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John W. Hickenlooper

Democratic candidate · 2026 general election · Colorado

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John W. Hickenlooper

Democratic

Currently serving in the U.S. Senate.

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Campaign finance

FEC data through Jun 30, 2026. Covering the 2026 two-year cycle only.

Every stored cycle for John W. Hickenlooper is on their legislator profile →

The 2026 cycle at a glance

Total receipts
$8,119,380
Everything the campaign took in
Individual contributions
$5,806,792
Itemized and unitemized split not reported
PAC and other committees
$896,273
Received from political committees
Campaign spending
$7,471,143
Total disbursements
Cash on hand
$2,083,870
At the end of the reporting period

Where the money came from

These categories divide total receipts of $8,119,380 exactly once, so they add back up to the reported total.

Receipts by funding category for the 2026 cycle
SourceAmountShare of receipts
Individual contributions$5,806,79271.5%
PAC and other committee contributions$896,27311.0%
Party committee contributions$62,0000.8%
Candidate self-funding$00.0%
Loans$00.0%
Other receipts, including transfers$1,354,31616.7%
Total receipts$8,119,380100%

Financial position

Cash, debt, refunds, loans, and transfers as reported through Jun 30, 2026 for the 2026 cycle. These are factual reported values, not a judgement about whether a campaign is healthy, viable, or strong. Independent expenditures are never added to or subtracted from any of them: that money was never the campaign's.

Reported financial position for the 2026 cycle
MeasureAmount
Cash on hand at coverage end$2,083,870
Debts and obligations owed by the committee$0
Debts and obligations owed to the committeeNot reported
Contributions refunded to individuals$55,291
Contributions refunded to committees$31,000
Transfers received from other authorized committeesAlready raised money moving between the candidate's own committees, not new fundraising.$1,188,459
Transfers made to other authorized committees$0
Repayments of candidate loans$0
Repayments of other loans$0

Calculated from the reported values

Each row below is arithmetic MyRepTracker performed on the values above. Where the FEC published the figure itself, the row says so and no calculation was made.

Values calculated from the reported financial position, with the formula for each
MeasureAmountHow it was produced
Contributions net of refunds$6,678,774Calculated as individual + committee + party + candidate contributions, minus contributions refunded to individuals and committees.
Operating expenditures net of offsetsNot reportedAn input this calculation needs is not published by the source behind this record.
Outstanding candidate loans$0Calculated as loans received from the candidate minus repayments of those loans.
Other outstanding loans$0Calculated as other loans received minus repayments of those loans.
Total contributions refunded$86,291Calculated as refunds to individuals plus refunds to committees.

Change since the previous filing

Both columns come from committee C00716720, so the two periods are comparable. A change is the difference between what 12P 2026 reported and what Q2 2026 reported, and the direction is stated in words rather than shown only as a sign. 12P 2026 reported through Jun 10, 2026 and Q2 2026 through Jun 30, 2026.

Financial position at the two most recent controlling filings of committee C00716720
Measure12P 2026Reported through Jun 10, 2026Q2 2026Reported through Jun 30, 2026Change
Cash on hand at period end$2,964,562$2,083,870Down $880,692
Debts owed by the committee$0$0No change
Contribution refunds in the period$11,495$12,496Up $1,001

Cash compared with one period's spending

Cash on hand of $2,083,870 set beside the $1,281,763 this campaign spent during Q2 2026, through Jun 30, 2026, which is 1.6 times that period's spending. This is a ratio between two reported numbers over one named period. It is not a forecast of how long the money will last, and campaigns do not spend evenly across a cycle.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with the campaign. This money was never received or controlled by John W. Hickenlooper. Supporting and opposing spending are kept apart rather than combined into one number, and neither is added to campaign receipts.

