WASHINGTON, DC—The Working Families Party has announced its endorsement of Amie Baca-Oehlert in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District.

Amie Baca-Oehlert is an educator, mother, and was the first Latina to serve as President of the Colorado Education Association (CEA), the state’s largest union. The daughter of a working-class family with deep roots in the Southwest, Baca-Oehlert has dedicated her career to fighting for working families.

Earlier this month, Rep. Gabe Evans (CO-8) voted for Trump’s mega-bill, which makes record cuts to Medicaid and threatens thousands of rural hospitals and nursing homes. Evans falsely claimed that there are no Medicaid cuts in the GOP mega-bill. 

“As someone who has been working since I was 14 years old and who has spent my entire adult life working to better the lives of working people, I’m honored to have the endorsement of the Working Families Party,” said Amie Baca-Oehlert, Democratic candidate in CO-8. “I’m deeply aligned with WFP’s commitment to make our nation work for the many, not the few. I’m proud to stand with the WFP as together we will ensure we elect more people to Congress who look like me: a teacher, a Latina, a mom, a union leader—and above all people who will fight for fellow working people.”

“Amie is the kind of leader we need in Congress. She’s dedicated her career to standing up to powerful people and fighting for working families to receive a fair shake,” said Wynn Howell, State Director of the Colorado Working Families Party. “Gabe Evans betrayed Coloradans when he voted to cut our health care and shutter hospitals. He sided with his billionaire donors over the working people who make up our communities. It’s time for brave new leadership in Colorado’s 8th District.”

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The Working Families Party is the party for the working class of all races. We all work hard to take care of our families and contribute to our communities. We deserve leaders that will fight for us. But some politicians are teaming up with greedy corporations to drive up the cost of everything from groceries to housing, childcare and college–and they’re attacking our basic freedoms like abortion rights and the right to vote. The Working Families Party is regular people coming together to fight for a country that puts working people first.