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Yadira Caraveo

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U.S. House Colorado District 8

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

Prior offices

Colorado House of Representatives District 31

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Yadira Caraveo (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Colorado's 8th Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2023. Her current term ends on January 3, 2025.

Caraveo (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 8th Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Yadira Caraveo graduated from Northglenn High School and earned a B.S. in biology from Regis University and an M.D. from the University of Colorado. Caraveo's career experience includes working as a pediatrician in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Thornton, Colorado. Her organizational affiliations include serving as the assistant secretary of the Adams County Democratic Party, as a member of the Anythink Library System Board of Trustees, and as a board member for the Early Childhood Partnership of Adams County and the Colorado Behavioral Health Transformation Council.[1]

2024 battleground election

Ballotpedia identified the November 5 general election as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.

Gabe Evans (R) defeated incumbent Yadira Caraveo (D) and two other candidates in the general election for Colorado's 8th Congressional District on November 5, 2024.

Colorado Public Radio described the 8th as "Colorado's most politically competitive congressional seat."[2] Both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee targeted the district. In the 2022 election, Caraveo defeated Barbara Kirkmeyer (R) 48.4%–47.7%. The 8th district was the fifth-narrowest U.S. House election nationwide in 2022 and the narrowest in which a Democrat won. As of October 30, 2024, three major election forecasters rated the general election a toss-up and one rated it Lean Democratic.

Caraveo was a former state legislator and pediatrician. Caraveo said she had "voted with Republicans and Democrats to pass a bipartisan tax cut...passed a bipartisan bill into law to fight the fentanyl epidemic, broke with her party leadership to support tougher penalties for fentanyl offenses."[3] Caraveo said the race "is going to be tough, but it's a must-win for our community...our victory is key for Democrats to win back the majority."[4]

Evans was, at the time of the election, a state legislator, U.S. Army veteran, and former police officer. Evans said he was running because the American Dream "is under attack from drugs, lawlessness, and violent crime, and it's time to fight back. And it starts here, with firing a soft-on-crime Democrat, Yadira Caraveo."[5] Evans said he would "work with everybody. … That’s because I’m focused on solving problems."[6]

Also running were Chris Baum (Approval Voting Party) and Susan Hall (Unity Party of Colorado).

Based on third quarter reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, Caraveo raised 7.3millionandspent7.3 million and spent 7.3millionandspent6 million and Evans raised 2.3millionandspent2.3 million and spent 2.3millionandspent1.9 million. To review all the campaign finance figures in full detail, click here.

All 435 U.S. House seats were up for election in 2024. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies.[7] Forty-five members of the U.S. House did not run for re-election. To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. [8]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Caraveo was assigned to the following committees:[Source]

2021-2022

Caraveo was assigned to the following committees:

House Education Committee
Health and Insurance Committee, Vice chair

2019-2020

Caraveo was assigned to the following committees:

Key votes

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Ballotpedia monitors legislation that receives a vote and highlights the ones that we consider to be key to understanding where elected officials stand on the issues. To read more about how we identify key votes, click here.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023

