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DemocratManny Rutinel

Unknown Office · Colorado

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Manny Rutinel is the Democrat Unknown Office for Colorado. StumpWatch tracks Manny Rutinel's record — campaign promises, sourced positions, votes, and legislative activity — and whether they keep their word.

15 tracked promises, 13 rated

Colorado

Colorado

Represents Colorado statewide

66/100
Trust rating
Generally keeps promises
66
0 · Broken50 · Mixed100 · Kept
A transparent rescale of the Integrity Score (+32) to 0–100, aggregated from 13 rated promises. Never an opaque single score.
How this is calculated →

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$4.3M
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5M2026: raised $4.3M2026: spent $3.7M20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $2.1M (48%)48%Large individual (itemized): $2.2M (50%)50%PAC / committee: $93K (2%)
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$2.1M48%
  • Large individual (itemized)$2.2M50%
  • PAC / committee$93K2%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Integrity

Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown

+32 · based on 13 rated promises

  • No opportunity 6
  • Partial 3
  • Championed 2
  • Fully Kept 2

Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.

Integrity over time

Tenure dates not on file · 13 rated promises

The line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.

−100 worked against0+100 kept
Integrity Score by assessment date. Score ranges from −100 (worked against) to +100 (kept).
DateIntegrity Score
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
Sep 202613
Sep 202611
Sep 202619
Sep 202621
Sep 202624
Sep 202629
Sep 202631
Sep 202632
now32 (current, held from last rating)

Promise status over time

How the tracked promise record has evolved.

13 tracked
  • Kept7
  • Against0
  • No opportunity6
  • In progress0
051015Sep 2026Sep 2026Sep 2026

Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.

Not yet scoredNot yet rated 2— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

15 promises across 13 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • Consumer protection2
  • Healthcare / prescription drug prices2
  • Campaign finance1
  • Campaign finance / democracy1
  • Economy / wages1
  • Food security / SNAP1
  • Government ethics1
  • Healthcare costs1
  • Immigration / ICE oversight1
  • Social Security / Medicare1
  • Taxes1
  • Taxes / families1
  • Veterans1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)15100%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

10
22
310
43
50

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

15 tracked promises

No opportunityhigh confidence

Protect Social Security and Medicare — block any benefit cuts and any increase to the retirement age.

Social Security / MedicareSpecific · measurable
SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (Candidate Connection survey)Colorado General AssemblyFederal Election Commission
No opportunityhigh confidence

Fight to ban stock trading by members of Congress and close lobbyist loopholes.

Government ethicsSpecific · measurable
SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (campaign statements)WikipediaColorado General Assembly (official)
No opportunitymedium confidence

Hold ICE accountable in Congress — require ICE agents to wear body cameras, use judicial orders, and be held accountable when they break the law, and conduct congressional oversight of ICE detention sites in Colorado.

Immigration / ICE oversightSpecific · measurable
SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (Candidate Connection survey)Colorado Times RecorderWikipediaColorado General Assembly (official)
Partialmedium confidence

Expand VA cancer-treatment coverage for veterans exposed to radiation, burn pits, or contaminated water, and expand community-based veteran suicide-prevention programs.

Veterans
SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (campaign statements)Colorado SunColorado General AssemblyColorado General Assembly (enrolled bill text)
Partialmedium confidence

Protect and expand food-security programs, including protecting SNAP for vulnerable households.

Food security / SNAP
SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (Candidate Connection survey)Colorado General AssemblyColorado General AssemblyColorado General Assembly
Partialmedium confidence

Close corporate tax loopholes, make billionaires 'pay what they owe,' and crack down on wealthy tax cheats (restore audits of wealthy taxpayers).

Taxes
SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (Candidate Connection survey)Colorado General Assembly bill pageColorado General Assembly (signed bill text)
Championedhigh confidence

Expand tax credits for millions of working parents.

Taxes / families
SourcesBallotpedia (Candidate Connection survey)Manny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedColorado General AssemblyColorado House DemocratsColorado General Assembly
No opportunityhigh confidence

Raise the federal minimum wage.

