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Ilana Spiegel

Running in 2026: CU Regent District 6 (June 30) · CU Regent District 6 (November 3)

Personal Financial Disclosures

Income listed: up to $323,999; debts: up to $199,000 on their latest disclosure with entries: the top of each range they selected, added up (the form asks for ranges, not amounts; a range with no top counts at its figure).

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025
CU Regent CD6		2025-06-042 income sources, 1 assets, 1 colorado property, 1 state-regulated businesses, 1 debts
2025
Regent, University of Colorado		2025-02-052 income sources, 1 assets, 1 colorado property, 1 state-regulated businesses, 1 debts
2024
B		2024-01-034 income sources, 3 sources of compensation, 1 colorado property, 9 offices and directorships, 2 debts

Findings

Context Gifts

$270 in gifts from UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO in 2026, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies

Their own gift reports list 5 items from UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO received in 2026, worth $270.00 in all: Alpacca buffalo ($58.00); Cu regent emeriti reception and men's basketball game ($38.00); Cu men's basketball vs. ucf (2 tickets) ($38.00); Cu men's basketball vs. arizona (4 tickets) ($76.00) …. The Colorado Constitution's gift ban limits what an official may accept from one person in a calendar year to $75 (as adjusted for inflation), with exceptions: food and admission where they speak or answer questions, a nonprofit's or government's reasonable expenses for a meeting where they take part, gifts from relatives and personal friends on a special occasion, tokens and informational material, and anything they paid fair value for. University Of Colorado is a public body; when it pays for an official's own duties (travel, events they attend in office) that isn't a gift from a private source. Reporting a gift is required either way; the report doesn't say which exception, if any, applies.

What to check
  • Whether an exception in art. XXIX, sec. 3(3) applies: a speaking role or scheduled program, a nonprofit (under 5% for-profit funding) or government paying for a meeting they took part in, a relative or personal friend, or payment of fair value by the official.
  • The Independent Ethics Commission's advisory opinions and letter rulings on similar gifts.
  • The report itself in TRACER (Supplemental Reports: Gifts, Honoraria and Other Benefits).
Rule: Gifts over the gift ban's limit
“shall solicit, accept or receive any gift or other thing of value having either a fair market value or aggregate actual cost greater than fifty dollars ($50) in any calendar year”Colorado Constitution, art. XXIX, sec. 3(2) (the Independent Ethics Commission's copy); the limit is $75 from 2023 (IEC Position Statement 23-01) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Gifts

$100 in gifts from AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN in 2026, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies

Their own gift reports list 1 item from AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN received in 2026, worth $100.00 in all: Aauw public policy day honoraria ($100.00). The Colorado Constitution's gift ban limits what an official may accept from one person in a calendar year to $75 (as adjusted for inflation), with exceptions: food and admission where they speak or answer questions, a nonprofit's or government's reasonable expenses for a meeting where they take part, gifts from relatives and personal friends on a special occasion, tokens and informational material, and anything they paid fair value for. The description (“honoraria”) suggests one may apply. Reporting a gift is required either way; the report doesn't say which exception, if any, applies.

What to check
  • Whether an exception in art. XXIX, sec. 3(3) applies: a speaking role or scheduled program, a nonprofit (under 5% for-profit funding) or government paying for a meeting they took part in, a relative or personal friend, or payment of fair value by the official.
  • The Independent Ethics Commission's advisory opinions and letter rulings on similar gifts.
  • The report itself in TRACER (Supplemental Reports: Gifts, Honoraria and Other Benefits).
Rule: Gifts over the gift ban's limit
“shall solicit, accept or receive any gift or other thing of value having either a fair market value or aggregate actual cost greater than fifty dollars ($50) in any calendar year”Colorado Constitution, art. XXIX, sec. 3(2) (the Independent Ethics Commission's copy); the limit is $75 from 2023 (IEC Position Statement 23-01) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Late or missing

TRACER lists a penalty for a late financial disclosure (May 30, 2025)

The Secretary of State's campaign finance system lists a “Late PFD” penalty dated May 30, 2025 on their candidate record; its status: waived. A disclosure is due within ten days of a candidate affidavit, and by January 10 each year for those in office; a late one accrues $50 a day until it's filed.

