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Tommy Butler

Running in 2026: State House District 50 (June 30) · State House District 50 (November 3)

Personal Financial Disclosures

Income listed: up to $184,997; debts: up to $184,997 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
2025 State House District 50	2025-10-03	3 income sources, 2 assets, 2 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 2 state-regulated businesses, 3 debts

Findings

Context Lobbying · the statement

A family member’s income from Children's Hospital Colorado, a lobbying client with positions on 91 bills

Their disclosure lists Children's Hospital Colorado as a source of income (for a family member). Children's Hospital Colorado is a client of a professional lobbyist registered with the Secretary of State, whose reports give its positions on 91 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

1 error in their public record: a disclosure that doesn't say why it was filed

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 doesn't say why it was filed: none of the boxes (appointed, candidate, annual filing, amending) is ticked.

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: State House District 50

$108,665itemized, 507 contributions

$1,500from the candidate (incl. loans)

Where their outside money comes from

41%30%14%11%

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

Plus $1,500 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $39,824

Advertising$18,359

Consultants and professional services$10,300

Employee Services$7,800

Fundraising Expenses$2,779

Other$581

Bank Fees$7

Largest payees: FOR THE WIN COMMUNICATIONS. LTD $11,125 Employee Services · EYE CONTACT MEDIA $10,000 Advertising · LORI OZZELLO $7,300 Consultants and professional services · GAMINO PRINTING $4,030 Advertising · BR PRINTERS INC $1,668 Advertising · ACT BLUE $1,303 Fundraising Expenses · NUMERO, INC $1,250 Fundraising Expenses · SIGN ROCKET $1,110 Advertising

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	$10,000
BUILDING A STRONGER COLORADO Los Angeles	Small Donor Committee	$6,200
COLORADO AFL-CIO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (COLORADO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRI Denver	Small Donor Committee	$6,000
COLORADO WINS SDC Pueblo	Small Donor Committee	$6,000
COLORADO PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS SMALL DONOR FUND Denver	Small Donor Committee	$4,000
VOICES FOR CHOICE SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Denver	Small Donor Committee	$3,250
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES Washington	Small Donor Committee	$3,100
PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE Denver	Small Donor Committee	$2,000
REALTOR SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (RSDC) Englewood	Small Donor Committee	$1,550
TOMMY BUTLER Greeley	Candidate	$1,500
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF BOULDER COUNTY-SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (DWBC-SDC) Boulder	Small Donor Committee	$1,500
NEW ERA COLORADO ACTION FUND SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Denver	Small Donor Committee	$1,500
SHEET METAL WORKERS' SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Denver	Small Donor Committee	$1,100
COLORADO TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (CTLA) Denver	Small Donor Committee	$1,000
WELD COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY Greeley	Political Party Committee	$1,000

Committees: BUTLER FOR HD50. From the Secretary of State's TRACER bulk files.

Outside spending for and against them

$113,222spent supporting them

$135,164spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
NEW DAY COLORADO FUND IEC general · notices in TRACER	against	$74,601
COLORADANS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES general · notices in TRACER	for	$63,575
WELD STRONG general · notices in TRACER	against	$58,333
COLORADO WAY FORWARD general · notices in TRACER	for	$46,789
YOUNG PEOPLE FOR ALL PEOPLE general · notices in TRACER	for	$2,857
COLORADANS FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT general · notices in TRACER	against	$2,230

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
COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY Party committee · Denver · registered lobbyist employer	$10,000	37
BUILDING A STRONGER COLORADO Group or PAC · Los Angeles	$6,200	44
COLORADO AFL-CIO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (COLORADO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRI Labor union · Denver	$6,000	54
COLORADO WINS SDC Group or PAC · Pueblo	$6,000	57
COLORADO PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS SMALL DONOR FUND Labor union · Denver	$4,000	48
VOICES FOR CHOICE SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Denver	$3,250	16
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES Labor union · Washington	$3,100	56
PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Denver	$2,000	36
REALTOR SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (RSDC) Group or PAC · Englewood	$1,550	56
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF BOULDER COUNTY-SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (DWBC-SDC) Group or PAC · Boulder	$1,500	25
TOMMY BUTLER Government/Civil, CITY OF GREELEY · Greeley	$1,500	3
NEW ERA COLORADO ACTION FUND SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Denver	$1,500	6
SHEET METAL WORKERS' SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Labor union · Denver	$1,100	60
COLORADO TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (CTLA) Group or PAC · Denver	$1,000	58
WELD COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY Party committee · Greeley	$1,000	6