[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Gabe Evans

Republican · Representative, CO ·8

Score Components

39 HIGH

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

30 → 8

Contradiction Risk 25%

100 → 25

Intelligence Volume 10%

62 → 6

Constituency Deviation 5%

0 → 0

Voting Misalignment 5%

0 → 0

% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.

[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 6.9% (national: 12.4%)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Voter registration breakdown: 28% Democrat, 25% Republican, 44% Unaffiliated

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: EVEN (Trump won 50%-48% in 2024)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 71.2% (national: 65.5%)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 39% — highest of any Colorado district

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2024): 757,119 — Colorado's newest district, created after 2020 census

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $94,617 (national: $37,585)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 128: Parole Eligibility for Certain Offenders (2024) (2024) — passed, margin approved by voters

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 131: Ranked Choice Voting and Open Primaries (2024) (2024) — failed, margin 53.5% No to 46.5% Yes

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 127: Mountain Lion and Bobcat Hunting Ban (2024) (2024) — failed, margin rejected by voters statewide

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Amendment 80: Right to School Choice (2024) (2024) — failed, margin 50.7% No to 49.3% Yes (55% required)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Amendment 79: Right to Abortion (2024) (2024) — passed, margin 62.0% Yes to 38.0% No

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 0.1)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.14)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 211 (share 0.15)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 11 (share 0.12)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Halliburton Energy Services (1110 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Vestas Blades America (wind turbine manufacturing) (3000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Leprino Foods (dairy processing) (750 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Banner Health (3000 employees)

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No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
FIRE Act (modifies Clean Air Act 'exceptional events' definition for wildfire mi	yea	2026-04-22	aligned
Resolution disapproving of Trump's emergency tariff on Canada	nay	2026-02-11	misaligned
Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (bill to end 43-day gover	yea	2025-11-12	mixed
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump tax-and-spending reconciliation package, final	yea	2025-07-03	misaligned
Resolution condemning Boulder antisemitic terrorist attack (Evans-authored)	yea	2025-06-09	mixed
Energy and Commerce Committee budget reconciliation markup (Medicaid cuts)	yea	2025-05-14	misaligned
House Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution (reconciliation framework)	yea	2025-02-25	misaligned
Laken Riley Act (mandatory ICE detention for non-citizens accused of theft befor	yea	2025-01-07	mixed

Last contradiction analysis: Never

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "Throughout his political career, Evans has repeatedly characterized his Mexican immigrant grandfather Cuauhtemoc Chavez as having come to the U.S. 'le"

Vote: on "Historical INS documents obtained by Colorado Newsline show Evans' grandfather entered the U.S. ille"

Evans built his immigration policy narrative around his grandfather who he repeatedly claimed immigrated 'legally.' Federal documents revealed his grandfather entered the country illegally at age 5 and lived undocumented for over a decade. Evans' own

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "Evans repeatedly stated his grandfather Cuauhtemoc Chavez immigrated to the United States 'the right way,' 'the legal way,' and that his family 'did i"

Vote: on "Archived Immigration and Naturalization Service documents show Evans' grandfather entered the U.S. i"

Evans built his political identity and hardline immigration stance on his grandfather's claimed 'legal' immigration path. Government documents show the grandfather entered illegally, lived undocumented for 12 years, and was arrested for an immigratio

reversal 90/100

Platform: "Evans signed a March 2025 letter with 21 House Republicans asking legislative leaders to preserve clean energy tax credits to 'increase domestic manuf"

Vote: on "Evans voted for H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Roll Call 190), the budget reconciliation pa"

Evans publicly advocated for preserving clean energy tax credits in March 2025, then voted in July 2025 for H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation package that effectively repealed those same clean energy tax credits. After the vote, he sent a letter aski

platform_vs_vote 60/100

Platform: "Evans' issues page says he wants to lower inflation and bring prices down for Colorado families, and at his telephone town hall stated: 'I'm a big bel"

Vote: on "In September 2025 and February 2026, Evans voted to protect Trump's sweeping tariffs — taxes on impo"

Evans campaigned on lowering costs and claimed to believe in free trade, but twice voted to protect Trump's cost-spiking tariffs that economic analysis shows cost American families over $1,700 in higher prices — contradicting his stated priority of r

Last silence detection: Never

In-person town halls with constituents in CD-8

483d silent

Expected position: As the representative of a swing district won by fewer than 2,500 votes, Evans would be expected to hold regular in-person town halls to engage constituents across the political spe

In-person town halls with constituents in Colorado's 8th District

482d silent

Expected position: As the representative for a highly competitive swing district, Evans was expected to hold traditional in-person town halls where constituents could question him directly about his v

$33 million clean energy project funding cancellation in his district

44d silent

Expected position: As a congressman who publicly defended clean energy tax credits and signed a March 2025 letter asking legislative leaders to preserve them, Evans would be expected to comment when $

No donor interests mapped

No constituency baseline modelled

No platform commitments archived

No committee memberships recorded

Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

Component	Weight	Signal
Silence Risk	25%	Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Contradiction Risk	25%	Stated positions contradicted by voting record (recent findings boosted)
Connection Density	20%	Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups
Intelligence Volume	10%	Documented facts from verified sources (logarithmic scale)
Donor Influence	10%	Distinct donors with interests overlapping committee jurisdiction
Constituency Deviation	5%	Gap between district priorities and legislative focus
Voting Misalignment	5%	Floor votes contradicting stated platform positions

Each component produces a raw score 0–100. The weighted sum yields the overall score. Tier thresholds: Critical ≥ 45, High ≥ 36, Elevated ≥ 22, Moderate ≥ 10, Low < 10.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

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