Posted April 17, 2025
Democrat Doctor Yadira Caraveo announced her candidacy for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District. Caraveo was the first representative of CO-08 when it was newly drawn in 2022, becoming Colorado’s first Latina Member of Congress.
Raised in Adams County by working parents who came from Mexico in search of a better life, Yadira worked her way through college and went on to medical school. She served her community as a pediatrician where 65% of her patients relied on Medicaid. As a state legislator and member of Congress, Yadira has a proven record working to lower costs by passing a middle class tax cut, passing a first in the nation insulin cap, fighting to allow Medicare to lower costs for more prescription drugs, and increasing transparency in hospital prices. Yadira also led the fight to protect reproductive freedom and stand up to polluters.
“I know how hard it is for working families to make ends meet; my parents raised me right here in Adams County on my dad’s construction worker pay and I worked my way through college and went on to medical school,” said Congresswoman Caraveo. “That’s why I’ve spent my life serving our community, first as a pediatrician and then working to lower costs for families in the state legislature and in Congress. The 8th District deserves a representative who’s looking out for them but Gabe Evans has already shown that he will always put Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and his MAGA backers in Washington first. I can’t stand by while Gabe Evans tries to rip away health care from tens of thousands of Coloradans, including the very families I served as a pediatrician, and make life harder for working families. Now more than ever, Coloradans need a leader who will stand up for them and do the right thing – I’m ready to continue doing just that.“
CO-08 was one of the closest House races in the country in both 2022 and 2024, decided by margins of 0.8% or less, and fewer than 2,500 votes, each time.
Learn more at caraveoforcongress.com.
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