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Issue record

Costs and taxes

In short

Evans's campaign wants to lower living costs by reining in deficit spending and regulation. Rutinel's campaign would expand tax credits for working parents and make billionaires pay what they owe. Wood's campaign wants lower taxes and wants Washington to do less. A 2026 law Evans voted for funds his $8,685,000 Greeley pipeline request, though FEMA payment is not shown; Rutinel co-led a 2024 state law raising Colorado's earned income tax credit.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Gabe Evans

Wants to lower the cost of living by reining in deficit spending and regulation, and to eliminate the federal deficit over time.

Manny Rutinel

Would expand tax credits for working parents, make billionaires pay what they owe, close corporate loopholes and fight junk fees.

Dave Wood

Wants people to keep more of their income and pay lower taxes, and wants Washington to do less.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Manny Rutinel: Matches stated record claim

    None of the committees that gave $111,000 through June 30, 2026 is a corporate PAC in FEC records; the largest groups are leadership and union PACs.

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    His campaign says it takes no corporate PAC money. Through June 30, 2026, his committee reported 111,000.20 dollars from committees on lines 11B, 11C and 12. None of the givers is a corporation PAC in the FEC's records. The largest groups are leadership PACs (37,000 dollars) and labor union PACs (22,500 dollars); 1,600 dollars came from five small committees that are not registered with the FEC. Limit: The FEC type comes from each committee's own registration. Filings after June 30, 2026 were not yet due when this was read.

  2. official action

    Gabe Evans: Matches stated record claim

    A 2026 spending law he voted for funds $8,685,000 in FEMA money for the pipeline at his request; whether FEMA has paid the grant is not shown.

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    His office says he secured 8,685,000 dollars for Greeley's Gold Hill Pipeline. The explanatory statement for the 2026 Homeland Security appropriations lists FEMA pre-disaster mitigation money for the City of Greeley's Gold Hill Pipeline, 8,685,000 dollars, requested by Evans. Public Law 119-86, signed April 30, 2026, funds the projects in that table. He voted Yea when the House passed the bill on January 22, 2026 (Roll Call 42); the House accepted the final version by voice vote. Limit: The law funds the project; whether FEMA has paid the grant is not shown here.

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    Gabe Evans: Matches stated record claim

    He voted for the 2025 tax law, which created capped deductions for tips and for the extra pay on overtime that end after 2028, not a full exemption.

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    In the October 7 debate he said he voted for no tax on tips and no tax on overtime. He voted for H.R. 1 when the House first passed it on May 22, 2025 and for the final version on July 3, 2025. It became Public Law 119-21. Its sections titled no tax on tips and no tax on overtime create deductions of up to 25,000 dollars for tips and 12,500 dollars for the extra pay on overtime above a worker's regular rate (25,000 joint), reduced above 150,000 dollars of income (300,000 joint), through 2028. Limit: They are capped income tax deductions that end after 2028, not a full exemption, and for overtime only the pay above the regular rate counts.

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    Manny Rutinel: Matches stated record claim

    He is a House prime sponsor of the 2025 law, which lets the State Treasurer invest up to $50 million in affordable for-sale housing bonds, not a separate fund.

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    His campaign lists SB25-006 as a bill he sponsored to create a 50 million dollar fund for affordable housing. The signed act names Rutinel and Bradfield as House prime sponsors. It lets the State Treasurer invest state money in bonds for affordable for-sale housing, with an initial investment of no more than fifty million dollars, and reinvest the principal as it is repaid. It was signed on May 15, 2025. Limit: The law lets the Treasurer invest up to 50 million dollars, and reinvest it, in bonds for affordable for-sale housing; it is not a separate fund.

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    Manny Rutinel: Matches stated record claim

    The signed 2024 law names him as a House prime sponsor; it raised Colorado's credit to 50% of the federal credit for 2024.

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    His campaign lists HB24-1134, expanding the earned income tax credit, among bills he sponsored that passed. The signed act names Representatives Weissman and Rutinel as its House prime sponsors. It raised the state credit to 50% of the federal credit for 2024, with later years set by revenue, and was signed on May 14, 2024. Limit: The child-poverty figure is not tested here; the bill text cannot measure it.

