Manny Rutinel

Tonty Enmanuel "Manny" Rutinel (born December 20, 1994) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives for the 32nd district.

Rutinel is the Democratic nominee for 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. They returned to the United States and lived in California and Florida. He attended schools in Florida. 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.

Career

From 2016 to 2018, Rutinel served as an economist for the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Upstate New York. 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. Rutinel has led legislative efforts to conduct oversight of ICE detention centers in Colorado.

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.