By: James A. Downs | Washington Examiner
Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) will find out his opponent on Tuesday from a contentious Colorado primary that has reopened some of the Democratic Party’s old political wounds.
State Rep. Manny Rutinel, a Hispanic progressive, takes on former state Rep. Shannon Bird, a white moderate, in a race that has been shaped by who is best fit to succeed in a battleground, Latino-plurality district.
Latino members of Congress in recent weeks chastised the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for its involvement in primaries after Randy Villegas prevailed in California’s 22nd District, a Central Valley battleground held by Rep. David Valadao (R-CA). The DCCC endorsed Jasmeet Bains, a moderate assemblywoman, but Villegas and Valadao advanced to the general election.
But the triumph of the progressive Villegas sparked outcry on Capitol Hill after the DCCC spent on Bains only to come up short.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), an outspoken progressive and member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, told NOTUS at the time Villegas’ race was “an under-the-radar fight with the establishment.”
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