The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, at which point Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023
Vote	Bill and description	Status
Yea	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R. 2670) was a bill passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 22, 2023, authorizing Department of Defense activities and programs for fiscal year 2024. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to pass the bill as amended by a Senate and House conference report.[9]	Passed (310-118)
Nay	To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes. H.R. 185 (To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes.) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to nullify a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) order restricting the entry of foreign citizens to the United States unless the individual was vaccinated against the coronavirus or attested they would take public health measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.[10]	Passed (227-201)
Nay	Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 The Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (H.R. 2811) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to raise the federal debt limit before a June 5, 2023, deadline. The bill also sought to repeal certain green energy tax credits, increase domestic natural gas and oil production, expand work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, and nullify President Joe Biden's (D) proposed student loan debt cancellation program. This bill was not taken up in the Senate, and the debt limit was instead raised through the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.[11]	Passed (217-215)
Yea	Denouncing the horrors of socialism. H.Con.Res. 9 (Denouncing the horrors of socialism.) was a resolution approved by the House of Representatives denouncing socialism and opposing the implementation of socialist policies in the United States. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.[12]	Passed (328-86)
Nay	Lower Energy Costs Act The Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to increase domestic energy production and exports by increasing the production of oil, natural gas, and coal, reducing permitting restrictions for pipelines, refineries, and other energy projects, and increase the production of minerals used in electronics, among other energy production-related policies. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.[13]	Passed (225-204)
Nay	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights". H.J.Res. 30 (Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".) was a joint resolution of disapproval under the terms of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) passed by the 118th Congress and vetoed by President Joe Biden (D) on March 20, 2023. This was Biden's first veto of his presidency. The resolution sought to nullify a Department of Labor rule that amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to allow retirement plans to consider certain environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors in investment-related decisions. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.[14] [Click here](/H.J.Res.30:%5FProviding%5Ffor%5Fcongressional%5Fdisapproval%5Fof%5Fthe%5Frule%5Fsubmitted%5Fby%5Fthe%5FDepartment%5Fof%5FLabor%5Frelating%5Fto%5F%22Prudence%5Fand%5FLoyalty%5Fin%5FSelecting%5FPlan%5FInvestments%5Fand%5FExercising%5FShareholder%5FRights%22 "H.J.Res.30: Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights"") to read more.	Passed (219-200)
Nay	Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020. H.J.Res. 7 (Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.) was a joint resolution of disapproval under the terms of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on April 10, 2023. The resolution ended the national coronavirus state of emergency, which began on March 13, 2020. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.[15] Click here to read more.	Passed (229-197)
Yea	Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (H.R. 3746) was a bill passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on June 3, 2023. The bill raised the federal debt limit until January 2025. The bill also capped non-defense spending in fiscal year 2024, rescinded unspent coronavirus relief funding, rescinded some Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding, enhanced work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program (TANF), simplified environmental reviews for energy projects, and ended the student loan debt repayment pause in August 2023. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.[16] Click here to read more.	Passed (314-117)
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)	Speaker of the House election (January 2023) - 15th vote In January 2023, the House of Representatives held its regular election for Speaker of the House at the start of the 118th Congress. Voting began on January 3, and ended on January 7. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was elected speaker of the House in a 216-212 vote during the 15th round of voting. In order to elect a Speaker of the House, a majority of votes cast for a person by name was required.[17] Click here to read more.	Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (216-212)
Yea	Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant. H.Res. 757 (Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.) was a resolution passed by the House of Representatives that removed Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his position as Speaker of the House. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.[18] Click here to read more.	Passed (216-210)
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)	Speaker of the House election (October 2023) - 4th vote In October 2023, following Rep. Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) removal as Speaker of the House, the House of Representatives held another election for the position. Voting began on October 17 and ended on October 25. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was elected Speaker of the House in a 220-209 vote in the fourth round of voting. In order to elect a Speaker of the House, a majority of votes cast for a person by name was required.[19] Click here to read more.	Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) (220-209)
Nay	Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes. H.Res. 918 (Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes.) was a resolution passed by the House of Representatives that formally authorized an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden (D). The inquiry focused on allegations that Biden used his influence as vice president from 2009 to 2017 to improperly profit from his son Hunter Biden's business dealings. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.[20] Click here to read more.	Passed (221-212)
Yea	Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives. H.Res. 878 (Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives.) was a resolution passed by the House of Representatives that removed Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from office following a House Ethics Committee investigation that determined there was substantial evidence that Santos violated the law during his 2020 and 2022 campaigns. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.[21]	Passed (311-114)

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

Colorado's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)

Colorado's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)

General election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

James Garey (American Constitution Party)
Matthew Payette (Unaffiliated)
Larry Johnson (Unaffiliated)
Eric Joss (L)

Democratic primary election

Republican primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Joseph Andujo (R)
Scott James (R)

Polls

Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals.[22] The Pew Research Center wrote, "A margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level means that if we fielded the same survey 100 times, we would expect the result to be within 3 percentage points of the true population value 95 of those times."[23] For tips on reading polls from FiveThirtyEight, click here. For tips from Pew, click here.

Below we provide results for polls that are included in polling aggregation from FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics, when available. Click here to read about _FiveThirtyEight'_s criteria for including polls in its aggregation. We only report polls for which we can find a margin of error or credibility interval.

Colorado's 8th Congressional District: 2024 general election polls
Poll	Date	Caraveo	Evans	Baum	Joss	Hall	Johnson	Payette	Undecided/Other	Margin of error	Sample size[24]	Sponsor[25]
Tarrance Group	Apr. 13–16, 2024	41%	42%	--	--	--	--	--	17%	±4.9%	400 LV	Congressional Leadership Fund
OnMessage, Inc.	Apr. 1–4, 2024	38%	43%	--	--	--	--	--	19%	±4.9%	400 LV	National Republican Congressional Committee [26]

Election campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Yadira Caraveo	Democratic Party	7,303,139∣7,303,139	7,303,139∣5,996,518	$1,324,162	As of October 16, 2024
Gabe Evans	Republican Party	2,316,892∣2,316,892	2,316,892∣1,934,257	$382,636	As of October 16, 2024
Janak Joshi	Republican Party	243,465∣243,465	243,465∣243,465	$0	As of September 5, 2024
Chris Baum	Approval Voting Party	0∣0	0∣0	$0	Data not available***
James Treibert	Unaffiliated	0∣0	0∣0	$0	Data not available***
Susan Hall	Unity Party	0∣0	0∣0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.* Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

Satellite spending

See also: Satellite spending

Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[27][28][29]

If available, this section includes links to online resources tracking satellite spending in this election. To notify us of a resource to add, email us.

By candidate	By election
Yadira Caraveo Gabe Evans Larry Johnson Matthew Payette	OpenSecrets Federal Election Commission

Note: As of July 11, 2024, Chris Baum (Approval Voting Party), Eric Joss (L), and Susan Hall (Unity Party of Colorado) had not filed as candidates with the Federal Election Commission]].

Race ratings

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[30]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[31][32][33]

Race ratings: Colorado's 8th Congressional District election, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
November 5, 2024	October 29, 2024	October 22, 2024	October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Democratic	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Caraveo in this election.