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    Manny Rutinel: Matches stated record claim

    His first session was November 2023, when he was a listed sponsor of a one-year doubling of the state credit; he co-led the 2024 bill, and the poverty figure is not tested.

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    In the October 7 debate he said that in his first legislative session he introduced an expansion of the earned income tax credit, and that it cut child poverty in Colorado by 40%. He was not yet in the House for the 2023 regular session; he is not on its May 7, 2023 roll call. His first session was the November 2023 special session, where he is listed as a sponsor of HB23B-1002. It raised the state credit from 25% to 50% of the federal credit for tax year 2023. He voted yes, and it was signed November 20, 2023. In 2024, his first regular session, he and Weissman were the House prime sponsors of HB24-1134, which set the credit at 50% for 2024. Limit: He did not name the bill. Colorado lists him as a sponsor, not a prime sponsor, of the 2023 bill, and its increase was for one tax year. The 40% child-poverty figure is not tested; a bill cannot measure it.

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Sources21 source records

How we use sources

  1. Elect Gabe Evanshttps://www.electgabeevans.com/

    ElectGabeEvans.com (campaign) · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign site; paid for by ElectGabeEvans.com, the committee's FEC-registered name. A single page with biography and four issue headings. Links X @GabeforColorado and Facebook ElectGabeEvans.

    candidate statement

    For: Gabe Evans: campaign position

  2. Economyhttps://gabeevans.house.gov/issues/economy-0

    Office of Rep. Gabe Evans · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Issue page. Undated.

    official office record

    For: Gabe Evans: campaign position

  3. On the Issueshttps://www.mannyforcolorado.com/issues

    Manny Rutinel for Congress (campaign) · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign issues page with a list of state bills he says he sponsored or cosponsored. Undated.

    candidate statement

    For: Manny Rutinel: campaign position; Manny Rutinel: Matches stated record claim

  4. Dave Wood for Colorado Congressional District 8https://davewood4colorado.com/

    Dave Wood for Congress (campaign) · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign home page; paid for by Dave Wood For Congress. Links the Libertarian Party of Colorado. No social accounts are linked.

    candidate statement

    For: Dave Wood: campaign position

  5. Manny Rutinel for Congress, 2025-2026 committee receiptshttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00896670/?cycle=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Lines 11B, 11C and 12 of the cycle's filings through June 30, 2026, read with tools/fec-money/money.py and reconciled to the committee's filed totals.

    fec filing

    For: Manny Rutinel: Matches stated record claim

  6. Manny Rutinel for Congress, line 11C receipts, 2025-2026https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00896670&two_year_transaction_period=2026&line_number=F3-11C

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    41 itemized rows through June 30, 2026. The FEC classes none of the contributing committees as a corporation PAC; the five it gives no type are state candidate committees.

    fec filing

    For: Manny Rutinel: Matches stated record claim

  7. Rep. Gabe Evans Secures $8.6 Million for Greeley's Gold Hill Pipeline Projecthttps://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-gabe-evans-secures-86-million-greeleys-gold-hill-pipeline-project

    Office of Rep. Gabe Evans · Published May 4, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Press release dated May 4, 2026.

    official office record

    For: Gabe Evans: Matches stated record claim

  8. Explanatory statement submitted by Mr. Cole, House Appropriations chair (Book II)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2026-01-22/html/CREC-2026-01-22-pt2-PgH1353-2.htm

    Congressional Record, via GovInfo · Published Jan 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Homeland Security Community Project Funding table: FEMA pre-disaster mitigation, City of Greeley, Gold Hill Pipeline, $8,685,000, requested by Evans (CO), House origination.

    official legislative record

    For: Gabe Evans: Matches stated record claim

  9. Public Law 119-86https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ86/PLAW-119publ86.htm

    Congress.gov (GPO text) · Published Apr 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Section 4 gives the House explanatory statement of about January 22, 2026 the effect of a conference statement. FEMA's account provides $272,671,513 for the projects in that statement's Community Project Funding table.

