Context Lobbying · the statement
A family member’s income from Southwest Airlines, a lobbying client with positions on 19 bills
Their disclosure lists Southwest Airlines as a source of income (for a family member). Southwest Airlines is a client of a professional lobbyist registered with the Secretary of State, whose reports give its positions on 19 bills since 2023. The disclosure form asks for exactly these sources: ones that pay lobbyists at the General Assembly.
What to check- The client's positions on the bills (each bill's page lists who lobbied it), and how they voted on them.
- Whether the organization is the same one (a name can be shared by unrelated organizations).
Rule: Income from a lobbyist's client
“The source is regulated by the state or pays for a lobbyist to lobby at the General Assembly or at a state regulatory body”Form CPF-13 (Rev. 06/2026), instructions: Sources of Compensation ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Campaign money: State House District 40
$16,339itemized, 113 contributions
$6,120from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
96%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $2,145 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $20,024
Consultants and professional services$9,984
Contributions$6,220
Other$1,831
Advertising$817
Office Equipment & Supplies$522
Miscellaneous$327
Food and meals$184
Bank Fees$100
Rent & Utilities$38
Largest payees: PATTERSON AND REID $9,634 Consultants and professional services · HELEN HARDIN $6,000 Contributions · SAME DAY PROCESSING $650 Other · LAWRENCE PORTER $575 Other · MINUTE MAN PRESS $523 Other · RMD SIGNS $386 Advertising · ANEDOT $361 Other · GODADDY.COM $307 Rent & Utilities
Expenditures their committee reported to TRACER over the election cycle, by the type the committee gave; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
HELEN HARDIN
Retired · RETIRED · Aurora | Individual | $6,450 |
LAWRENCE PORTER
Centennial | Candidate | $2,120 |
ERIK ANDERSON
Retired · RETIRED · Hutto | Individual | $729.80 |
CHERRY CREEK REPUBLICAN WOMEN SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Englewood | Small Donor Committee | $500 |
ROBERT DAVIS
Retired · RETIRED · Castle Pines | Individual | $469.06 |
CHRISTOPHER HARDIN
Retired · RETIRED · Mather | Individual | $469.06 |
SCOTT NORDBY
Retired · RETIRED · Henderson | Individual | $469.06 |
JAMES HARDIN
Retired · RETIRED · Aurora | Individual | $450 |
| | $339.97 |
ALEXANDRA ERLICH
Retired · RETIRED · Denver | Individual | $260.73 |
BILL OWENS
Retired · RETIRED · Denver | Individual | $260.73 |
JUDIE PORTER
Albuquerque | Individual | $260.73 |
TERRI BEIGHT
Retired · RETIRED · Onalaska | Individual | $250 |
GAYE RIBBLE
Retired · RETIRED · Fort Collins | Individual | $242.29 |
TATYANA STURM
Retired · RETIRED · Aurora | Individual | $200 |
Committees: CLINTON FOR COLORADO. From the Secretary of State's TRACER bulk files.