By Quentin Young | editor
“Right now, Donald Trump and Gabe Evans are trying to find new ways to torment our immigrant neighbors.”
— Manny Rutinel, Democratic candidate for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District
U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, left, a Fort Lupton Republican finishing his first term in Congress, and Manny Rutinel, a Commerce City Democrat and former state legislator, debated Wednesday in Berthoud ahead of their race to represent Colorado's 8th Congressional District. (Photo by Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)
By Lindsey Toomer
The two candidates running to represent Colorado’s most competitive congressional district met Wednesday for their only debate ahead of the November election, sparring over federal immigration policy, affordability and the economy, and healthcare. U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, a Fort Lupton Republican finishing his first term in Congress, and Manny Rutinel, a Commerce City Democrat and former state legislator, faced off at a debate in Berthoud. Evans called Rutinel “the most radical person to ever be nominated to run for Congress in the state of Colorado” while Rutinel said Evans “only responds to one man, and that is Donald Trump.”
The Colorado Capitol is pictured on the opening day of the Colorado Legislature, Jan. 14, 2026. (Photo by Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)
By Chase Woodruff
Attorney General Phil Weiser entered the home stretch of the 2026 governor’s race with a significant financial advantage over his Republican rival, Victor Marx, disclosures show. Republican candidates for other statewide offices have also struggled to remain financially competitive with their Democratic opponents.
Security stands outside ICE headquarters during a Congressional Hispanic Caucus rally on Feb. 3, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
By Jonathan Shorman
The Department of Homeland Security obtained tens of millions of unspecified records as part of a sweeping nationwide effort to find voter fraud, according to internal DHS reports, and weighed using undercover agents to investigate voter registration efforts by nonprofit groups. The reports from May and June by Homeland Security Investigations, a sub-agency of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, provide updates on its “election integrity” investigations. They are included in a trove of documents obtained by the pro-democracy group Democracy Forward through a records request and released Wednesday.
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