Manny Rutinel

Lower healthcare costs and expand access by giving Medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices (including capping insulin at $35 per month) and by cracking down on surprise medical bills; the policy also supports bodily autonomy in abortion decisions.

Manny Rutinel's economy platform centers on lowering costs for working families—reducing prescription drug costs, energy bills, and healthcare premiums—while expanding good-paying jobs, boosting vocational training, and supporting unions to reduce income inequality and strengthen the middle class. He also proposes policies to increase the minimum wage and expand tax credits for working parents to further ease household costs.

Support Bodily Autonomy: The government should respect Americans’ freedom to make their own decisions about abortion without interference from politicians or others.

Manny Rutinel cosponsored Colorado SB25-276 Protect Civil Rights Immigration Status to limit immigration enforcement abuses and protect civil rights; he has stated in campaign materials that he supports protecting immigrants from ICE brutality and reforming immigration policy to align with civil rights protections.

Manny Rutinel supports protecting immigrant communities and civil rights, including opposing ICE abuses and supporting state-level immigrant protections; he cosponsored Colorado SB25-276, which focuses on policing practices to avoid ICE involvement and to protect residents' civil rights.

Manny Rutinel supports AI regulation and consumer protections, evidenced by his sponsorship of Colorado SB24-205 (Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence), which requires high-risk AI developers and deployers to manage risks of algorithmic discrimination, disclose information, and provide remedies to consumers. He also backed the 2026 rewrite of Colorado's AI framework to maintain guardrails.

Manny Rutinel’s campaign advocates anti-corruption election reforms, including banning stock trading by members of Congress, prohibiting corporate PAC money, opposing dark money in politics, and exploring voting reforms such as approval voting to empower voters.

Rutinel's Local Issues platform centers on reducing the cost of living for Colorado families, including lowering costs for working families and making housing affordable. He supports expanding tax credits for working parents, closing corporate loopholes, lowering prescription drug costs (including insulin), capping energy bills, and protecting Social Security and Medicare.

I will lower energy costs for Colorado families by reducing energy bills.

Rutinel supports gun safety measures and has sponsored Colorado legislation to restrict semiautomatic weapons and rapid-fire devices and keep dangerous weapons out of schools. He has been endorsed by Giffords and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

Rutinel supports Israel's right to exist and a two-state solution with secure borders, and supports U.S. security assistance to Israel in line with the Obama administration's 2016 memorandum of understanding. He has condemned antisemitism.

A former public school teacher, Rutinel says he is working to protect public education, increase school funding, and expand vocational training so high school students can graduate with industry-recognized credentials. He supports fully funding public education.