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U.S. House · Updated Oct 9

Colorado's 8th District

Manny Rutinel win chance

62%

Typical margin: Rutinel by 2.5

Democrat

Manny Rutinel 62%Timothy Gabriel Joseph Evans 38%

Who's running

Timothy Gabriel Joseph EvansRepublican · Incumbent
Manny RutinelDemocrat

The numbers behind it

Cook Political ReportAs of Sep 23, 2026Toss Up
Money raisedFEC, through Jun 30, 2026Evans $5.4MRutinel $4.3M
Campaign money

Timothy Gabriel Joseph Evans

Raised $5.4M · $3.9M cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗

Manny Rutinel

Raised $4.3M · $601K cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗

Our model counts the money gap as worth 0.1 points to Timothy Gabriel Joseph Evans. Even a 10× gap is worth at most 1.5.

Other filers in this race raised $2.4M in total.

Candidates' own committees only, from fec.gov. Third-quarter reports are due Oct 15.

How the numbers moved
  1. Sep 23Cook Political Report: Toss UpCook Political Report
  2. Jun 30Manny Rutinel had raised $4.3MFEC filing
  3. Jun 30Timothy Gabriel Joseph Evans had raised $5.4MFEC filing
How we got this number

We blend the polling average (when there is one) with the race's fundamentals: past results, incumbency, the national mood and the money. Then we play the election out 40,000 times, with polling misses that move every race together, and count how often each side wins.

90% of the model's 40,000 simulated elections land between R+9.9 and D+14.5.

No public polls yet, so this forecast rests on the fundamentals alone, with a wider range.

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