What to check
  • The penalty on the candidate's TRACER page (Penalties tab): the date, status and any waiver.
  • When the disclosure was then filed (their disclosures on this page).
Rule: A penalty for a late financial disclosure
“A $50 per day late filing penalty that will accrue until the statement is filed”Form CPF-13 (Rev. 06/2026), instructions: Candidate Filing Penalties ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Errors in the record

1 error in their public record: a gift report error

We found these in the records as filed or as TRACER lists them, and read each as meant (shown here so anyone can check the reading): A gift from University Of Colorado on their 2nd quarter 2025 gift report is dated 2026-06-04, after that period; we count it in 2025.

What to check
  • The original filing in TRACER for each one.
  • These don't change what we show: we use the amount, name or date as meant.
Rule: Errors in the record

How this rule works

Context Gifts

$5,340 in gifts from UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO in 2025, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies

Their own gift reports list 21 items from UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO received in 2025, worth $5,340.17 in all: Football cu vs iowa state 4 club tickets ($400.00); Football cu vs utah away game 4 tickets ($440.00); Football cu vs arizona 4 club tickets ($400.00); Football cu vs arizona 6 suite tickets ($600.00) …. The Colorado Constitution's gift ban limits what an official may accept from one person in a calendar year to $75 (as adjusted for inflation), with exceptions: food and admission where they speak or answer questions, a nonprofit's or government's reasonable expenses for a meeting where they take part, gifts from relatives and personal friends on a special occasion, tokens and informational material, and anything they paid fair value for. University Of Colorado is a public body; when it pays for an official's own duties (travel, events they attend in office) that isn't a gift from a private source. Reporting a gift is required either way; the report doesn't say which exception, if any, applies.

What to check
  • Whether an exception in art. XXIX, sec. 3(3) applies: a speaking role or scheduled program, a nonprofit (under 5% for-profit funding) or government paying for a meeting they took part in, a relative or personal friend, or payment of fair value by the official.
  • The Independent Ethics Commission's advisory opinions and letter rulings on similar gifts.
  • The report itself in TRACER (Supplemental Reports: Gifts, Honoraria and Other Benefits).
Rule: Gifts over the gift ban's limit
“shall solicit, accept or receive any gift or other thing of value having either a fair market value or aggregate actual cost greater than fifty dollars ($50) in any calendar year”Colorado Constitution, art. XXIX, sec. 3(2) (the Independent Ethics Commission's copy); the limit is $75 from 2023 (IEC Position Statement 23-01) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Gifts

$9,607 in gifts from UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO in 2024, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies

Their own gift reports list 21 items from UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO received in 2024, worth $9,607.00 in all: Jacket ($250.00); Football tickets - cu vs kansas state (4 club @ $73 ea) ($292.00); Football tickets club - cu vs cincinnati (8 club @ $73 ea) ($584.00); Football tickets - cu vs utah (4 club @ $73 ea; 4 suite @ $100 ea) ($692.00) …. The Colorado Constitution's gift ban limits what an official may accept from one person in a calendar year to $75 (as adjusted for inflation), with exceptions: food and admission where they speak or answer questions, a nonprofit's or government's reasonable expenses for a meeting where they take part, gifts from relatives and personal friends on a special occasion, tokens and informational material, and anything they paid fair value for. University Of Colorado is a public body; when it pays for an official's own duties (travel, events they attend in office) that isn't a gift from a private source. Reporting a gift is required either way; the report doesn't say which exception, if any, applies.

