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Gabe Evans: “If the Republicans had gotten there was about 15,000…”

Featuring: Gabe Evans, Republican | U.S. Representative, Colorado's 8th Congressional District

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August 6 Brighton, Colorado, HD48 State Rep. Gabe Evans Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 27:55

That was replicated out across several different districts all across Colorado. And so what that means is If the Republicans had gotten there was about 15,000 additional votes properly distributed through a lot of these very close races, instead of our numbers being 19 to 46, they would have been 29 to 36. a much closer and more balanced state legislature. And that was what we argued. We said, look, there's only 19 of us, but we still represent 46% of Coloradans who … (27:55–28:08)

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Asserts that 15,000 additional Republican votes could have changed the state legislature balance to 29 Republicans and 36 Democrats.

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