Spent supporting

$510,004
Independent expenditures in the 2026 cycle

Spent opposing

$0
Independent expenditures in the 2026 cycle

What the money was spent on

These categories divide $7,324,703 of itemized spending across 1,083 transactions, through Jun 30, 2026. That subtotal covers the FEC's published operating-expenditure records, which do not include transfers, loan repayments, refunds, or contributions the campaign made, and is 98.0% of the $7,471,143 in total disbursements reported for the 2026 cycle. Every share below is a share of that subtotal and never of total spending. Purposes were classified under taxonomy spend-1.3.

The difference between that subtotal and total disbursements is spending reported without itemization, which cannot be categorized.

Itemized spending by reported purpose for the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Advertising and media $2,425,45733.1%35
Fundraising and solicitation $2,202,27830.1%155
Administration, salary, and overhead $1,423,04619.4%584
Unclassified filing descriptions Spending whose reported purpose could not be placed in the taxonomy. It is counted, not guessed at. $652,1808.9%73
Technology and digital services $198,1402.7%44
Legal, accounting, and compliance $139,9881.9%34
Polling and research $112,3501.5%7
Consulting, type not specified $76,5001.0%6
Campaign materials $36,6970.5%16
Travel $32,6730.4%118
Events $25,3950.3%11
Classified$6,672,52391.1%
Unclassified filing descriptions$652,1808.9%
Itemized spending categorized here$7,324,703100%1,083

Political committees that contributed directly

Money received by the authorized campaign committee from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.

This total will usually differ from the PAC figure in the summary above. The summary is what the campaign reported receiving in total; this ranking adds up the individual contributions that were itemized, which is a different record made at a different time. Neither is a correction of the other, and the gap is not an error in either one.

Top 5 of 191 shown $972,852 total · $107,000 shown here

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Political committees ranked by direct contributions
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1DSCC C00042366$62,0006.4%1Jun 30, 2025
2TURQUOISE PAC C00517235$15,0001.5%3May 28, 2025
3MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC) C00004812$10,0001.0%2Feb 27, 2026
4NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTAPAC) C00010082$10,0001.0%2Nov 20, 2025
5AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION TITLE INDUSTRY PAC (TIPAC) C00012914$10,0001.0%2Feb 24, 2026
Show the complete list of 191 committees →

Organizations spending independently

Supporting John W. Hickenlooper

All 3 shown $510,004 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending supporting this candidate
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1COMMON SENSE ACTION FUND C00928259$300,00058.8%3Jun 18, 2026
2OUR FUTURE COLORADO C00952267$195,25038.3%3Jun 26, 2026
3National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee C00030718$14,7542.9%3Jun 10, 2026

Opposing John W. Hickenlooper

No opposing independent expenditures are reported for this cycle.

What that outside spending purchased

Each independent expenditure carries a short description the spending committee wrote, and these categories are those descriptions sorted under taxonomy outside-1.0. Spending supporting John W. Hickenlooper and spending opposing them are broken down separately and never combined, and every share below is a share of that one direction's total.

The largest category is usually "Advertising, medium not specified". That is not a leftover: it is spending the committee described only as a media buy or as advertising, without saying whether it aired on television, ran online, or arrived in the mail. MyRepTracker reports what was filed rather than assigning it a medium.

Supporting John W. Hickenlooper

Independent spending supporting this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Digital and online advertising $480,30494.2%7
Phone calls and text messages $28,5005.6%1
Staff, administration, and overhead $1,2000.2%1
Classified$510,004100.0%
Unclassified filing descriptions$00.0%
Total independent spending$510,004100%9

Opposing John W. Hickenlooper

No independent expenditures in this direction are reported for this cycle.

Who the committees behind this money were

Every committee here is placed by the registration it filed with the FEC for the 2026 cycle: its designation, its committee type, and the organizational form it reported. That is the FEC's own record and involves no judgement by MyRepTracker, so this covers every itemized dollar. A committee's registration can change between cycles, and each cycle is judged by its own.