What to check
  • Whether an exception in art. XXIX, sec. 3(3) applies: a speaking role or scheduled program, a nonprofit (under 5% for-profit funding) or government paying for a meeting they took part in, a relative or personal friend, or payment of fair value by the official.
  • The Independent Ethics Commission's advisory opinions and letter rulings on similar gifts.
  • The report itself in TRACER (Supplemental Reports: Gifts, Honoraria and Other Benefits).
Rule: Gifts over the gift ban's limit
“shall solicit, accept or receive any gift or other thing of value having either a fair market value or aggregate actual cost greater than fifty dollars ($50) in any calendar year”Colorado Constitution, art. XXIX, sec. 3(2) (the Independent Ethics Commission's copy); the limit is $75 from 2023 (IEC Position Statement 23-01) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Gifts

$2,211 in gifts from UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO in 2023, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies

Their own gift reports list 12 items from UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO received in 2023, worth $2,211.00 in all: Sweatshirt ($55.00); 4 club tickets, $100 each, football vs stanford ($400.00); 4 tickets, $52 each, football vs ucla ($208.00); 4 club tickets, $100 each, football vs oregon state ($400.00) …. The Colorado Constitution's gift ban limits what an official may accept from one person in a calendar year to $75 (as adjusted for inflation), with exceptions: food and admission where they speak or answer questions, a nonprofit's or government's reasonable expenses for a meeting where they take part, gifts from relatives and personal friends on a special occasion, tokens and informational material, and anything they paid fair value for. University Of Colorado is a public body; when it pays for an official's own duties (travel, events they attend in office) that isn't a gift from a private source. Reporting a gift is required either way; the report doesn't say which exception, if any, applies.

What to check
  • Whether an exception in art. XXIX, sec. 3(3) applies: a speaking role or scheduled program, a nonprofit (under 5% for-profit funding) or government paying for a meeting they took part in, a relative or personal friend, or payment of fair value by the official.
  • The Independent Ethics Commission's advisory opinions and letter rulings on similar gifts.
  • The report itself in TRACER (Supplemental Reports: Gifts, Honoraria and Other Benefits).
Rule: Gifts over the gift ban's limit
“shall solicit, accept or receive any gift or other thing of value having either a fair market value or aggregate actual cost greater than fifty dollars ($50) in any calendar year”Colorado Constitution, art. XXIX, sec. 3(2) (the Independent Ethics Commission's copy); the limit is $75 from 2023 (IEC Position Statement 23-01) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Gifts they reported

What Ilana Spiegel listed on their quarterly reports of gifts, honoraria and other benefits since 2024: $17,528 across 60 items from 2 sources. Givers who are clients of a registered lobbyist are marked.

