With less than a percentage-point difference in votes, Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo on Sunday conceded the race to represent Colorado’s 8th Congressional District to Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans.
“It’s been the honor of a lifetime to serve the people of Colorado’s 8th District,” Caraveo said in a statement Sunday afternoon. “I came to Congress to get things done, and have spent the last two years working to find common ground and bipartisan solutions to the most pressing issues facing our community. … While this isn’t the outcome we had hoped for, the work is not over.”
All three counties that make up Colorado’s 8th Congressional District had concluded ballot counting late Saturday night, election officials said.
Larimer and Weld counties both reported they had completed their initial ballot counts Saturday afternoon and counting in Adams County wrapped up just before midnight.
Evans won 48.98% of the final count with 162,022 votes compared to Caraveo’s 159,426 votes, or 48.19% of the final count, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.
The Republican candidate pulled ahead of incumbent Caraveo late Friday for the first time since election night, but both candidates were unsure whether the remaining votes left to be counted in Adams County would flip the race back in Caraveo’s favor.
While thousands of votes remain set aside for curing — where voters provide identification, add a missing signature to their ballot or correct other critical errors — Caraveo conceded the race Sunday and the National Republican Congressional Committee issued a statement declaring victory for Evans.
“Gabe Evans is a fighter for the American Dream who will work tirelessly on their behalf in Congress, and we look forward to seeing the valuable results Congressman-elect Evans will deliver for Coloradans,” NRCC spokeswoman Delanie Bomar said in the statement.
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