Manny Rutinel

Tonty "Manny" Rutinel was born on December 20, 1994, and raised by a single mother in the Dominican Republic until age six, when they immigrated to the United States. Growing up, his family faced impossible choices between groceries, healthcare, and rent. When the Great Recession hit, they lost their home. To help support his family, Manny worked at McDonald's while attending high school and regularly donated blood plasma for extra income. Despite these challenges, he earned degrees from four institutions culminating in a J.D. from Yale Law School. In October 2023, he was appointed to the Colorado House of Representatives for District 32. On January 27, 2025, he announced his candidacy for Congress in Colorado's competitive 8th District, raising over $500,000 in his first 48 hours—a Colorado record for first-day congressional fundraising.

First-generation American whose mother emigrated from the Dominican Republic to give him and his brother a better life. His father served as a senator in the Dominican Republic. Raised by a single working mother who made enormous sacrifices—Manny has said he is "in awe of the amount of sacrifice and work that she gave to us and to our communities." The family lost their home during the Great Recession, a formative experience that shaped his commitment to fighting for working families. He grew up filling out food stamp applications and working from a young age to help pay the bills.