FromWhat, whenValue
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
$17,428 in all · lobbyist's client		ALPACCA BUFFALO · 2026-06-04$58
REGENT BLAZER · 2026-06-04$152
CU MEN'S BASKETBALL VS. ARIZONA (4 TICKETS) · 2026-03-07$76
CU BRANDED DIXXON FLANNEL SHIRT · 2026-02-05$60
CU MEN'S BASKETBALL VS. UCF (2 TICKETS) · 2026-01-24$38
CU REGENT EMERITI RECEPTION AND MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME · 2026-01-07$38
MEN'S BASKETBALL CU VS. NORTHERN COLORADO 6 TICKETS · 2025-12-28$108
CU BRANDED LEATHER PURSE · 2025-12-05$150
FOOTBALL CU VS ARIZONA STATE 4 CLUB TICKETS · 2025-11-22$400
NIKE CU BRANDED TRACK SUIT · 2025-11-06$185
FOOTBALL CU VS ARIZONA 4 CLUB TICKETS · 2025-11-01$400
FOOTBALL CU VS ARIZONA 6 SUITE TICKETS · 2025-11-01$600
FOOTBALL CU VS UTAH AWAY GAME 4 TICKETS · 2025-10-25$440
FOOTBALL CU VS IOWA STATE 4 CLUB TICKETS · 2025-10-11$400
FOOTBALL CU V BYU 4 SUITE @ $100 · 2025-09-27$400
FOOTBALL CU V. WYOMING 4 CLUB @ $100 · 2025-09-20$400
CU ANSCHUTZ GIFT - SWEATSHIRTS · 2025-09-18$127.50
FOOTBALL CU V DELAWARE 4 SUITE @ $100 · 2025-09-06$400
FOOTBALL CU V GEORGIA TECH 4 CLUB @ $100 · 2025-08-29$400
CU BELT BUCKLE · 2025-07-15$65
4 TICKETS, $81 EACH TO SHAKESPEARE · 2025-06-05$324
CU DENVER GIFT · 2025-04-10$50
FLORAL ARRANGEMENT · 2025-04-10$65
4 TICKETS, $17 EACH TO CU VS KANSAS MEN'S BASKETBALL · 2025-02-24$68
CU BLANKET · 2025-02-06$55.67
CU SHIRT · 2025-01-09$150
MEN'S BASKETBALL - VS BELLARMINE (3 @ $17 EA) · 2024-12-21$51
JACKET · 2024-12-13$250
HOLIDAY CONCERT (4 @$40 EA AND 10% SERVICE FEE, $16) · 2024-12-07$176
FOOTBALL TICKETS - CU VS OSU (4 CLUB @ $73 EA; 4 SUITE @ $100 EA) · 2024-11-29$692
FOOTBALL TICKETS - CU VS UTAH (4 CLUB @ $73 EA; 4 SUITE @ $100 EA) · 2024-11-16$692
FOOTBALL TICKETS CLUB - CU VS CINCINNATI (8 CLUB @ $73 EA) · 2024-10-26$584
FOOTBALL TICKETS - CU VS KANSAS STATE (4 CLUB @ $73 EA) · 2024-10-12$292
4 CLUB TICKETS, $73 EACH TO CU VS BAYLOR · 2024-09-21$292
6 TICKETS, $130 EACH TO CU VS CSU FOOTBALL · 2024-09-14$780
CU SWAG BAG · 2024-09-12$249
4 TICKETS, $225 EACH TO CU VS NEBRASKA FOOTBALL · 2024-09-07$900
4 CLUB TICKETS, $70 EACH TO CU VS NORTH DAKOTA FOOTBALL · 2024-08-31$280
4 TICKETS, $78 EACH TO COLORADO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL · 2024-07-12$312
CU SWEATSHIRT · 2024-06-20$110
2 TICKETS, $85 EACH TO LIL' WAYNE · 2024-04-27$170
CU DENVER BACKPACK · 2024-04-11$85
4 TICKETS, $605 EACH TO NCAA ROUND 3 GAME VS IOWA · 2024-03-24$2,420
2 TICKET PACKETS, $469 EACH TO PAC12 MEN'S TOURNAMENT · 2024-03-06$938
2 TICKETS, $6 EACH TO CU VS WASHINGTON STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL · 2024-03-02$12
4 TICKETS, $18 EACH TO CU VS ARIZONA MEN'S BASKETBALL · 2024-02-10$72
FRAMED IMAGE OF FOLSOM FIELD · 2024-02-08$250
6 TICKETS, $17 EACH, MEN'S BASKETBALL VS WASHINGTON · 2023-12-29$102
CU ATHLETICS BLENDER SUNGLASSES · 2023-12-13$75
CU ATHLETICS NIKE SHOES · 2023-12-13$140
POST SEASON GIFT/CUP, SWEATSHIRT · 2023-12-08$80
LETTERMAN JACKET · 2023-12-08$240
4 CLUB TICKETS, $100 EACH, FOOTBALL VS ARIZONA · 2023-11-11$400
REGENT MEETING GIFT/ COFFEE, MUG · 2023-11-08$75
REGENT MEETING GIFT/UCCS TOTE BAG WITH GIFTS · 2023-11-08$36
4 CLUB TICKETS, $100 EACH, FOOTBALL VS OREGON STATE · 2023-11-04$400
4 TICKETS, $52 EACH, FOOTBALL VS UCLA · 2023-10-28$208
SWEATSHIRT · 2023-10-13$55
4 CLUB TICKETS, $100 EACH, FOOTBALL VS STANFORD · 2023-10-13$400
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
$100 in all		AAUW PUBLIC POLICY DAY HONORARIA · 2026-04-15$100

