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U.S. Representative · Colorado 8th District
Gabe Evans
RepublicanDistrict EVEN119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score65#67 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Gabe Evans’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1229 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0001
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 4 signals
- StrongBacks 6 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1266, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2004, H.R. 2261, H.R. 2591 and 1 more.
- MediumOn the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (EVEN)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. CO-8 has a partisan lean of EVEN. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
- WeakCompetitive district: CO-8 is EVENCO-8 has a partisan lean of EVEN (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.
- Weak33rd most moderate of 219 House RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.343 vs. the House Republican median of +0.530: 0.187 toward the Democrats (rank 33 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats).
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 1.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMajority · 28th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- Subcommittee on Environment
- House Committee on Homeland SecurityMajority · 13th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence
- Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Evans← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.343 is 0.19 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress79House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 1608Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 82 70% of inputs · missing similar votes
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