we need to make sure that we focus on this Iran war that is a forever war that is making gas prices skyrocket and making prices acrossDebate, June 9, 2026
Gabe Evans votes 100% with Donald Trump, and Colorado families pay for it. He voted seven times for Trump’s war in Iran, sending gas prices soaring. Evans voted for Trump’s tariffs and Medicaid cuts to give billionaires tax breaksFacebook/Instagram ad, October 20, 2026
He voted seven times for Trump’s war in Iran, sending gas prices soaring.Facebook/Instagram ad, October 13, 2026
Donald Trump and Dave Evans said that they were going to lower gas prices and instead they've sent us into this forever war in Iran without any plans, putting American lives at risk, and raising gas prices.Interview, September 9, 2026
Donald Trump and Gabe Evans said that they were going to go after gas prices, and instead they started a forever war in Iran without any plans, and it's making gas prices go through the roofInterview, July 27, 2026
I'll put an end to this forever war in Iran that is raising gas prices and raising prices across the board and putting American lives at risk.Interview, September 18, 2026
Uh, we need to stop these corrupt, chaotic tariff policies, and we need to stop the war in Iran.Interview, October 9, 2026
he has voted seven times to send us into this forever war in Iran that is raising gas and diesel prices back at home. Gas is 420 a gallon. Diesel is 620 a gallon in my neck of the woodsInterview, October 9, 2026
these forever wars that they're sending us into with Iran.Interview, August 21, 2026
Gabe Evans supports all of it, making costs increase for Coloradans.Post on X, September 16, 2026
I'll put an end to this forever war in Iran that is raising gas prices and raising prices across the board and putting American lives at risk,".News article, June 23, 2026
it’s a disaster that Trump has drawn the United States into another forever war without any plans, and they’re putting Americans at risk and raising prices on all of us,News article, May 28, 2026
In Congress, I will vote for a war powers resolution to hold Trump accountable and bring down costs.Post on X, September 17, 2026
The Board also applauded Rutinel for calling for an end to Donald Trump’s reckless war in Iran that Gabe Evans continues to back and the corrupt, chaotic tariffs raising costs on all everyday items that Evans 100% supports.Campaign website, October 29, 2026
Tonight, Rutinel will focus on his plans to lower costs – including by ending Trump’s reckless tariffs that are hurting families and small businesses, restoring Medicaid and Affordable Care Act funding, and ending Trump’s war in Iran that’s raising prices here at home – while holding Evans accountable for failing Colorado families.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
Gas is at record highs because of Evans’ continuous support of Donald Trump’s reckless war in Iran, many in the district fear about affording health insurance following Evans vote to gut health care in the One Big Beautiful Bill, and his 100% voting record of Trump’s tariff policy is raising prices on all goods, including cell phonesCampaign website, October 19, 2026
In stressing how Evans and Trump’s work to skyrocket everyday prices impacts himself and all Coloradans, Rutinel told volunteers, “I want you to remind [voters] that when Gabe Evans cut Medicaid, he was going after people like me who grew up on Medicaid. And when Donald Trump and Gabe Evans sent us into that forever war in Iran without any plans to put American lives at risk, he raised gas prices on the kid that, on his way to his McDonald's shift, had to turn off his car at red lights to save gas money.”Campaign website, September 16, 2025
In stressing how Evans and Trump’s work to skyrocket everyday prices impacts himself and all Coloradans, Rutinel told volunteers, “I want you to remind [voters] that when Gabe Evans cut Medicaid, he was going after people like me who grew up on Medicaid. And when Donald Trump and Gabe Evans sent us into that forever war in Iran without any plans to put American lives at risk, he raised gas prices on the kid that, on his way to his McDonald's shift, had to turn off his car at red lights to save gas money.”Campaign website, September 28, 2026
But Gabe Evans voted seven times for Trump's war, sending gas prices soaring, just like he voted for Trump's tariffs and Medicaid cuts to give billionaires tax breaks.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
funding, and ending Trump’s war in Iran that’s raising prices here at home – while holding Evans accountable for failing Colorado families.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
He voted to cut Medicaid, double health insurance premiums, [and] for the war and tariffs raising our gas and grocery bills.Campaign website, September 16, 2025
That includes supporting Trump’s tariffs and his reckless war in Iran – which has led to an increase in costs across the board.Campaign website, October 23, 2026
I think that it's a disaster that Trump has drawn the United States into another forever war without any plans, and they're putting Americans at risk and raising prices on all of us,News story, May 28, 2026
Rutinel Aims to Win Back CD-8 Latino Voters by Lowering Costs and Ending the Reckless Iran WarCampaign website, October 19, 2026
Called for a specific diplomatic step or civilian protections
Discussing Israel and Palestine, Rutinel described a U.S. diplomatic role:
what the United States should do is use its immense power on the global stage to be able to bring folks together for negotiated... long-lasting peace and stability in the region. And in this case, I think that a two-state solution is the appropriate path.Video, October 21, 2026