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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.

Tribal governments ✕
DonorCandidatesTotalBy party
PUEBLO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Tribal government · Pueblo		2$6,700

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).