2026 forecast · Colorado 8th

Manny Rutinel is favored to win Colorado's 8th District.

Manny Rutinel vs Gabe Evans. The model has Rutinel ahead by 4.7 points, winning 78 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Lean DModel D +4.7Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Manny Rutinel
Democrat
51.5%
182,909 projected votes
Gabe Evans
Republican
46.7%
166,050 projected votes
78%Rutinel
22%Evans
Rutinel favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Rutinel wins about 78 of 100
RatingLean D78% chance for Rutinel
Model marginD +4.7Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +12.7 to R +3.22,000 simulations
Projected votes355,437Rutinel 51.5%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Colorado districts

8 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Manny RutinelDemocrat · 78% to win
51.5%
Gabe EvansRepublican · 22% to win
46.7%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

355,437 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Manny Rutinel D182,90951.5%
Gabe Evans R166,05046.7%
Dave Wood L6,4781.8%
Total355,437100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%78% Rutinel22% Evans14 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageR +0.0

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Rutinel +4.7
Chance of winning
Manny Rutinel78%
Gabe Evans22%
Simulated vote
Manny Rutinel51.5%
Gabe Evans46.7%
Dave Wood1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +2.0
FundamentalsD +4.8
With pollsD +3.6
Early vote turnoutD +1.1
With early voteD +4.7

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Colorado, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +10R +10Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +2.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +4.8With pollsaverage R +0.0D +3.6With early voteturnout so farD +4.7
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.