Key Takeaways From Colorado’s 8th Congressional District Debate

U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) faced off with Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans in an Oct. 18 debate.
Key Takeaways From Colorado’s 8th Congressional District Debate
(Left) Gabe Evans, Republican nominee for Colorado's 8th Congressional District, in Aurora, Colo., on Oct. 11, 2024. (Right) U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) in Washington on Jan. 25, 2023. Michael Ciaglo, Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
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U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) and Colorado state Rep. Gabe Evans, a Republican, faced off in an Oct. 18 debate, in a race that will help decide control of the U.S. House.

Evans—a U.S. Army veteran and former police officer—is seeking to unseat incumbent Caraveo, who is a pediatrician and Colorado’s first Latin American U.S. representative. An Emerson College poll released this month shows the two candidates in a statistical dead heat in the final stretch before Election Day on Nov. 5.