Contributed to John W. Hickenlooper

Committees itemized $972,852 in contributions to this campaign.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Leadership PACs $362,00037.2%3983
Trade association PACs $231,25723.8%6595
Non-connected committees $109,75011.3%2637
Membership organization PACs $83,9258.6%2743
Labor union PACs $83,5008.6%1825
Party committees $62,0006.4%11
Corporate PACs $24,9202.6%1011
Other candidates' committees $10,5001.1%35
Cooperative PACs $5,0000.5%22
Itemized total for this direction$972,852

Spent supporting John W. Hickenlooper

Committees itemized $510,004 in independent spending supporting John W. Hickenlooper.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Non-connected committees $495,25097.1%26
Membership organization PACs $14,7542.9%13
Itemized total for this direction$510,004

What interests those committees advance

The FEC publishes no industry or interest field, so unlike the section above this one is a claim MyRepTracker makes. A committee is placed here only when there is a document behind the claim that a reader can open: its own statement of organization, its own published mission statement, or a named third party. Every assignment carries that document on the committee's own page. A committee's name is never evidence of anything.

Categorized is not the same as reviewed. Most of these sectors were assigned by machine from the committee's own filing rather than read by a person. Each committee's own page says which of the two its assignment is, and names the document behind it either way.

Coverage is partial on purpose, and the part that is not covered is shown at full size rather than left out. Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees are excluded outright: their giving is an officeholder's or a party's decision, so no interest label describes it. Categories are taxonomy interest-1.7.

Contributed to John W. Hickenlooper

Committees itemized $972,852 in contributions to this campaign. $434,500 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $538,352, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $384,677 and committees not yet categorized account for $153,675.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Public sector unions Labor $43,0008.0%713
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate $39,0007.2%611
Physicians and medical specialties Health $35,0006.5%1414
Agribusiness Agriculture $33,0006.1%913
Food and beverage Agriculture $22,1774.1%710
Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate $20,5003.8%511
Transportation unions Labor $20,5003.8%56
Building trades unions Labor $15,0002.8%33
Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate $14,0002.6%35
Lawyers and law firms Professional services $12,5002.3%34
Renewable energy Energy and natural resources $12,5002.3%23
Hospitals and nursing homes Health $11,5002.1%45
Technology Communications and technology $9,5001.8%56
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources $9,0001.7%37
Oil and gas Energy and natural resources $8,0001.5%44
Accounting Professional services $7,5001.4%13
Pharmaceuticals Health $7,5001.4%22
Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue $7,5001.4%13
Telecommunications Communications and technology $7,5001.4%34
Construction Construction $6,0001.1%33
Air transport Transportation $5,0000.9%22
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate $5,0000.9%11
Health insurance Health $5,0000.9%11
Industrial unions Labor $5,0000.9%11
Media and entertainment Communications and technology $5,0000.9%11
Trucking Transportation $5,0000.9%23
Automotive Transportation $2,5000.5%22
Democracy and election reform Ideological and single-issue $2,5000.5%11
Gun control Ideological and single-issue $2,5000.5%11
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate $2,5000.5%22
Nurses and nursing specialties Health $2,5000.5%11
Mining Energy and natural resources $1,0000.2%11
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. $434,500Not applicable4389
Committees not yet categorized $153,67528.5%4266
Base the shares are taken over$538,352100%
Itemized total for this direction$972,852

Spent supporting John W. Hickenlooper

Committees itemized $510,004 in independent spending supporting John W. Hickenlooper. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $14,754 and committees not yet categorized account for $495,250.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate $14,7542.9%13
Committees not yet categorized $495,25097.1%26
Base the shares are taken over$510,004100%
Itemized total for this direction$510,004

Last-minute contributions reported before an election

In the days just before an election, a campaign must tell the FEC within 48 hours about any contribution or loan of $1,000 or more. These notices arrive faster than the regular reporting schedule, and the same money is reported again in the report covering those days. Nothing here is added to receipts: it is a preview of money the ordinary reports will carry, not money beside them.

