Gabe Evans
U.S. House · CO-8 · Republicans · since 2025
alsoCandidate for U.S. House · CO-8
Biography
Overview
Gabe Evans is a Republican U.S. Representative from Colorado's 8th congressional district, serving since 2025. He is a former U.S. Army captain with the Colorado National Guard and former Arvada Police Department lieutenant with law enforcement and military background. Evans is a member of the moderate Republican Governance Group and serves on the House Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security committees.
Career
In his first year in Congress, Evans has focused on law enforcement and national security issues. Two of his bills advanced through House committees in April 2025: the Law Enforcement Support and Counter Transnational Repression Accountability Act to address foreign government repression of diaspora communities, and the Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act to streamline broadband permitting for rural and underserved areas. He also voted in favor of the Laken Riley Act.
Prior political experience
Evans was first elected to Congress in November 2024, defeating incumbent Democratic Representative Yadira Caraveo. He previously served in the Colorado House of Representatives, where he received 63.31% of votes cast in the 2022 election. In the 2024 Republican primary for his congressional seat, he defeated former Colorado State Representative Janak Joshi.
Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ideology
Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)
Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)
Campaigns targeting Gabe Evans
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Start a campaign targeting Gabe EvansOfficeholding history
| Term | Seat | Term dates | Termination | Predecessor | Successor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | U.S. House CO-8 | 2025–present | In progress | — | — |
Committee assignments
- Emergency Management and TechnologyHouse· 2025–present
- Counterterrorism and IntelligenceHouse· 2025–present
- EnvironmentHouse· 2025–present
- Commerce, Manufacturing, and TradeHouse· 2025–present
- House· 2025–present
- EnergyHouse· 2025–present
- House· 2025–present
Current term legislation
Bills sponsored this term10
- H.R. 8005
Stop Pills That Kill Act
Mar 19, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7764
National Threat Evaluation and Reporting Program Reassignment and Funding Reform Act of 2026
Mar 3, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7574
ELO Realignment and Strategic Engagement Reform Act of 2026
Feb 13, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 6943
Veterans Burial Allowance and Reimbursement Act of 2026
Jan 6, 2026INTRODUCED - H.R. 6852
Advanced Wound Care and Regenerative Medicine Access and Reform Act
Dec 18, 2025IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 6387
FIRE Act
Dec 3, 2025IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 6259
No Fentanyl on Social Media Act
Nov 21, 2025INTRODUCED - H.R. 5734
Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act
Oct 10, 2025IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 5573
Combatting Fentanyl Poisonings Act of 2025
Sep 26, 2025IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 3628
State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act
May 29, 2025IN_COMMITTEE
Bills cosponsored this term10
- H.R. 8439
To establish a nonpartisan commission on natural disaster risk management, insurance, and other financial and economic protections, and for other purposes.
Apr 22, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 8403
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of food.
Apr 21, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 8308
CERTAIN Act
Apr 15, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 8056
Military Financial Literacy Act of 2026
Mar 24, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7817
No Federal Tax Dollars for Illegal Aliens Health Insurance Act of 2026
Mar 5, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7613
ALERT Act
Feb 20, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7631
Rural Water Security Act
Feb 20, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7502
To prohibit a person from making a misleading recycled content claim in advertising, marketing, selling, or offering for sale a product to a consumer, and for other purposes.
Feb 11, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7494
To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to establish a national training and technical assistance center to provide for the ongoing promotion and adoption of lethality assessment programs to reduce domestic violence-related homicides, and for other purposes.
Feb 11, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7473
CMMSA 2.0
Feb 10, 2026IN_COMMITTEE
Elections
| Year | Seat | Result | Vote share | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | Pending | — | — |