Manny Rutinel
American politician (born 1994)
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Tonty Enmanuel "Manny" Rutinel (born December 20, 1994)[1][2] is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives for the 32nd district.
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Manny Rutinel | |
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Rutinel in 2024 | |
| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 32nd district | |
| Assumed office October 13, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Dafna Michaelson Jenet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 20, 1994 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Pasco-Hernando State College (AA) University of Florida (BA, BS) Johns Hopkins University (MS) Yale University (JD) |
| Website | Campaign website |
Rutinel is the Democratic nominee for Colorado's 8th congressional district in the 2026 election.
Early life and education
Rutinel was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised by a single mother in the Dominican Republic until he was six years old.[3] They returned to the United States and lived in California and Florida. He attended schools in Florida.[4] He stated that he worked at McDonald's while attending high school and regularly gave blood at a plasma center to help support his family.[2]
Rutinel earned an associate degree from Pasco–Hernando State College, a Bachelor of Arts in economics and Bachelor of Science in microbiology from the University of Florida, a Master of Science in applied economics from Johns Hopkins University, and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.[5]
Career
From 2016 to 2018, Rutinel served as an economist for the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Upstate New York.[6] After graduating from law school, he worked as an associate attorney at Earthjustice. Since 2021, Rutinel has worked as the CEO of Climate Refarm, a non-profit organization.
In October 2023, he was selected to fill the former seat of Dafna Michaelson Jenet in the Colorado House of Representatives. She had been selected for a vacant state senate seat.[7] Rutinel has led legislative efforts to conduct oversight of ICE detention centers in Colorado.[8]
On January 27, 2025, Rutinel announced that he would run for the 2026 U.S. House of Representatives election in Colorado's 8th congressional district, seeking to unseat Republican incumbent Gabe Evans.[9]