Economy / wages
SourcesBallotpedia (campaign statements)Manny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedColorado General Assembly (official)The Colorado Sun
Fully Keptmedium confidence

Refuse corporate PAC money for his campaign (No Corporate PAC Money Pledge).

Campaign finance
SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (campaign statements)Manny Rutinel for Congress official ActBlue donation pageFederal Election Commission — Rutinel, Manny candidate overviewFederal Election Commission — Manny Rutinel for Congress committee
No opportunityhigh confidence

Expand Medicare's power to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs.

Healthcare / prescription drug prices
SourcesBallotpedia (Candidate Connection survey)Manny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedColorado NewslineNBC NewsColorado General Assembly (official)
No opportunitymedium confidence

Cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for every American.

Healthcare / prescription drug prices
SourcesBallotpediaManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedColorado General Assembly
Fully Kepthigh confidence

Require companies to make canceling a subscription as easy as it was to sign up.

Consumer protection
SourcesBallotpedia (campaign statements)Manny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedColorado House DemocratsBusiness Law GroupColorado General Assembly
Championedmedium confidence

Pass laws against junk fees so consumers know the true, upfront cost (airfares, tickets, hotels, banking).

Consumer protection
SourcesBallotpedia (Candidate Connection survey)Manny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedColorado General AssemblyColorado House DemocratsColorado Capitol Watch (official roll-call feed)
Not yet rated

Crack down on surprise hospital billing and bar insurers from charging out-of-network rates for care at in-network facilities.

Healthcare costs
SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (campaign statements)
Not yet rated

Work to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of politics.

Campaign finance / democracy
SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (campaign statements)

Positions on record

13 positions on record

The record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.

  • VeteransStated position

    Expand VA cancer-treatment coverage for veterans exposed to radiation, burn pits, or contaminated water, and expand community-based veteran suicide-prevention programs.

    SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (campaign statements)
    View position & sources
  • Food security / SNAPStated position

    Protect and expand food-security programs, including protecting SNAP for vulnerable households.

    SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (Candidate Connection survey)
    View position & sources
  • Consumer protectionStated position

    Require companies to make canceling a subscription as easy as it was to sign up.

    SourcesBallotpedia (Candidate Connection survey)Manny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Healthcare costsStated position

    Crack down on surprise hospital billing and bar insurers from charging out-of-network rates for care at in-network facilities.

    SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (campaign statements)
    View position & sources
  • TaxesStated position

    Close corporate tax loopholes, make billionaires 'pay what they owe,' and crack down on wealthy tax cheats (restore audits of wealthy taxpayers).

    SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (Candidate Connection survey)
    View position & sources
  • Taxes / familiesStated position

    Expand tax credits for millions of working parents.

    SourcesBallotpedia (Candidate Connection survey)Manny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Economy / wagesStated position

    Raise the federal minimum wage.

    SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (campaign statements)
    View position & sources
  • Campaign financeStated position

    Refuse corporate PAC money for his campaign (No Corporate PAC Money Pledge).

    SourcesBallotpedia (campaign statements)Manny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Campaign finance / democracyStated position

    Work to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of politics.

    SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (campaign statements)
    View position & sources
  • Social Security / MedicareStated position

    Protect Social Security and Medicare — block any benefit cuts and any increase to the retirement age.

    SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (Candidate Connection survey)
    View position & sources
  • Healthcare / prescription drug pricesStated position

    Expand Medicare's power to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs.

    SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia
    View position & sources
  • Government ethicsStated position

    Fight to ban stock trading by members of Congress and close lobbyist loopholes.

    SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (campaign statements)
    View position & sources
  • Immigration / ICE oversightStated position

    Hold ICE accountable in Congress — require ICE agents to wear body cameras, use judicial orders, and be held accountable when they break the law, and conduct congressional oversight of ICE detention sites in Colorado.

    SourcesManny Rutinel for Congress (campaign issues page)· archivedBallotpedia (Candidate Connection survey)Colorado Times Recorder
    View position & sources
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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