Reported on notices

$142,265
Across 6 notices, received Jun 11, 2026 to Jun 26, 2026

Still only provisional

$0
Every notice is now covered by a regular report

The most recent notice was filed on Jun 27, 2026. A notice stops being the only record of its money once a regular report covers the same days; those are marked reconciled below and the amounts appear in John W. Hickenlooper's reported totals through the ordinary schedule.

48-hour notices filed for the 2026 cycle, newest first
FiledAmountEntriesCoversStateFiling
Jun 27, 2026$24,3158Jun 25 to Jun 26, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 25, 2026$49,00017Jun 23 to Jun 24, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 23, 2026$16,7505Jun 21 to Jun 22, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 19, 2026$10,7007Jun 17 to Jun 18, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 17, 2026$34,50013Jun 15 to Jun 16, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 13, 2026$7,0004Jun 11 to Jun 11, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗

Where the individual money was reported from

Contributions from individuals that the campaign itemized, grouped by the state each contributor gave as their address. Contributions of $200 or less in aggregate are not itemized and carry no address, so they are not here at all. These places account for $4,502,252 of the $6,995,250 this campaign reported from individuals and from transfers by its other authorized committees, across 18,173 itemized contributions.

From Colorado

$1,240,108
27.5% of the itemized money that has a place

From everywhere else

$3,262,144
72.5% of the itemized money that has a place

Money from outside Colorado is not money from outside the country, and neither figure is evidence that anything unlawful happened. People may contribute to campaigns in states they do not live in, and United States citizens living abroad may contribute at all.

What kind of place it came from

Itemized individual contributions by kind of place, 2026 cycle
Kind of placeAmountContributionsShare
States and the District of ColumbiaContributors who gave an address in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.$4,482,73818,16399.6%
United States territoriesPuerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.$11,00040.2%
Addresses outside the United StatesContributors who gave an address abroad. United States citizens living overseas may contribute, and this figure is not evidence that anyone gave unlawfully.$8,51460.2%

Places, largest first

Top 10 of 53 places shown as bars. Every place is in the table below.

  • Colorado this campaign's state $1,240,108
  • New York $586,974
  • California $528,938
  • Massachusetts $252,707
  • Texas $246,618
  • Illinois $216,339
  • Florida $169,546
  • Pennsylvania $122,920
  • Connecticut $117,011
  • District of Columbia $109,765
Every place with itemized individual contributions reported for the 2026 cycle
PlaceAmountContributionsShare
Colorado this campaign's state$1,240,10810,02927.5%
New York$586,97482113.0%
California$528,9381,49311.7%
Massachusetts$252,7073265.6%
Texas$246,6186325.5%
Illinois$216,3393834.8%
Florida$169,5464683.8%
Pennsylvania$122,9203262.7%
Connecticut$117,0112462.6%
District of Columbia$109,7651492.4%
Washington$108,1255082.4%
Maryland$107,1211942.4%
Virginia$84,8312341.9%
Tennessee$60,502701.3%
New Jersey$59,2221911.3%
Arizona$50,2402611.1%
Wisconsin$31,794560.7%
Maine$31,625730.7%
Georgia$25,8881390.6%
New Hampshire$23,201410.5%
New Mexico$23,1741010.5%
Oregon$22,9722230.5%
Wyoming$22,673310.5%
Indiana$21,199590.5%
Nevada$21,181720.5%
Rhode Island$19,750250.4%
Ohio$19,311780.4%
Minnesota$16,345920.4%
Michigan$15,369760.3%
Arkansas$15,031370.3%
Missouri$14,262950.3%
Kentucky$11,161670.2%
Puerto Rico$10,50030.2%
Vermont$10,1671070.2%
Utah$9,975270.2%
Montana$8,95090.2%
Foreign countries$8,51460.2%
Kansas$7,802450.2%
North Carolina$6,684530.1%
Alaska$5,117420.1%
Hawaii$4,850120.1%
Oklahoma$4,755470.1%
Mississippi$4,750150.1%
Alabama$3,67560.1%
Idaho$3,600270.1%
South Carolina$3,540420.1%
Delaware$3,400290.1%
Nebraska$3,345140.1%
Iowa$2,660190.1%
South Dakota$1,88918<0.1%
Louisiana$1,35429<0.1%
Virgin Islands$5001<0.1%
West Virginia$32226<0.1%
Reported with a place$4,502,25218,173100%

Contributions are transactions, not people: one contributor giving every month is counted once for each contribution. No contributor's name, address, employer, or occupation is stored or shown anywhere on this site.

