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.
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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
- RACHEL LEE $40,375
- TRAVIS BERRY $38,399
- JOSHUA HANFLING $36,300
- KAYLA TIBBALS $35,940
- PATRICK BOYLE $35,875
Businesses
$72,156 0% of outside money · 157 donors
- OGBORN MIHM LLP $9,350
- PALOMA FOR BROOMFIELD $4,095
- CO CUPAC $3,800
- MISSIONWIRED $3,710
- BUILDING A STRONGER COLORADO $3,600
Trade, professional and issue groups
$4.4M 11% of outside money · 463 donors
- REALTOR SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (RSDC) $320,950
- APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE $254,450
- COPIC SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE $243,050
- COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE $235,350
- 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
- COLORADO PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS SMALL DONOR FUND $264,500
- COLORADO AFL-CIO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (COLORADO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRI $206,875
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES $159,175
- COLORADO STATE CONFERENCE OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (CSCEW) $133,000
- COLORADO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS NONPARTISAN SMALL DONOR $91,800
Tribal governments
$9,200 0% of outside money · 3 donors
- PUEBLO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE $6,700
- PUEBLO COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY $2,000
- PUEBLO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (PEA-SDC) $500
Political parties
$1.1M 3% of outside money · 61 donors
- COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY $776,222
- COLORADO REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE $50,750
- LARIMER COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY (LCRP) $42,712
- LA PLATA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE $22,500
- HOUSE MAJORITY PROJECT (FKA) STATE DEMOCRATIC HOUSE CAMPAIGN FUND $21,000
Other candidates and officeholders
$322,616 1% of outside money · 58 donors
- FRIENDS OF COLORADO HOSPITALS (F/K/A HOSPITALS EXPRESS LEGISLATIVE PREFERENCE) $26,550
- ROBERTS LEADERSHIP FUND $25,200
- MCCLUSKIE FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND $22,950
- JUDY AMABILE LEADERSHIP FUND $21,075
- 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
- GEORGE SMITH $112,101
- JOHN MIKOS $70,935
- JACK ROSENTHAL $51,096
- EDITH HOOTON $40,232
- 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
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.
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).