Rep.-elect Gabe Evans is vowing to focus on what unites -- not divides -- Colorado's Congressional District 8.

Democrat U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo conceded the 8th Congressional District race to Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans on Sunday afternoon. Why it matters: It's a major victory for Republicans, who pumped millions into the race to flip the suburban Denver seat.

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Incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo conceded Sunday to Republican State Rep. Gabe Evans, five days after the polls closed in one of the most closely-watched races in the country.

U.S. Representative-elect Gabe Evans is vowing to focus on what unites -- not divides -- Colorado's Congressional District 8.

Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) on Sunday conceded her reelection race to Republican Gabe Evans, in a win for the GOP as they inch closer to winning control of the lower chamber. The close race for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District still has not been called by The Hill/Decision Desk HQ.

The Republican challenger has yet to be projected as the winner by the Associated Press, but Evans leads Caraveo 49%-48.2%, with an estimated 92% of the vote counted. The current margin shows 2,596 votes separating the two leading candidates.

Fresh off his win in one of the most closely divided congressional districts in the country, Congressman-elect Gabe Evans held a press conference at his campaign headquarters in Thornton on Monday.