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An A.I. legislator running a cost campaign

Manny Rutinel is one of the few politicians to have spent his career trying to govern A.I. In the race to represent Colorado’s swingiest district, he’s not talking about it much.

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Halina Bennet
Oct 03, 2026
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Democrat Manny Rutinel is running for office in Colorado’s swingiest congressional district. (Photo via the campaign)

One month before Election Day, Democrat Manny Rutinel spent the afternoon in his campaign office north of Denver — a collection of rooms in a nondescript Longmont strip mall decorated with mismatched chairs, photos of the candidate in a c…

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