The race for Congress between U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo and Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans narrowed once again Friday afternoon, according to newly updated results. But the remaining ballots may f…
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, the Democratic incumbent, left, and Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans participate in an 8th Congressional Debate in 9News’ studio in Denver on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. The race for Congress between U.
S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo and Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans narrowed once again Friday afternoon, according to newly updated results. But there are still thousands of ballots outstanding in Adams County, which has been favoring Caraveo by nearly 12 percentage points. As of 12:39 p.m., the Democrat held a slim 1,321-vote lead over Evans — equating to a 48.9% to 48.4% edge — out of 297,106 ballots tallied. It’s not clear when Adams County will post more results from its counting efforts. It had more than 20,000 ballots to process Friday, according to the Clerk and Recorder’s Office. Weld County had fewer than 3,000 ballots to count at the beginning of the day and Larimer County had only 200. Caraveo’s campaign manager, Mary Alice Blackstock, issued a statement Friday afternoon saying “we are optimistic that Congresswoman Caraveo is in a strong position for re-election and poised to serve a second term.” However, she cautioned that determining a winner may “take several days”, given the outstanding ballots. The race in Colorado’s ultra-competitive 8th Congressional District could help determine control of next year’s Congress. It has been a grueling affair, with big-money backing andout of more than 236,000 ballots cast. It was listed by political prognosticators as one of 2024’s closest House contests.sweeps across Denver’s northern suburbs and covers rural sections of Adams and Weld counties as well, along with a small slice of Larimer County. It is the most heavily Latino congressional district in Colorado, with around one in four residents identifying that way.In fact, an exit poll of Latino voters this week found that Caraveo lost substantial support from the demographic compared to two years ago. In her first campaign in 2022, she won about 75% of the Latino vote; this year, it was about 56%, according to the polls. Pollster Gabe Sanchez, of BSP Research, chalked it up to both major parties fielding Latino candidates. “Whenever Latinos see two candidates on the ballot, they essentially split the ballot between those Latino candidates,” Sanchez said. “… By running a co-Latino on the Republican side, they were basically able to eat into that advantage.”Colorado weather: Denver deploying residential snowplows amid snowstorm disaster emergency10 iconic places in Colorado to have a drink837 flights delayed, nine canceled at DIA amid snowColorado 2024 election results: Who won, who lost and races still too close to callMajor Hurricane Rafael makes Cuba landfall on way to Gulf of Mexico, then weakens to Category 2Vegas trip led to Cisco manager’s firing, but what happened in Vegas?
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