From the reports in TRACER (search them: Gifts and Honoraria Report). Officials file one each quarter in which they receive a reportable item (C.R.S. 24-6-203).

Campaign money: CU Regent District 6

$53,738itemized, 247 contributions
$7,675from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $7,675 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $46,668

Consultants and professional services$42,239
Advertising$3,146
Bank Fees$1,188
Fundraising Expenses$95

Largest payees: PRACTICAL CAMPAIGN SERVICES $36,847 Consultants and professional services · ARAPAHOE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY $2,996 Advertising · CODE BLUE LLC $2,923 Consultants and professional services · COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY $1,180 Consultants and professional services · CORAZON PRINTING $856 Fundraising Expenses · C&D PRINTING BR PRINTERS $678 Consultants and professional services

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 contributorsTypeTotal
ILANA SPIEGEL
Redacted By Sos		Candidate$7,675
COLORADO AFL-CIO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (COLORADO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRI
Denver		Small Donor Committee$2,000
PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Denver		Small Donor Committee$2,000
COLORADO WINS SDC
Pueblo		Small Donor Committee$1,000
SHEET METAL WORKERS' SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Denver		Small Donor Committee$500
DAVID ASSEOFF
Financial/Investment · SELF · Englewood		Individual$450
JEFFERY BANK
Food Services · ALICART · New York		Individual$450
TERRY BATES
Other · RK INDUSTRIES · Aurora		Individual$450
MICHAEL BEASLEY
Consultant · SELF · Morrison		Individual$450
KEN BERNSTEIN
Other · UNITED ENVELOPE · Armonk		Individual$450
JOHN BRITZ
Consultant · BRITZ COMPANY · Denver		Individual$450
NORM BROWNSTEIN
Attorney/Legal · SELF · Denver		Individual$450
SUNNY BROWNSTEIN
Not Currently Employed · NONE · Denver		Individual$450
BUILDING BRIDGES FOR COLORADO
Redacted By Sos		Political Committee$450
MICHAEL CARRIGAN
Attorney/Legal · HOLLAND AND HART · Denver		Individual$450

Committees: FRIENDS TO ELECT ILANA SPIEGEL. From the Secretary of State's TRACER bulk files.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
ILANA SPIEGEL
Other, SELF · Redacted By Sos		$7,6758
PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Denver		$2,00036
COLORADO AFL-CIO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (COLORADO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRI
Labor union · Denver		$2,00054
COLORADO WINS SDC
Group or PAC · Pueblo		$1,00057
SHEET METAL WORKERS' SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Labor union · Denver		$50060
MICHAEL HAMRICK
Retired, RETIRED · Centennial		$4508
MICHAEL CARRIGAN
Attorney/Legal, HOLLAND & HART LLP · Denver		$4508
LINDA SHOEMAKER
Not Currently Employed, NONE · Boulder		$4503
ROBERT HANFLING
Not Currently Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Denver		$45010
CHAD CLIFFORD
Government/Civil, COLORADO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Centennial		$45022
MELISSA GARLAND
Not Currently Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Greenwood Village		$45017
LORI GOLDSTEIN
Not Currently Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Westminster		$45024
JENNIFER ROTHSCHILD
Not Currently Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Englewood		$4503
JULIAN IZBIKY
Not Currently Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Englewood		$4503
KARLA ESSER
Teacher/Education, REGIS UNIVERSITY · Lakewood		$45011