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Articles about Gabe Evans
Gabe Evans Signed a Pledge to 'Return' War Powers to Congress and Won a Libertarian's Endorsement. Then He Voted Six Times to Leave the Iran War to Trump.
In 2024, Gabe Evans signed the Libertarian Party of Colorado's pledge — including a promise to 'remove non-Constitutional presidential war powers and return those powers back to Congress' — and the Libertarian candidate dropped out to back him. In 2026, he voted against all six Iran war powers resolutions the House took up.
Republicans Cut Medicaid by Nearly $1 Trillion. They Scheduled the Pain for After You Vote.
The Big Beautiful Bill cuts Medicaid by close to $1 trillion over 10 years, and the Congressional Budget Office says the law will leave 10 million more people uninsured. Republicans made sure the biggest cut doesn't start until 2027 — after the midterms. 198 Republicans on this site voted for it.
Twice the House Came One Vote From Telling Trump to End the Iran War — the First Resolution Lost 213-214, the Next Deadlocked 212-212, and 181 Republicans We Track Voted No on Both.
On April 16 a war powers resolution failed 213-214. On May 14 the next one deadlocked 212-212, and a tie fails. Either one needed exactly one Republican to switch. Only Thomas Massie, who has no page here, voted yes both times.
185 House Members We Track Voted to Make States Hand Your Medicaid and Food Stamp Records to Trump's Former Defense Lawyer
On September 16 the House passed the PROOF Act, 217-207. It orders states to turn over whatever Medicaid, SNAP and other benefit records Attorney General Todd Blanche asks for in writing, with no judge involved. A federal court had already blocked the Trump administration from cutting food stamp funding to states that refused to hand over recipient data. 185 of the members who voted yes have report cards on this site.
In February, Gabe Evans Took Credit for Colorado's Cheap Gas. Now That Trump's Iran War Has Sent Prices Soaring, He Blames Colorado Democrats.
Evans says Democrats' 'war on oil and gas' is why Coloradans pay more at the pump. AAA says Colorado gas was a cent below the national average a year ago, before the Iran war Evans supports, and is a nickel above it now.
180 House Members We Track Voted a Third Time to Keep Trump's Iran War Going. Congress's Budget Office Says It Has Already Cost $38 Billion.
On September 15 the House voted 220-204 to end the war with Iran — the third time since June. Republicans voted 203 to 7 against it, and 180 of the members who voted no are on our report cards. The same day, the Congressional Budget Office put the war's direct cost at $38.1 billion and said it will push inflation higher into 2027.
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Gabe Evans plays a rancher in his ad. He owns three cows.
MAGA Republican Gabe Evans is running a campaign ad hauling hay and claiming fifteen years of ranching in Colorado.
Gabe Evans' New Ad Says He's Spent 15 Years 'Ranching.' His Own Disclosure Shows $345 in Farm Profits From Livestock — Below the Rancher Standard His Spokeswoman Named.
Evans owns three cows. His campaign ad shows him hauling hay and calls it ranching. His spokeswoman said the USDA counts anyone earning over $1,000 from agriculture as a rancher — and his latest disclosure reports $345.
Elon Musk's Super PAC Is Spending $5.1 Million on the Midterms, Almost All of It in Races With 18 Republicans on This Site. It Spent $3.7 Million of That Attacking Democrats.
America PAC has reported $5.1 million in independent spending this cycle. Eighteen Republicans with report cards on this site are the main beneficiaries — and nearly three-quarters of the money went to attack ads, not to making a case for them.
Your Health Premiums Jumped 58%. House Republicans Came Back and Voted to Tell Colleges What They're Allowed to Boycott.
The House returned from recess and spent its week on socialism resolutions, mining permits, whales, the Supreme Court, and a bill punishing colleges for boycotting Israel. Nobody voted on the premiums that just went up 58%. Here is every Republican with a report card who voted yes.
Americans Say Groceries Are Their Biggest Money Worry. House Republicans Spent the Evening of September 1 Voting to Condemn Socialism.
H.Res. 1490 passed 220-192. It changes no law and spends no money. Its one concrete demand is the SAVE America Act, a proof-of-citizenship rule of the kind Kansas tried — where 31,089 people could not register, against 39 confirmed noncitizens the state found in the previous 14 years. 189 members with a page on this site voted yes.
These 188 Republicans Voted to Lock the Supreme Court at Nine Seats While Republican Appointees Hold Six of Them
The House voted September 2 on a constitutional amendment freezing the Supreme Court at nine justices. The Constitution never set that number — Congress did, and has changed it five times. Here is every Republican with a report card who voted yes.
Gabe Evans Spent More Than $320,000 of Your Money Advertising Himself. He Sent $225,000 of It to His Own Campaign Consultant.
Axios found Evans was the sixth-highest spender of taxpayer money on advertising of any member of the House through late July. He spent nearly as much as Colorado's whole congressional delegation combined, and the firm he paid to make the ads is the same firm his campaign pays.
Gabe Evans Told the Union He Would Stand With 3,800 Striking Meatpackers. A Month Earlier He Had Cashed a $5,000 Check From the Company.
