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Michael Dougherty
District Attorney, 20th Judicial District
Running in 2026: Attorney General (June 30)
Personal Financial Disclosures
Income listed: up to $1,094,994 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).
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2026 Annual
District Attorney, 20th Judicial District | 2026-01-04 | 6 income sources, 3 assets, 2 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships |
2025 Annual
District Attorney, 20th Judicial District | 2025-01-06 | 6 income sources, 2 assets, 1 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships |
2024
District Attorney, 20th Judicial District | 2024-01-10 | 6 income sources, 2 assets, 1 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 1 state-regulated businesses |
Findings
Context Late or missing
TRACER lists 1 late campaign finance report penalty this cycle
The candidate's committee has 1 late-filing penalty on reports due since January 1, 2025: Major Contributor Report (paid, waiver requested). A report filed late keeps the committee's money out of public view until it's in.
What to check- The penalties on the candidate's TRACER page: dates, amounts and waivers.
- Whether a waiver was granted (the Secretary of State may waive for good cause).
Rule: Penalties for late campaign finance reports
“The Secretary of State imposes penalties of $50 per day for late filings, including weekends and holidays.”Colorado Campaign and Political Finance Manual (Secretary of State) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Context Lobbying · the statement
A family member’s income from Blue Rising, a lobbying client with positions on 12 bills
Their disclosure lists Blue Rising as a source of income (for a family member). Blue Rising is a client of a professional lobbyist registered with the Secretary of State, whose reports give its positions on 12 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
Context Errors in the record
2 errors in their public record: an amount written with a typo
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): Their 2025 disclosure gives income from Boulder County as “Between $200 and $260,000” (thousands left off); we read it as $200,000 to $260,000. Their 2025 disclosure gives income from Center for Integrated Teacher Education as “Between $150 and $350,000” (thousands left off); we read it as $150,000 to $350,000.
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
Campaign money: Attorney General
$979,564itemized, 7,761 contributions
$225,818from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
97%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $1,550 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $1,219,530
Consultants and professional services$1,103,767
Fundraising Expenses$71,294
Other$38,864
Travel & Lodging$4,594
Advertising$350
Employee Services$329
Bank Fees$316
Office Equipment & Supplies$15
Largest payees: BUYING TIME $362,500 Consultants and professional services · SHAWMUT SERVICES LLC $154,665 Consultants and professional services · ASCEND DIGITAL STRATEGIES LLC $142,398 Returned Expenditure · LAWLOR STRATEGIES LLC $57,525 Consultants and professional services · DK GLOBAL CONSULTING LLC $56,500 Consultants and professional services · LIFTOFF $55,800 Consultants and professional services · SAM VON METTENHEIM $53,142 Consultants and professional services · KTM STRATEGIES $41,365 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 contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Denver | Political Party Committee | $20,500 |
STRATTON HEATH
Not Currently Employed · NOT EMPLOYED · Boulder | Individual | $1,600 |
ANN NOONAN
Healthcare/Medical · MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERS · Longmont | Individual | $1,554.66 |
SUSAN CARAGOL
Other · SELF · Longmont | Individual | $1,550 |
MICHAEL DOUGHERTY
Retired · RETIRED · Westbrook | Individual | $1,550 |
ADAM AGRON
Attorney/Legal · BROWNSTEIN HYATT · Cherry Hills Village | Individual | $1,450 |
BONNIE ALBRIGHT
Healthcare/Medical · SELF · Concord | Individual | $1,450 |
MELISSA ALLEN
Attorney/Legal · COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LAW · Littleton | Individual | $1,450 |
SUSAN ALLEN
Not Currently Employed · NOT EMPLOYED · Longmont | Individual | $1,450 |
DANIEL ALONSO
Attorney/Legal · VEDDER PRICE P.C. · New York | Individual | $1,450 |
WILLIAM ANDERSON
Attorney/Legal · HANDLEY FARAH & ANDERSON PLLC · Superior | Individual | $1,450 |
DENNIS ARFMANN
Not Currently Employed · NOT EMPLOYED · Boulder | Individual | $1,450 |
JORDAN ARNOLD
Consultant · JETTY PARTNERS LLC · Greenport | Individual | $1,450 |
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS (AGC) COLORADO CONSTRUCTION ACTION COMMITTEE
Denver | Political Committee | $1,450 |
RICH BAER
Attorney/Legal · SIRIUS XM · Denver | Individual | $1,450 |
Committees: MICHAEL FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. From the Secretary of State's TRACER bulk files.
Outside spending for and against them
$158,000spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
Independent expenditures from the 48-hour notices, 2026. The candidate doesn't control them. One that names several candidates is split evenly among them.
Their donors also gave to
Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.
| Donor | To them | Candidates funded | By party |
|---|
COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Party committee · Denver · registered lobbyist employer | $20,500 | 37 | |
STRATTON HEATH
Not Currently Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Boulder | $1,600 | 7 | |
ANN NOONAN
Healthcare/Medical, MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERS · Longmont | $1,555 | 2 | |
SUSAN CARAGOL
Other, SELF · Longmont | $1,550 | 2 | |
MARDI MOORE
Other, ROCKY MOUNTAIN EQUALITY · Longmont | $1,450 | 6 | |
ROBERT NORRIS
Not Currently Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Longmont | $1,450 | 3 | |
DENNIS ARFMANN
Not Currently Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Boulder | $1,450 | 4 | |
MATT BENJAMIN
Media/Public Relations, SELF EMPLOYED · Boulder | $1,450 | 7 | |
JESSICA BENJAMIN
Other, SELF · Boulder | $1,450 | 8 | |
BILL RIGLER
Consultant, GREENLIGHT STRATEGY · Erie | $1,450 | 9 | |
STEVEN SIEGEL
Consultant, SELF · Denver | $1,450 | 4 | |
CAROL TEAL
Not Currently Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Longmont | $1,450 | 10 | |
ALISON BIRCHARD
Government/Civil, BOULDER COUNTY · Louisville | $1,450 | 2 | |
JUSTINA WAGERS
Teacher/Education, UNIV OF COLORADO BOULDER · Boulder | $1,450 | 2 | |
PATRICK MEYERS
Attorney/Legal, STATE OF CO · Denver | $1,450 | 11 | |