By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics
The National Republican Congressional Committee announced Monday that the Republican nominees in Colorado’s most competitive congressional races were named to the House GOP campaign arm’s Young Guns program for top challengers in targeted seats.
First-time candidate Jeff Hurd and state Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Fort Lupton, are among 26 Republican House candidates inducted into the top tier of the campaign support program, which helps candidates who have met fundraising and organizational goals, the NRCC said.
Hurd, a Grand Junction attorney, is facing Democrat Adam Frisch in the 3rd Congressional District, which covers most of the Western Slope and Southern Colorado, and Evans is running against first-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo in the Northern Front Range’s 8th Congressional District.