On March 23, Gabe Evans phoned the president of UFCW Local 7 and promised to stand with striking JBS workers in Greeley. He never walked the picket line, never sent the letter they asked for, and said nothing publicly for three weeks. FEC records show JBS's PAC gave him $5,000 on February 23.
208 House Republicans Just Voted to Lock In the Food-Safety Layoffs. Complaints About Contaminated Meat Had Risen 40%.
H.R. 8646 passed 213-210 on June 4. It comes in $380 million below last year and, in the Appropriations Committee's own words, reduces salaries and expenses "to account for staffing reductions" — the nearly 4,300 FDA and roughly 900 meat-inspection jobs already gone. 188 members with a page on this site voted yes. Four voted no.
Seven Republicans Are Running on 'Local Control' of Data Centers. All Seven Voted to Take It Away for Ten Years.
In May 2025, 215 House Republicans voted for a ten-year ban on states and towns enforcing any law that limits AI — data centers included. Four of the fourteen named here voted for it four separate times. Now they are campaigning on letting your town decide.
One Co-Chairs the Hunger Caucus. One Chairs the Subcommittee That Writes SNAP Policy. Both Voted for the Biggest Food-Aid Cut in History.
The 2025 budget law cut SNAP by $187 billion — about 20%, the largest cut the program has ever taken. Six of these eight Republicans voted for it. Between them they co-chaired the hunger caucus, chaired the nutrition subcommittee, told the public a food bank was on their side, and turned down $18 million meant to feed kids.
Gabe Evans Keeps Posing for Photos at Colorado Businesses. He's Voted Eight Times to Protect the Tariffs Hurting Them.
Evans visited a Weld County feedlot, a cheese importer, the home builders and Leprino Foods — all hurt by tariffs. On February 10 he voted twice to keep the House from voting on those tariffs until August. Three Republicans broke ranks, the vote happened anyway, and Evans voted no.
Max Miller's PAC Gave $70,000 to 16 Republicans in Tight Races. Exactly One Gave It Back.
POLITICO asked all 16 whether they'd return money from a congressman accused of assaulting his ex-wife and their young child. Brad Finstad returned $5,000. Mike Lawler said no. The other 14 wouldn't say.
90,000 People in Gabe Evans's District Get Food Stamps. He Voted to Cut Them and Won't Say How Many Lose Out.
Asked twice how many of his constituents will lose food assistance under the rules he voted for, Evans changed the subject to Colorado's paperwork error rate — which is actually lower than the national average.
Congress Gave ICE $70 Billion and No Rules on Conduct. Now ICE Is Buying Electric Shock Gloves.
ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on gloves that deliver painful electric shocks — ten times what Susan Collins points to as the de-escalation reform that justified her vote. Here are the 201 Republicans with report cards on this site who voted for the money.
Gabe Evans Was a Cop for Over a Decade. Six Days Into Congress, He Signed On to the Gun Bill Police Unions Are Begging Congress to Kill.
The Fraternal Order of Police and the police chiefs' association both oppose H.R. 38 — they say it cancels qualified immunity for officers and leaves permits unverifiable. Evans cosponsored it on January 9, 2025. In Colorado he also pushed to arm teachers.
A 1,200-Bed ICE Jail Is About to Open on the Edge of Gabe Evans's District. His Office Declined to Discuss It.
The Big Horn detention center in Hudson would nearly double Colorado's immigrant detention capacity. Evans said he had 'a lot of heartburn' about ICE entering homes without a warrant — then used 23 seconds of his hearing time on it.
$70 Billion for ICE Passed the House by Two Votes. Not One Republican Voted No.
On June 9, 2026, the House passed S. 2 by 214 to 212. At that margin every single Republican yes vote was the deciding vote. Here are the 187 still in their races who have report cards on this site.
ICE Is Reading Your Posts. Congress Paid for It.
A Wall Street Journal investigation found ICE is paying contractors millions to scan social media around the clock, then using subpoenas to unmask Americans who criticize the agency. Nobody has been charged. That may be the point.
Gabe Evans Said His Medicaid Vote Would Protect 'the People Who Need It Most.' Now 12 Colorado Hospitals Are at Risk.
Gabe Evans insisted Trump's budget bill didn't cut Medicaid and that anyone saying otherwise was 'fear mongering.' A year later, nurses have named 12 Colorado hospitals at risk — including ones in his own district.
207 House Republicans Just Voted to Keep Us in Trump's Iran War — And Lost
On July 23 the House voted 214-208 to order U.S. forces out of Trump's unauthorized war with Iran. These 185 Republicans we track voted no — the second time the House has told the president to stop, and the second time they tried to stop it from saying so.
These 190 Republicans Voted to Let an Energy Board Block Clean-Air Rules
The House passed the 'Reliable Power Act,' handing federal energy regulators the power to stall EPA rules on power-plant pollution. Here's every Republican with a report card who voted yes.
197 Republicans Voted to Spike Your Health Insurance Premiums
The Senate blocked the fix and the House passed a fake one. Here's every Republican we track who voted to let ACA premiums spike.