How this compares

Compared with U.S. Senate campaigns nationwide, 2026 cycle: 410 campaigns with a complete Federal Election Commission record for the cycle, out of 419 on file. This is a position in that group, not a score, a grade, or a judgement about the campaign.

Total receipts

Everything the authorized campaign committee took in for this cycle, including contributions, loans, and transfers.

  • This campaign $8,119,380
  • Cohort median $216,860
Total receipts for this campaign and for U.S. Senate campaigns nationwide, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$8,119,380
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$17,760
Median$216,860
75th percentile$2,269,114
Highest in the cohort$77,279,766
Campaigns counted410

371 of the 410 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 90th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Share of receipts from political committees

Direct contributions from PACs and other political committees as a share of total receipts. Campaigns reporting no receipts at all have no share and are left out of this measure.

  • This campaign 11.0%
  • Cohort median 0.4%
Share of receipts from political committees for this campaign and for U.S. Senate campaigns nationwide, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign11.0%
Lowest in the cohort0.0%
25th percentile0.0%
Median0.4%
75th percentile7.0%
Highest in the cohort88.0%
Campaigns counted384

312 of the 384 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 81th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Cash on hand

The balance reported at the end of the coverage period. Campaigns report at different times, so this compares balances as of each campaign's own coverage end.

  • This campaign $2,083,870
  • Cohort median $14,751
Cash on hand for this campaign and for U.S. Senate campaigns nationwide, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$2,083,870
Lowest in the cohort-$16,841
25th percentile$356
Median$14,751
75th percentile$1,192,514
Highest in the cohort$42,587,451
Campaigns counted410

333 of the 410 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 81th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending supporting

Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate. This money was never received or controlled by the campaign.

  • This campaign $510,004
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending supporting for this campaign and for U.S. Senate campaigns nationwide, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$510,004
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$33,915,827
Campaigns counted410

363 of the 410 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 89th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending opposing

Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.

  • This campaign $0
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending opposing for this campaign and for U.S. Senate campaigns nationwide, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$0
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$25,490,183
Campaigns counted410

0 of the 410 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 0th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

  • 9 of the 419 campaigns on file for this cohort have no complete record for the cycle and are not counted in any figure here.

Every comparison is drawn from one two-year cycle and one office. Only campaigns whose FEC record for that cycle is complete are counted; the rest are reported beside the cohort and are never counted as zero. One authorized committee is counted once however many candidacies report it, so where a candidate's committees are all reported by another FEC record, that record supplies the figures for both. A campaign is never compared with another cycle, with a career total, or with a candidate for a different office.

What these numbers mean

Receipts are not the same as contributions
Total receipts include everything the campaign took in, such as contributions, loans, and transfers. Contributions are only the money given by people and committees.
Direct contributions are not outside spending
A direct contribution is money received by the campaign's own authorized committee. An independent expenditure is money another organization spent on its own, without coordinating with the campaign. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
The organizations named here are political committees
Direct rankings count what one political committee gave to a campaign; outside-spending rankings count what a committee spent independently. A separate conduit section groups individual contributions only when the campaign's memo record supplies a registered conduit committee's FEC ID. It never attributes donors to employers or interest groups, and it never exposes contributor names. Sites using broader attribution rules may therefore report different organization totals.
A cycle may be only partly reported
Filings arrive throughout a two-year cycle. A current cycle shows only what has been filed and processed through the coverage date shown above, so it is not comparable with a finished cycle.
This view is cycle specific
It covers the 2026 two-year cycle only.

Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.