    official legislative record

    For: Gabe Evans: Matches stated record claim

  10. H.R. 7147, Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7147

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Passed the House 220 to 207 on January 22, 2026 (Roll Call 42); the House concurred in the Senate amendment by voice vote on April 30, 2026, and it became Public Law 119-86 the same day.

    official legislative record

    For: Gabe Evans: Matches stated record claim

  11. Roll Call 42, H.R. 7147 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Published Jan 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On passage, January 22, 2026. Evans (CO) Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Gabe Evans: Matches stated record claim

  12. Berthoud Weekly Surveyor CD8 debate, October 7, 2026 (at 51:39)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOy67ykEoHc&t=3099s

    Berthoud Weekly Surveyor · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The Surveyor's full video of the October 7 debate at Grace Place, Berthoud. Evans says he voted for no tax on tips and no tax on overtime; he also lists both at 10:59. Described from YouTube's captions of the video, read on October 10, 2026; not quoted, because a second transcript to check the wording against was not available.

    candidate statement

    For: Gabe Evans: Matches stated record claim

  13. Roll Call 145, H.R. 1 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Published May 22, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On passage, May 22, 2025, 215 to 214. Evans (CO) Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Gabe Evans: Matches stated record claim

  14. Roll Call 190, H.R. 1 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Published Jul 3, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Motion to concur in the Senate amendment, July 3, 2025, 218 to 214. Evans (CO) Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Gabe Evans: Matches stated record claim

  15. Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1, 2025 reconciliation act)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    GovInfo · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Section 70103 adds a $6,000 deduction for each taxpayer 65 or older for tax years before 2029, phased down above $75,000 of income ($150,000 joint). Section 71119 requires states to set Medicaid community engagement (work) requirements for certain adults.

    official legislative record

    For: Gabe Evans: Matches stated record claim

  16. Senate Bill 25-006, signed act (document)

    Colorado General Assembly · Published May 15, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed May 15, 2025. House prime sponsors Rutinel and Bradfield. Lets the State Treasurer invest state money in bonds for affordable for-sale housing; the initial investment may not exceed fifty million dollars.

    official legislative record

    For: Manny Rutinel: Matches stated record claim

  17. House Bill 24-1134, signed act (document)

    Colorado General Assembly · Published May 14, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed May 14, 2024. Prime sponsors in the House: Weissman and Rutinel. Raises the state earned income tax credit to 50% of the federal credit for 2024, with later rates tied to revenue.

    official legislative record

    For: Manny Rutinel: Matches stated record claim

  18. Berthoud Weekly Surveyor CD8 debate, October 7, 2026 (at 5:37)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOy67ykEoHc&t=337s

    Berthoud Weekly Surveyor · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The Surveyor's full video of the October 7 debate at Grace Place, Berthoud. Rutinel says that in his first legislative session he introduced an expansion of the earned income tax credit, and that it cut child poverty in Colorado by 40%. Described from YouTube's captions of the video, read on October 10, 2026; not quoted, because a second transcript to check the wording against was not available.

    candidate statement

    For: Manny Rutinel: Matches stated record claim

  19. House Bill 23B-1002, Increased Earned Income Tax Credit 2023https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23b-1002.html

    Colorado General Assembly · Published Nov 20, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    November 2023 special session. Raises the state credit from 25% to 50% of the federal credit for tax year 2023. Signed November 20, 2023. Rutinel is listed as a sponsor; the prime sponsors are Willford, Young, Fields and Kolker.

    official legislative record

    For: Manny Rutinel: Matches stated record claim

  20. HB23B-1002 House third reading votehttps://leg.colorado.gov/bill_votes/23366

    Colorado General Assembly · Published Nov 18, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    November 18, 2023, 39 yes, 20 no, 6 excused. Rutinel voted yes.

    official legislative record

    For: Manny Rutinel: Matches stated record claim

  21. HB23-1112 House vote, May 7, 2023https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_votes/12474

    Colorado General Assembly · Published May 7, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Vote to concur in Senate amendments near the end of the 2023 regular session, 57 yes, 7 no, 1 excused. Rutinel is not on the House roll.

    official legislative record

    For: Manny Rutinel: Matches stated record claim