Target U.S. House race
Yadira Caraveo
democrat
Winner
Helped pass historic legislation to reduce prescription drug costs as a Colorado state representative.
Named a Champion of Change by President Obama for her work in climate advocacy.
Will fight to increase access to quality, affordable health care in Congress.
Barbara Kirkmeyer
republican
Advocated for dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency.
Staunchly opposes the Affordable Care Act.
Opposes access to abortion and contraception.
CO-08 is rated as R+1. The GOP has a slight advantage here compared to the country as a whole, but Democrats must win this newly drawn seat to protect their U.S. House majority.
Note: If this office has an incumbent, the incumbent is shown here. Swing Left will support the Democratic nominee following the primary, or pre-primary only if they are running unopposed, with the exception of statewide incumbents in competitive gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races, which have received early support.
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Our team considers factors like how a district or state has voted in previous elections, how the district or state has voted depending on the party in power in the White House, the party of the elected incumbent and whether they're running for re-election, and any history of attempts to restrict voting. This year, we're also taking the results of redistricting into account.