By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana is scheduled to appear at a high-dollar fundraiser for Colorado congressional candidate Gabe Evans on Friday morning in Loveland, according to an invitation obtained by Colorado Politics.
Evans, a first-term state lawmaker from Fort Lupton, is the Republican challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo in the toss-up 8th Congressional District, which stretches from Adams County suburbs north of Denver to Greeley. Caraveo, a former state lawmaker from Thornton, won the newly created seat in the last election by one of the smallest margins of any U.S. House race in the country.
Tickets to the fundraising breakfast with Johnson start at $500 and top out at $10,000, which includes two seats at a roundtable with Johnson prior to the meal. Hosts for the event are former U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer, who lost the race to Caraveo two years ago.