Manny Rutinel | |
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Member of the ColoradoHouseofRepresentatives from the 32nd district | |
Assumed office October 13, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Dafna Michaelson Jenet |
Personal details | |
Born | United States | December 20,1994
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Pasco–Hernando State College (AA) University of Florida (BA,BS) Johns Hopkins University (MS) Yale University (JD) |
Website | Campaign website |
Tonty "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. He assumed office in October 2023.
On January 27,2025,Rutinel announced his candidacy for Colorado's 8th congressional district in 2026.
Rutinel was born in the United States and raised by a single mother in the Dominican Republic until he was six years old. They immigrated to the United States and lived in California and Florida. He attended schools in Florida. [3] 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. [4]
From 2016 to 2018,Rutinel served as an economist for the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Upstate New York. [5] 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.
Active in the Democratic Party,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. [6]
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. [7]