WEEK OF APRIL 24, 2025
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Republican Lopez takes 3rd shot at governor Former Parker mayor, 4th CD stand-in says ‘We can’t afford to sit back’ BY CAITLYN KIM CPR NEWS
“I can’t stand by while Gabe Evans tries to rip away health care from tens of thousands of Coloradans, including the very families I served as a pediatrician, and make life harder for working families,” Caraveo said in her statement. “Now more than ever, Coloradans need a leader who will stand up for them and do the right thing – I’m ready to continue doing just that.“ State Rep. Manny Rutinel and John Szemler of Thornton have also said they want to run in the Democratic primary race in a bid to eventually unseat Evans, according to Colorado Public Radio.
Republican Greg Lopez is hoping the third time’s the charm. He’s joining an increasingly crowded field of candidates and launching another bid for governor. “It feels like we’re losing the Colorado we love, but we don’t have to accept this,” Lopez said in a videotaped announcement. He highlighted affordability issues, public safety and government regulations. “The future of Colorado is on the line. We can’t afford to sit back.” His message also stressed political unity. “We’ve been told we must pick sides, we’re too different to work together. But I don’t believe that for a second. We don’t need more political games, we need real leadership,” he said. Lopez touted, “people over politics,” in his gubernatorial launch, saying it was a movement “about listening, not dividing.” It’s a phrase that’s been used by congressional Democrats in the last few years. Earlier this year, Lopez finished a short term-stint as a member of Congress. He was elected in a 2024 special election to finish the rest of GOP Rep. Ken Buck’s term in the Republican-stronghold 4th Congressional District. He touted himself as a place holder candidate during the vacancy committee meeting, vowing to serve only six months and not run for a full term in the seat, which is now held by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. Lopez ran for the Republican nomination for governor in 2022, losing out to Heidi Ganahl in the primary. In 2018, he came in third in the Republican primary.
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Yadira Caraveo, who lost Colorado’s 8th Congressional District seat to Republican Gabe Evans in November, said she wants another chance to win the FILE PHOTO seat in the 2026 mid term election
Caraveo wants to retake the 8th District seat Unseated congresswoman tosses hat in ring for a northern Colorado rematch BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Yadira Caraveo wants to reclaim her 8th Congressional District seat by taking on Republican Gabe Evans, who defeated her in November. Caraveo, a pediatrician, on Tuesday announced her candidacy in next year’s midterm election saying Evans has shown he has little interest in representing the people of the 8th Congressional District, which includes much of Adams County and portions of Weld County. “I know how hard it is for working families to make ends meet; my parents raised me right here in Adams County on my dad’s
construction worker pay and I worked my way through college and went on to medical school,” said Caraveo in a news release. “The 8th District deserves a representative who’s looking out for them but Gabe Evans has already shown that he will always put Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and his MAGA backers in Washington first.” Caraveo was the first representative of CO-08 when it was newly drawn in 2022, becoming Colorado’s first Latina member of Congress. She narrowly won the CD-8 seat in 2022 and then lost to Evans in November by less than 2,500 votes. Evans, by flipping the seat, helped the GOP achieve a narrow majority in the House of Representatives.
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