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Donors

Who gives to many of the 2026 state candidates: 13,758 donors gave to two or more, 545 to ten or more, and 564 to both Democrats and Republicans; 10 are registered lobbyist employers.

Where the money comes from

Every itemized contribution to the 2026 state candidates ($39.9M), by kind of donor.

All 2026 state candidates
Democrats
Republicans

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

All 2026 state candidates
Democrats
Republicans

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholdersTheir own money and committees

Individuals

$31.9M 81% of outside money · 103,219 donors

  1. RACHEL LEE $40,375
  2. TRAVIS BERRY $38,399
  3. JOSHUA HANFLING $36,300
  4. KAYLA TIBBALS $35,940
  5. PATRICK BOYLE $35,875

Businesses

$72,156 0% of outside money · 157 donors

  1. OGBORN MIHM LLP $9,350
  2. PALOMA FOR BROOMFIELD $4,095
  3. CO CUPAC $3,800
  4. MISSIONWIRED $3,710
  5. BUILDING A STRONGER COLORADO $3,600

All businesses funding 2+ candidates →

Trade, professional and issue groups

$4.4M 11% of outside money · 463 donors

  1. REALTOR SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (RSDC) $320,950
  2. APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE $254,450
  3. COPIC SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE $243,050
  4. COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE $235,350
  5. BUILDING A STRONGER COLORADO $208,950

All trade, professional and issue groups funding 2+ candidates →

Labor unions

$1.5M 4% of outside money · 72 donors

  1. COLORADO PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS SMALL DONOR FUND $264,500
  2. COLORADO AFL-CIO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (COLORADO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRI $206,875
  3. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES $159,175
  4. COLORADO STATE CONFERENCE OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (CSCEW) $133,000
  5. COLORADO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS NONPARTISAN SMALL DONOR $91,800

All labor unions funding 2+ candidates →

Tribal governments

$9,200 0% of outside money · 3 donors

  1. PUEBLO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE $6,700
  2. PUEBLO COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY $2,000
  3. PUEBLO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (PEA-SDC) $500

All tribal governments funding 2+ candidates →

Political parties

$1.1M 3% of outside money · 61 donors

  1. COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY $776,222
  2. COLORADO REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE $50,750
  3. LARIMER COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY (LCRP) $42,712
  4. LA PLATA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE $22,500
  5. HOUSE MAJORITY PROJECT (FKA) STATE DEMOCRATIC HOUSE CAMPAIGN FUND $21,000

All political parties funding 2+ candidates →

Other candidates and officeholders

$322,616 1% of outside money · 58 donors

  1. FRIENDS OF COLORADO HOSPITALS (F/K/A HOSPITALS EXPRESS LEGISLATIVE PREFERENCE) $26,550
  2. ROBERTS LEADERSHIP FUND $25,200
  3. MCCLUSKIE FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND $22,950
  4. JUDY AMABILE LEADERSHIP FUND $21,075
  5. ANDREW FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND $20,225

All other candidates and officeholders funding 2+ candidates →

Their own money and committees

$581,603 1% of all · 197 donors

  1. GEORGE SMITH $112,101
  2. JOHN MIKOS $70,935
  3. JACK ROSENTHAL $51,096
  4. EDITH HOOTON $40,232
  5. HEIDI HENKEL $28,487

Kinds of donor are read from the contributor's name and type as reported: tribal names are tribal governments; unions and labor councils, labor; associations, chambers and PACs, groups; party committees, parties; other candidates' committees, candidates. A candidate's own money is contributions in their name and transfers from their earlier campaigns' committees. Names can mislead, so treat each kind as approximate.

Who gives

102,133people gave to a 2026 state campaign, $31.9M in all
75%of them gave to a statewide race; the governor's primary drew the most: Victor Marx 27,117, Phil Weiser 21,101, Michael Bennet 15,954
$100the median person's total; 45% gave under $100 in all
$278,080more came in gifts under $20, which committees may report as one lump sum without names (34,306 sums)

A person is a name and ZIP code as reported, so someone who moved or wrote “Bob” one time and “Robert” the next counts twice (at most several thousand of these). Gifts of $20 or more are itemized with a name and address, and employer and occupation from $100 (Campaign and Political Finance Manual). Candidates' own money isn't counted.

Other candidates and officeholders ✕
DonorCandidatesTotalBy party
FRIENDS OF COLORADO HOSPITALS (F/K/A HOSPITALS EXPRESS LEGISLATIVE PREFERENCE)
Candidate or officeholder committee · Denver		45$26,550
ROBERTS LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Frisco		45$25,650
MCCLUSKIE FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Redacted By Sos		42$22,950
JUDY AMABILE LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Boulder		41$21,075
ANDREW FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Redacted By Sos		42$20,225
BIRD FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Redacted By Sos		31$16,250
BACON FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Denver		30$14,360
LINDSTEDT LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Redacted By Sos		24$13,000
LINDSEY FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Arvada		25$12,250
CAMACHO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Denver		25$11,394
LUNDEEN LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Monument		15$8,950
HANSEN LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Durango		15$8,350
VELASCO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Redacted By Sos		18$8,125
FRIENDS OF JUNIE JOSEPH LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Boulder		37$8,105
HAMRICK LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Centennial		17$7,850
RODRIGUEZ LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Denver		15$7,750
YARA LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Fort Collins		16$6,700
MANNY RUTINEL LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Commerce City		14$5,950
CME WIN LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Denver		15$5,850
CHRIS KOLKER LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Redacted By Sos		10$5,250
CATHY KIPP FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Fort Collins		12$5,150
FENBERG LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Boulder		7$5,150
WEISSMAN LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Aurora		10$4,500
WILLFORD LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Northglenn		11$4,450
SNYDER FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Manitou Springs		11$4,425
THE COLEMAN LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Denver		6$3,700
EDIE HOOTON LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Boulder		4$3,700
BALL FOR ALL LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Denver		8$3,600
GO FOR THE GOLDSTEIN LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Westminster		9$2,950
SHEILA FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Redacted By Sos		7$2,856
MCLACHLAN LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Durango		7$2,830
TAMMY STORY LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Evergreen		9$2,750
SULLY'S LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Centennial		6$2,050
ESGAR LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Pueblo		2$1,950
FRIENDS OF COLORADO HOSPITALS
Candidate or officeholder committee · Greenwood Village		3$1,800
LORENA FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND COMMITTEE
Candidate or officeholder committee · Redacted By Sos		5$1,650
EXUM LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Redacted By Sos		6$1,650
BUCKNER FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Aurora		6$1,575
IMAN FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Aurora		2$1,200
JACKSON FOR COLORADO HOUSE LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Centennial		4$1,200
FRIENDS OF COLORADO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PAC
Candidate or officeholder committee · Denver		3$1,000
DAFNA FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Commerce City		2$900
WIN WITH NGUYEN LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Broomfield		5$750
SERENA LUCHA LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Denver		2$650
CUTTER FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Redacted By Sos		3$600
COMMITTEE TO ELECT MARC SNYDER
Candidate or officeholder committee · Manitou Springs		2$322
KYLE BROWN LEADERSHIP FUND (PAC TO THE FUTURE)
Candidate or officeholder committee · Louisville		2$300

From contributions to the 2026 state candidates' committees in TRACER over the election cycle (corrections applied). A person is a name and ZIP code; anyone else, a name as written, cleaned of spelling differences (“CO”/“Colorado”) and merged where we've checked two spellings are the same donor. A company and its PAC are separate donors. By party: the candidates' parties (blue Democratic, red Republican, gray other parties and nonpartisan offices).